About Philip Duff

A jet-set bartender, on-trade consultant and spirits expert, Philip Duff is one of the cocktail community's best-loved presenters & educators, a renowned expert on all distilled spirits (but especially gin & genever), and an in-demand on-trade & beverage consultant to drinks companies around the world. As well as teaching seminars, founding an award-winning craft-cocktail bar, owning Old Duff Genever, serving as director of education for Tales of the Cocktail and appearing on TV & in publications as diverse as Esquire, Reuters, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine, Australian Bartender, Imbibe and Mixology, Philip's consulting firm Liquid Solutions helps drinks brands connect with the world of bars, everywhere.

He became the first-ever Director of Education for Tales of the Cocktail (2013) and launched his own brand, Old Duff Genever (2017). A hilarious and engaging speaker, Philip’s sought-after bartender, cocktail & spirits seminars have been attended by more than 90,213 bartenders in over 124 cities around the globe since 1999. His very own brand, Old Duff Genever, launched in New York in September 2017 and almost immediately acquired cult status, being listed within a week in every New York bar that was a member of the World’s 50 Best Bars. The very first order was from the three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park, World’s 50 Best Restaurants #1. When not writing, talking, drinking or getting in or out of aeroplanes, Philip lives with his family in New York.