My first visit to Neat I had the pleasure meeting Cari Hah. Cari was great to chat all things booze with and she was really creative when it came to both neat pairings as well as cocktails and she had great suggestions for new spirits to try based off ones I’ve already had. With people like Matt at Library and Cari, it isn’t just their extensive knowledge or creativity, but also that they’re just great people. You enjoy yourself talking about cocktails and spirits with them, they are excited that you’re excited about their craft and you’re excited that they are equally excited about what they do. You know that there is something special about a person when Miracle Mile Bitters Co. makes Cari her own Persimmon bitters, that come in a bright pink label called Hello Cari, that are not for sale. Cari changed my idea of an old fashioned, making me one using Hibiki, a Japanese whiskey (which I LOVE but had never thought of mixing) paired with the Hello Cari bitters, it was fantastic! They recently had a Korean inspired cocktail night, that I unfortunately missed, where it looked like Cari really had her place to shine. I hope that theme makes a return some day.