Welcome to the episode 47 of The Art of Drinking with Join Jules and Your Favorite Uncle with special guests Chris Leavitt, also known as @notjustabartender

What are we drinking?

We interviewed Chris Leavitt, better known as @notjustabartender on Instagram and TikTok. Chris is an ACTUAL bartender in Vegas as well as a cocktail influencer. Interestingly, Chris started out critiquing other influencers, namely Jules! Chris walks us through how he got started, where he works now, and how to make a pretty epic Mojito.

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Mojito Recipe

How do I make it?

In collins glass add

• 1 medium lime cut into little quarters 8 pieces

• 1 tablespoon sugar

Muddle (press and twist)

• 10 – 12 mint leaves and make sure you clap ‘em to release the oils and aroma 

• 1.5 oz of a blended white rum (Probitas or if you can’t find it, use Plantation 3 star)

• .5 oz Appleton estate (you don’t have to go crazy in price)

• Add ice to ¾ of glass

Use bar spoon, drive it to the bottom of the glass, and swizzle the drink by rolling the handle back and forth between your hands

• Top with club soda and more ice

Take spoon up and mix ingredients with club soda 

Garnish with 3 Mint sprigs – smack ‘em around a bit and hit the glass so the glass smells pretty

Learn more about Chris Leavitt

Not just a bartender

Say hello to Chris also known online as Notjustabartender

• Chris has been bartending for a living now for 13+ years

• Currently lives in Las Vegas, but originally from a small town known as Milford, Pennsylvania–along the NY/NJ/PA border.

• Not an Eagles or Steelers fan. Has a marginal amount of childhood loyalty to the Yankees, but that’s about it.

• Bartended throughout college until he landed a job selling Pharmaceuticals once he graduated. The company took him on a trip to Vegas for a product launch, which became the catalyst of him quitting his job and moving to Vegas to pursue bartending indefinitely.

• In the last few years, he’s opened 4 different venues with his cocktails on the menu: Scotch 80 Prime, Unknown Bar, Barry’s Downtown Prime, and Anima By EDO.

• Currently doing content full time, however, he just picked up a part-time gig with Vetri Cucina at the Palms, which is an extension of a James Beard winning restaurant from Philly–you can take the man out of PA, but you can never take the PA out of the man.

Get your Mojito recipe & meet Chris by listening to the full podcast wherever you listen to your podcasts!