Our January/February issue features this year’s Imbibe 75, the inspiring people and places that will help shape the way we drink in the year ahead. For this episode, we catch up with the bartender on the cover of this issue, Josh Ibañez, about his plans as bar manager for acclaimed Seattle rum bar Rumba as it enters its second decade, and about his original cocktail, the Long Story Short, also pictured on the cover.
We kick off our Imbibe 75 coverage for 2023 with a conversation with Seattle bartender Josh Ibañez. A veteran of Houston’s cocktail scene, Ibañez moved to Seattle several years ago and recently assumed the role of bar manager at Rumba, an acclaimed rum bar now entering its second decade. For this episode, he talks about his upcoming plans for Rumba, the differences between Houston and Seattle bars, and he mixes up his original cocktail, the Long Story Short, pictured on the cover of the January/February issue.
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