Phoenix & Beyond
Every great party deserves a remarkable bar.
Gain the knowledge from the best.
Award-winning cocktail experiences, event bartending, and beverage education—wherever your event takes you. Based in Arizona and available nationwide, Juniper & Jigger creates bespoke cocktails designed exclusively for your event, alongside luxury bar services, interactive Mixology 101 experiences, advanced cocktail workshops, spirit education, and professional prep training. Every experience is personally developed by Jason Asher, the award-winning hospitality professional behind one of North America’s 50 Best Bars, delivering world-class hospitality for everything from intimate gatherings to celebrations of more than 2,000 guests.
Most services bring a folding table and a speed rail. This is something else — a menu written for your night, mixed from real ingredients, batched and run so the room never sees the work, only the result. Ten guests or two thousand, the standard never moves.
10–2,000
Guests per event
30+ yrs
Craft & operations
100% Custom
Cocktails Designed for You
Experiences
Custom built. Effortlessly scaled.
i.
Private Events
Dinners, milestones, and celebrations — from a dozen guests to a few hundred — with a menu built around the room and the reason you’re gathering them.
ii.
Weddings
A cocktail moment that feels like you — from a pair of signature pours to a full reception program, designed and run start to finish.
iii.
Corporate & Brand
Launches, client events, and activations where the drink is part of the story. Spirit and brand partnerships welcome and well understood.
iv.
Large-Format & Galas
Festivals, fundraisers, and rooms of up to two thousand — handled with the logistics, pacing, and consistency of a permanent bar program.
On Location
Any Venue. Elevated.
The Experience
Every cocktail begins with your story.
Every menu is created in collaboration with you — designed around your tastes, your guests, and the moments you want them to remember.
Cocktails inspired by your event
Every menu begins with a conversation. Your favorite spirits, meaningful flavors, seasonal ingredients, and the atmosphere you’re creating all shape a cocktail experience that’s uniquely yours. No pre-built packages. No generic drink lists.
Effortless hospitality
Behind every seamless cocktail is hours of preparation. Fresh ingredients, batching, premium ice, beautiful glassware, garnish, and timing are orchestrated so every guest enjoys exceptional service — without ever seeing the work behind it.
No shortcuts. Ever.
Fresh citrus squeezed by hand. House-made syrups and cordials. Premium spirits. Proper dilution. Beautiful glassware. Every detail is intentional, because great cocktails are built from great ingredients.
Three decades of experience
For more than 30 years, I’ve built a career in hospitality, creating award-winning cocktail bars and unforgettable guest experiences. That journey has taught us one simple truth: exceptional hospitality is never accidental. Whether we’re crafting bespoke cocktails for an intimate dinner or managing beverage service for a 2,000-guest gala, every event is executed with the same precision, professionalism, creativity, and attention to detail that earned our reputation.
Recognition
The craft behind the service.
North America's 50 Best Bars
2023 & 2024
Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
Spirited Awards · 2023
Most Imaginative Bartender
Bombay Sapphire · 2010
Arizona Cocktail Weekend
Board Member · Five Years
The Pinnacle Guide
Recognition reflects the career and programs of Jason Asher and Juniper & Jigger Hospitality Co
Behind the Bar
Jason Asher.
Juniper & Jigger is led by founding partner Jason Asher — a nationally recognized culinary professional and acclaimed mixologist based in Phoenix, who blends culinary technique with modern cocktail craft to build programs that are as technically refined as they are genuinely approachable.
A graduate of the California Culinary Academy, his work has been featured in Esquire, Food & Wine, GQ, Imbibe, Saveur, and The Wall Street Journal. His bar program was named Best U.S. Cocktail Bar at the 2023 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards and ranked on North America’s 50 Best Bars in both 2023 and 2024. He won Food Network’s Chopped in 2017 and was named GQ & Bombay Sapphire’s Most Imaginative Bartender in 2010.
Beyond the accolades, he’s known for his mentorship and his commitment to the hospitality community. When he isn’t developing new concepts, he’s traveling, hiking, or spending time with his wife, Kailee, and their family.
Cocktail Classes
Step behind the bar.
Hands-on classes and guided tastings for curious enthusiasts and working professionals alike — built around what you want to learn, led by an award-winning team.
i.
