Zachary Faden is currently the Director of Spirits Curation and Education with the Museum of Distilled Spirits. He is an academically trained historian turned bartender and holds a deep passion for the craft and the story of spirits and cocktails. He has bartended and overseen drink programs throughout the Washington, DC area. 

Among other honors, he won the 2017 Tales of the Cocktail Official Cocktail Competition and was the 2nd place runner up in 2018; was selected to the Top 100 for Bombay Sapphire’s Most Imaginative Bartender competition in both 2018 and 2019; and has been a Woodford Reserve’s Manhattan Experience regional finalist in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

The Museum of Distilled Spirits’ mission is to welcome the community that has an appreciation for brandy, gin, rum, tequila, vodka, and whiskey to share their stories while inspiring awareness of the significance of distilled spirits to America’s cultural heritage in a celebratory, innovative, multisensory experience.