Alexander Day

Gin & Luck - Portland, ME

Originally a bartender in Death & Co’s early days, Alex Day is a partner and the Chief Operating Officer of Gin & Luck, the ownership group for Death & Co and other hospitality ventures. During his career, he has co-formed various businesses in partnership with David Kaplan, including the global hospitality consulting company, Propriertors LLC, as well as the notable cocktail bars Nitecap, Honeycut, The Normandie Club, The Walker Inn, Death & Co Denver, Death & Co Los Angeles and Death & Co Denver.

In the process, Alex has trained hundreds of bartenders, designed dozens of bars, and along the way, has fallen deeply in love with the process of turning the idea of a bar into a reality. Passionate about education, Alex is a regular speaker at industry conferences and specialized events, as well as a contributor to various publications as a writer and expert commentator. An advocate for the hospitality industry, Alex sits on the Tales of the Cocktail Education Committee and was an original member of the Independent Restaurant Coalition.

Alex is the co-author of Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails, the James Beard and Spirited Award-winning book, Cocktail Codex: Origins, Fundamentals, Formulas, and Death & Co Welcome Home. Alex lives in Portland, Maine with his husband, Andrew.