Spirit Tastings
Guided journeys through a single category — whiskey, agave, rum, gin, and beyond. How it’s made, how to taste it, and what separates the good from the unforgettable.
In-House • On-site • Virtual
10–25 Guests
1.5 Hours
ii.
Mixology 101
The fundamentals that make every drink better — balance, core technique, the essential tools, and the classics every great cocktail is built on.
In-House • On-site • Virtual
10–25 Guests
2.0 Hours
iii.
Prep & Ingredients
The work behind the drink — fresh juices, house-made syrups and cordials, infusions, batching, and ice. The foundation the pros build on. Then you’ll put it to work, building cocktails with the ingredients you’ve prepped to see them in action.
In-House • On-site*
4–8 Guests
3.0 Hours
iv.
Advanced Techniques
Clarification, fat-washing, carbonation, and modern garnish — for enthusiasts ready to go deeper and professionals sharpening their edge. You’ll then create cocktails with the ingredients you’ve prepped, putting each technique into practice.
In-House • On-site*
2–8 Guests
4.0 Hours
*On-site classes are an option if all the necessary equipment is available for use.
The Bar
Hosted in our studio.
Guided journeys through a single category — whiskey, agave, rum, gin, and beyond. How it’s made, how to taste it, and what separates the good from the unforgettable.
The Kitchen
The Space
For Enthusiasts
Private classes for date nights, celebrations, bachelorette parties, and team building — a memorable, hands-on experience for any group.
Spirit Tastings and Mixology 101 can also be hosted as a virtual class. In-person classes can travel to your location — additional fees apply.
For the Trade
Staff training, technique workshops, and beverage-program development for bars, restaurants, and brands looking to raise their game.
How It Works
A night worth remembering is just a few steps away.
01
Inquiry
Private classes for date nights, celebrations, bachelorette parties, and team building — a memorable, hands-on experience for any group.
02
Design
You receive a proposed menu and a clear plan built for your event, with a transparent quote and no surprises.
03
The Night
I arrive early, set up, and run the bar — so you can be a guest at your own event instead of working it.
Preferred Partners
A look at the work.
Questions
Good to know.
What size events do you serve?
Groups from 10 to 2,000. The same craft and standard apply whether it’s an intimate dinner, a 150-guest wedding, or a two-thousand-person gala — only the planning, batching, and staffing scale up to match.
What areas do you serve?
Based in Phoenix, the service covers the full Valley — Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert — as well as Sedona, Flagstaff, and destinations beyond Arizona for the right event. Travel for out-of-area work is quoted as part of your proposal.
How much does a private bartender cost?
Every event is priced on its own — guest count, format, menu, bar setup, and location all factor in. Rather than a flat per-head rate, you receive a transparent quote built around the specific night, so you only pay for what your event actually calls for. Share your details through the inquiry form for a custom estimate.
Do you provide the alcohol, or do I?
You provide the alcohol, and we handle everything else. The host purchases the spirits, wine, and beer — and you’ll receive a precise, menu-specific shopping list so you buy exactly what’s needed and nothing more. We bring the bar, tools, ice, mixers, fresh juices, house-made syrups, garnishes, and glassware, fully set up and run.
Can you design a custom cocktail menu for my event?
Yes — that’s the heart of it. Each menu is written for your night, built around your guests, the season, and the occasion, with classic and historically grounded recipes done properly. Signature drinks for weddings and named cocktails for brand activations are a specialty.
How far in advance should I book?
As early as possible — 90 days or more is recommended to secure your date, especially during Arizona’s busy season. Shorter timelines can sometimes be accommodated for smaller gatherings, so it’s always worth asking.
Do you handle large or high-volume events?
Yes. Festivals, galas, and fundraisers are run with the logistics, batching, and pacing of a permanent bar program — drawing on three decades of building and operating multi-unit beverage programs at scale.
Preferred Partners
For in-person events, we proudly recommend Trevor’s Liquor and Paradise Liquor for sourcing your spirits, wine, and beer — the ideal places to fill the custom shopping list we build for your menu.
Inquire
Let's design your night.
Share a few details and I’ll follow up personally with ideas and a quote. The more you tell me about the vision, the better the first proposal.
Based in
Phoenix, Arizona — available beyond
