Become a RyeCentral Lab Mixologist

RyeCentral Lab Mixologists

Become a RyeCentral Lab Mixologist

Tell us about your bar craft and your relationship with rye. Approved Lab Mixologists get a public profile, an assigned RyeCentral lab-tested recipe page, and a chance to unlock their own signature cocktail feature.

New here? Browse the mixologist directory or read how to become a freelance mixologist.

Why is it free? ↓
Step 1 of 6 · Identity & basics

Identity & basics

Start with the essentials. Photos must be JPG or PNG and 5MB or smaller.

Please enter your full name.
How you want to be credited on the site.
Please enter a display name.
Please enter a number.
Please choose a title.
Optional — leave blank if freelance or unaffiliated.
City is required.
State or country is required.
Square-ish framing works best. JPG or PNG, 5MB max.
Please upload a headshot under 5MB.
Optional — action or bar shot. JPG or PNG, 5MB max.
File too large. Max 5MB.
Select all that apply.
Used only for review correspondence. Never shown publicly.
Please enter a valid email.

Rye & cocktail expertise

The substance our readers come for. Be specific — opinions beat generalities.

Please name your favorite rye.
2-4 sentences. Specific tasting notes or memories work great. 0 / 500
Tell us why — at least a sentence.
Required.
Required.
e.g., Old Fashioned, Manhattan, Sazerac, Vieux Carré.
Required.
Select all that apply.
1-2 paragraphs. What guides your choices behind the bar? This is the heart of your profile. 0 / 1200
A paragraph or two, please.

Your signature cocktail

An original or signature recipe you'd want featured. Hitting 50 confirmed referrals unlocks a dedicated page for this drink.

Please name the drink.
One per line, with measurements. e.g., 2 oz Rittenhouse Rye.
Ingredients are required.
Numbered steps or a tight paragraph.
Method is required.
Required.
Required.

Your story

This is the texture that turns a profile into a person. Write like you'd tell a guest at the bar.

A paragraph. Specific moments and bottles welcome. 0 / 2000
A paragraph, please.
Personal interests, side projects, what readers should know about you off-shift. 0 / 2000
A paragraph, please.
Optional. A single line that captures your philosophy. Max 240 characters. 0 / 240

Q&A and social

Just answer these in your own voice — they appear as a Q&A on your profile. Two or three sentences each is plenty.

Question 1 — required
Your answer — what you think separates a great drink from an average one.
Question 2 — required
Your answer — what keeps you behind the bar.
Question 3 — optional
Optional. A bit of personality — family, hobbies, whatever is true.
Your own question — optional Something we didn’t ask that you’d like on your profile? Add it here.

Social & web (all optional)

Consent & submit

All four boxes are required before you submit.

Optional. Anything you'd like the editorial team to know.
What happens next. Submissions land with the RyeCentral editorial team. We typically respond within 5-7 business days with one of: approved (we'll send onboarding next steps), request edits (one or two adjustments), or not a fit right now. Your details aren't published anywhere until you're approved.

Why is it free?

Because it works both ways.

Founding offer

The first 100 profiles are free for life

Claim a founding place and you never pay — whatever we launch later.

RyeCentral is building the definitive home for rye whiskey — Old Fashioneds, rye cocktails, and the craft around them. Right now the site draws 10,800+ visits and 10,000+ readers a month, up 190% on the previous 30 days, and we're still early.

Getting to where we want to be takes more than recipes on a page. It takes real mixologists standing behind them. Working professionals bring the experience, credibility and personality that turn a recipe into something people trust — and that's what makes our Cocktail Station worth returning to.

We aren't trying to take a share of your income. We want the best cocktail professionals on RyeCentral because their expertise makes RyeCentral more authoritative. In return, we point our audience and our search reach at your profile — so the people planning events find you, and contact you directly.

So we made the exchange simple. You bring the craft. We give you a professional profile that helps people find you and contact you directly for weddings, parties, private events and other work.

  • Free for lifefirst 100 profiles
  • No listing feeno subscription
  • No commissionyou keep 100%

What we get

Relationships with talented mixologists, and cocktail content with genuine expertise behind it — which is what builds real authority.

What you get

A professional profile, exposure to a fast-growing rye audience, and enquiries that come straight to you — at no cost.

Ways to raise your profile

Your profile is the start. These are the ways Lab Mixologists build real visibility with us.

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Lab-test a recipe

Put your name on a RyeCentral lab-tested recipe. You test and refine it, we publish it credited to you and linked to your profile.

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Build a cocktail video

Follow our video blueprint and we'll feature your build on the recipe page and push it out across the RyeCentral channels.

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Your own lab tester code

A unique code that's yours alone — promote your profile on social with it and everyone who joins through it is credited to you.

We're starting small on purpose. We'd rather bring a smaller group of genuinely talented people on the journey with us — and the mixologists who build with us now are the ones who'll be front and centre as RyeCentral grows.

Book the mixologist, not the middleman — that is the whole idea. We don't take a cut of your bookings and we never will. When a client contacts you through your profile, that conversation is yours.

You help us become the authority on rye cocktails.

We help more people discover you.

See it in action: browse the mixologist directory · how to become a freelance mixologist

Questions about contributing? Reach out to support at Support@ryecentral.com.