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Today we chat with Kevin Barrett, the founder of Dram & Draught, one of the best neighborhood bars in Raleigh especially for whiskey lovers! This Q&A is a part of our series called interviews with locals where we interview local Raleigh business owners and entrepreneurs to share their story with our community.

Dram & Draught has revved up the Greensboro bar scene, quickly becoming the latest hub for downtown drinks and hijinks. This hip little joint, formerly a service station on the corner of Eugene and Gate City Boulevard, has been transformed into a super-comfy upscale hangout that's hosted movie nights, live music and � if you literally want to take the edge off � hatchet-throwing. But the watering hole is best known for its highbrow seasonal cocktail menus. Wrestling with upholding their newfound rep for pretty pours, they recently called three Triad bartenders to the mat against the home team for the ultimate Sidecar Competition.

At Raleigh's Dram & Draught, both Kevin Barrett and Drew Schenck are living their dream of creating specialty cocktails.

ICYMI, National Vodka Day was yesterday (Oct. 4). To extend the good cheer (and the fact that vodka is cool again), we tapped three top local spirits experts on their fave vodka sippers around town�and why these boozy bevs top their list.

As Hurricane Barry was making its way to New Orleans in mid-June, Rolando Pettigrew sipped water and shrugged.

Kevin Barrett, the founder of Dram and Draught, is headed to New Orleans this month for a national cocktail competition.

It's a rare moment when a who's who of Triangle bartenders gather at the same place on a Friday afternoon, but that's what happened when Jim Meehan came to town. Meehan, a bartender and journalist, and the author ofMeehan's Bartender Manual and The PDT Cocktail Book made a stop in Raleigh's Dram and Draught during a tour of the state, signing books and talking the business of tending bar.