» Chris Raph – WORLDS FASTEST BARTENDER- Crushed The Guinness World Record for Most Cocktails Poured in One Hour on Thursday 4/16.

Chris Poured 662 Cocktails in 60 minutes Beating the Previous World Record By 273 Cocktails!

PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THE WORLD RECORD: MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (April 16, 2009) – The standing world record for most cocktails made in one hour was broken this evening by The Shout House Dueling Pianos’ bar manager, Chris Raph. The standing record was 389 cocktails, set by Matthias Knorr in Munich, Germany.

A list of 784 cocktails was submitted to Guinness World Records earlier this month. Tonight, in front of a crowd of over 300 onlookers, Raph poured each cocktail, one by one in order from that list. Cocktail recipes required at least one alcoholic ingredient and one non-alcoholic ingredient, and at least 3 total ingredients.

Raph’s attempt began at 8:30 p.m. Raph reached the standing record cocktails 389 with 25 minutes remaining. By 9:30 p.m. Raph had poured an unbelievable 662 cocktails, over 10 cocktails per minute. At 9:34 p.m. Guinness World Records™ Adjudicator, Carlos Martinez, officially declared Raph as the holder of world record for most cocktails made in one hour.

"It was a high-energy night at The Shout House. When Chris broke the record, the crowd went crazy," said Joe Woods, owner of the Shout House Dueling Pianos. "We’re really proud of Chris; he’s an absolutely amazing bartender."