Meet Raleigh’s Best Bartenders & Their Go-To Drinks to Make

Raleigh’s Best Bartender noms are back—and it’s your turn to call the shots! … Voting is open (raleighmag.com) through Dec. 1 to crown the cocktail king or queen—and steal the trophy from last year’s champ Kaylah Thomas of Gussie’s.

To shake things up, we tapped our ’tenders for their fave drink to make, so you know precisely what to sip when you belly up to the bar. And be sure to catch them flex their skills live at The Cocktail Classic at The Exchange Raleigh (Nov. 15, cocktailclassicraleigh.com)—where they’ll be mic’d up, mixing and mesmerizing. Translation: Study (drink) up. Vote up. And we’ll see you at the bar.

Fave drink to make:

Kirby Batterson
Dram & Draught
Pisco sour