Heute stellen wir euch einen weiteren Pro-flairbartender vor; der 28 jährige U.S. Amerikaner Justin Keane. Seit 8 Jahren steht Justin hinter der Bar, wovon er 6 Jahre schon flairt. Angefangen hat er in Hawaii, entschloss sich dann aber nach Las Vegas zu ziehen um in der Hauptstadt des Flairbartendings zu arbeiten. Heute ist er einer der bekanntesten Flair Bartender, der an fast allen großen Comps teilnahm und immer weit vorn liegt. Berühmt für seine unverwechselbaren Moves, hier ist Justin:

 1. Which comps are you looking forward to this year? are we going to see you in europe ? Justin: The comp i’m looking forward to the most is UFBC at Harrah’s june 2nd till june 5th. it will be the highest paying comp in flair history with 25 thousand dollars going to first place! a link to the website will be posted soon. i will post it on the fba forum and email all of my flair contacts. as for Europe… unfortunately i wont be out that way this year. i just had a baby about a month ago and can’t travel too much right now. but i will be out there soon for sure! i had a great time on my last trip to Moscow and Cologne
2.You´re one of the most famous flairbartenders out there and people are talking about your flair. How would you describe your style in a few words? Justin: it makes me proud to hear that people like my flair
in a few words i would say… i just do what i want to do and i try not to think about if people will like it or not. i think it’s important to do what moves you like to do and this will show in your flair making it alot nicer to watch. i also try to blend  english style 3 bottle and juggling styles to make a nice multiple bottle style…
3. After seeing the area51 video and the sick line up we got intrieged by the project. can you share something with us? Justin:
 i will tell you a few things about the video. the flair is sick! featuring working flair and exibition flair from each of us. also there will be an mtv style cribs episode for each of us. the video was shot in hi def
and will be available very soon! hopefully in the summer of 2008. i think that all of us on the video have very different styles which will make for good viewing!
4. Some people in the bar culture claime that flairbartending means less quality of drinks due to the unusual type of preparation. what do you think? Justin:i think that is a bulshit excuse for people who dont have the tallent to flair so they find something to criticise us about. but i used to work at the Ibar at the RIO and every night i would make quality drinks with nice flair. Behnam Gerami currently works there and is doing the same thing. so tell those people to find a bar like this and be proved wrong!

5. if you had to name ONE flairbartender whos shows you really enjoy,who would that be?
Justin: it would have to be Tom Dyer aka “Tryer” there are many flairbartenders i love to watch for different reasons but overall i like to watch Tom.
6. What do you think about the german flair community? Justin: I had a very good time in Cologne and feel that flair is progressing quickly in Germay. everyone was very nice and welcoming to us during our stay! by the way i now know that a raddler is not a brand of beer ;) funny story… i look forward to my next trip to Germany!
Thanks for your time Justin, and congrats to becoming a father! We´re looking forward to hear from you again.
Justin: Any time man… this was a nice interview