The Caribbean Travel Awards 2018

By: - December 17th, 2018
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Caribbean Bartender of the Year: Edward Godard, St Barth If there’s a more creative bar in the Caribbean than St Barth’s Quarter Kitchen and Cocktail Lab, well — there isn’t. One day you might walk in to the smell of sage cooled by liquid nitrogen, another you might try five different kinds of ti’ punches. Either way, at the center of it all is the ultra talented Godard, who manages both the Caribbean’s largest rum and bourbon collections — and its most out-of-this-world cocktail menu, with bravado and ease.


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