Cocktail Week 2015

Where Are They Now: Best Bartenders Class of 2013

Here's a look back and an update on some of your favorite drink makers.

by Andra Zeppelin Oct 14, 2015, 9:00am MDT

Via Where Are They Now: Eater Best Bartenders Class of 2012, Tiki Drinks Rule at These Eight Bars, Introducing the Best Bartenders Class of 2015, and Every Important Denver Cocktail Bar, Mapped

We are on the fourth year of Eater Cocktail Week and with each year, we celebrated Denver's best mixologists in the Best Bartenders feature. During Eater Cocktail Week 2013, we featured these twelve talented men and women who worked in some of the best bars in the city. Here's where they were then and where they are now.

GERARD COLLIER

Then: TAG and TAG Raw Bar Now: Pinche Tacos

IAN HARRIS

Then: The Bitter Bar Now: GM/Beverage Director for Eric Banh's new restaurant Seven Beef in Seattle.

MELISSA DURANT

Then: Acorn Now: When she is not mothering her young baby girl, she works at Jax LoDo

NOAH HEANEY

Then: The Squeaky Bean Now: Golden Moon Speak

AUDREY SMITH

Then: Punch Bowl Social Now: Same

KADE GIANINETTI

Then: Linger Now: He has his hands in some many things that it is almost hard to keep track. Among them, American Grind, Method Coffee Roasters, State Fare, and the upcoming The Way Back.