Ryan has been slinging drinks across the nation for nigh on 10 years now, beginning his journey in Halifax where he was born and raised. After a brief stopover in Toronto he ended up in Vancity four years ago, plying his trade at the venerable Hamilton Street Grill ever since.

A cocktail geek through and through, Ryan mantains a blog on the subject at Mixed and Malted and is the founder of a series of cocktail and spirit related event seminars known as “Spirits of the West” which her runs from behind the wood at the HSG.