Philip Duff is one of the cocktail community's best-loved presenters and educators, a renowned expert on all distilled spirits (especially vermouth, rum, shochu, vodka, whiskey, gin and genever), and an in-demand on-trade and beverage consultant to drinks companies everywhere, both creating and advising on liquor brands. He bartended around the world for decades after leaving his native Ireland, founded Holland's first-ever bar to enter the World's 50 Best Bars, and owns his own award-winning liquor brand, Old Duff Genever. The inaugural Director of Education for the Tales of the Cocktail festival, Philip advises cocktail weeks and spirits festivals in several countries, judges spirits contests including the ADI and IWSC, has been a columnist for publications such as Drinks International and Australian Bartender, and most recently helped create the Hard Cut Vodka brand with Hollywood legend Dolph Lundgren and co-founded World Gin Week. He lives in New York with his wife, stepdaughter and a really cool robot vacuum and mop he nicknamed Norbert.