Bartenders

Thor Bergquist

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

New Zealand, can't you tell by the name?

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Now I'm at PS40 / PS Soda. Before I was at Der Raum, Melbourne. Tippling Club, Singapore. ECC Chinatown, London. ECC Lower East Side, New York.

FAVORITE BARS?

Black Pearl, Melbourne. If anything for the bar team alone, such lovely guys. Maison Premiere for oysters and absinthe, the best combination and Der Raum will always be special to me.

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Michelada in the sun, Sazerac in the cold.

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

It's between throwing dry ice bombs at the punters in the pub down the road or deciding that one night we were going to hot metal brand each other, in another bar, during service, multiple times....

Ever done it on a bar?

Not during service.

What's next for you?

Having this brand removed

Best/worst chat up lines you've heard at a bar?

Worst, would be the one I told my now wife, thankfully she doesn't hold it against me: "I'm drunk and you're cute!". Best "How much does a polar bear weight? Enough to break the ice..."

Tell us a secret or something we don't know?

Ok, it was during service.

If you were to make a barchick cocktail, what would you put in it?

"Bring Us The Girl, Wipe The Debt" Apple-Wood Smoked Citadelle Reserve Gin Rhubarb & Saffron Bitters Fernet Branca Rinse Cocoa nib infused maple syrup Pernod Absinthe Rinse Lemon Zest Stir as per a Sazerac

How do you like your Martini?

Barrel aged and made from Rye

What did you want to be as a kid?

Forever a kid