{"id":22015,"date":"2015-02-15T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T22:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=22015"},"modified":"2015-02-15T19:06:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T00:06:32","slug":"know-your-bartender-hugh-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/know-your-bartender-hugh-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Bartender: Hugh Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Home town: <\/strong>Colfax, Washington<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bars where you have worked<\/strong>: Sangria, Mingles (Moscow, Idaho), Blind Pig Pub & Deli (Oxford, current)<\/span><\/p>\n

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In your experience, what is the most common reason to have a drink?<\/strong> Sun is up\/down.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your favorite ingredient or flavor combination? <\/strong>Whiskey, beer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What is your most essential bar tool?<\/strong> Glasses.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Where\u2019s your favorite spot to sip in Oxford \/ your hometown? <\/strong>Hyde Out Tavern (Colfax, Washington)<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are your personal specialties<\/strong>? Whiskey<\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you wish people would order more often? Less often? <\/strong>More often: whiskey. Less often: carbombs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Early alcohol experience<\/strong>: 14 years old, drinking Kokanee and jumping pick-ups over the hills of \"HughJones\"<\/a>Whitman County, and pulling a friend on a saucer (device for sled-type activity) through stubble fields. Almost killed Cody Herman.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most famous customer you\u2019ve ever served<\/strong>: Ben Power<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who would you most like to have a drink with; where and what would you imbibe<\/strong>? Dr. Howard S. Becker; Hunter S. Thompson; Major T.J. \u201cKing\u201d Kong, The Bomb.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What have you been listening to this year? <\/strong>Goodnight Girls (new Unwed Teenage Mothers album)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Favorite movie of all time<\/strong>: Dr. Strangelove<\/em> or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Favorite sport & team<\/strong>: Idaho Sportsorcity Sportsball Sportcercisers<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who\u2019s your favorite Rebel? <\/strong>Mary Wollstonecraft<\/span><\/p>\n

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Read any good books lately<\/strong>? Acts of Resistance<\/em>, Pierre Bourdieu<\/span><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s the funniest thing you\u2019ve seen in your bar lately? <\/strong>\u201cHe hasn\u2019t even had that much to drink, he just ate six Klonopin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Where would you be if you weren\u2019t behind a bar?<\/strong> In my office, or anywhere but a church.<\/span>\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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