Brandy Rand

TROY CLARKE – President of Boston Chapter of the United States Bartender Guild (USBG)Sales Manager at Martignetti Companies • Co-Owner of 1224 Cocktails Bar Bag Troy Clarke is used to juggling a lot of roles at the same time.  With a long career in the hotel business, Clarke has overseen... Read More

L. Knife & Son Companies has been in business since 1898 and consists of over 2O wholesaler divisions across 14 states, including the Craft Brewers Guild in Massachusetts.  At a time when the craft beer business is booming, Director of Communications Dave Mevoli has overseen a smartly sophisticated system of... Read More

A DRINK WITH . . . MISTY KALKOFEN + PATRICK SULLIVANBRICK & MORTAR To most of us familiar with the cocktail landscape, Misty Kalkofen and Patrick Sullivan need no introduction.  Between the two of them, they’ve logged in 36 years of hospitality, weaving in and out of beloved institutions across... Read More

The summer before entering business school, Ian Stanczyk decided to do a “fun” project: build an iPhone app that would tell him when his bartender friends were working.  An early iteration of the app was called “Boston Flip”, after Stanczyk’s signature cocktail at the time.  After a few months, he... Read More

TJ DOUGLAS, along with his wife Hadley, has changed the way people shop for wine. Their two Urban Grape locations (Chestnut Hill and Boston’s South End) could be mistaken for retail boutiques, not liquor stores.  Sleek, stylish and sophisticated, the Urban Grape is among a new wave of small stores... Read More

If you’ve ever worked with the Horizon Beverage Group, you’ve likely heard President Robert Epstein talk about his company’s mantra of “providing luxury goods with Tiffany service”.  With a sparkling new facility in Norton, the company has polished its delivery and reporting systems with impressive results – 99.96% efficiency to... Read More

 WE’VE asked and they’ve answered.Are craft brands taking over?  Is everything going to end up on tap?  From what they wish would go away, to what they’re most excited about, think of this as your cheat sheet to trends.  We uncover what’s hot and what’s not in beer, wine and... Read More

KIRSTEN AMANN, BRAND CHAMPION for FRATELLI BRANCA, LUPEC LADY and WRITER EXTRAORDINAIREIt’s hard to pigeonhole Kirsten Amann as just one thing.  She’s known as the bartender’s best friend in her role as Boston’s brand ambassador for the bitter, cultish Fernet Branca liqueur.  She writes a cocktail column in this publication... Read More

BRAND MANAGER for CISCO BREWERS, TRIPLE EIGHT DISTILLERY and NANTUCKET VINEYARD MATT LAMBO is one of those people who can truly say he’s had a hand in building a brand from the ground up.  Lambo is a jack of all trades (sales, events, marketing) who has spent 1O years as... Read More

JOY RICHARDBAR AND BEVERAGE MANAGER AT FRANKLIN RESTAURANT GROUP JOY RICHARD is well-known around Boston for managing “craft cocktail” bars before the term existed.  She’s always had a passion for mixing up expertly made drinks and stellar cocktail menus suited to a variety of tastes.  Richard is also one of... Read More