The Cocktail Collective emerged from the pandemic, when Fisher began teaching online classes and distributing unique vintage barware she had found while thrifting. She launched The Hammered Copper in 2018. From 2013 to 2017, she became the western states brand ambassador for Johnnie Walker scotch. “I had this baby business very fast,” she said. We’ll figure out the rest.”Īfter a disappointing run applying at several Salt Lake City bars - where there was rarely a female bartender in sight - Fisher went freelance in 2010. You need to go back, and you need to do that. Fisher said it was her husband who suggested to her “you should go back to bartending - it’s the last time I remember seeing you at your happiest.
9, 2022.Īfter graduation, she went to work in the mental health sector, but found herself working 14- and 16-hour days in hostile, dysfunctional environments.
(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) Alexi Fisher, owner of Cocktail Collective, strains her cocktail before garnishing in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. “Some of the best barware I’ve ever used is stuff I’ve found, not purchased.”įisher noted that copper grows stronger the more it’s banged around and used. The Hammered Copper gets its name from a pair of copper mugs Fisher and her husband, Joe, found in a secondhand shop. It’s the only educational facility of its type in Utah, and perhaps the nation. In December, she opened Cocktail Collective, “a culinary school for spirits and cocktails” in ArtSpace Commons. Thirteen years later, Fisher is COO of The Hammered Copper, an eco-friendly mobile bartending service that travels across Utah. I have no idea!’” They tipped well, she said, but she was never sure if they were just being nice. I’m not going to lie - I was making these drinks, and was like, ‘I hope people like them.
Alexi Fisher mixed her first cocktail in college, bartending her way through school as she studied neuroscience at Westminster College and then clinical psychology at the University of Utah.Īt the time, Fisher said, she was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “so I wasn’t actually drinking.
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