When Tim Harris hands you a freshly made cocktail, you drink it…and you enjoy it…and you order another. Tim is the owner of the Manhattan Cricket Club. Drinks there go through six to eight hours of creative development in order to make it to a very competitive 11-drink menu.

I met with Tim last weekend at the Manhattan Cricket Club, where he whipped me up some cocktails and gave me a little history of the place. Check out our conversation where he’ll tell you what the MCC is all about, his philosophy on craft cocktails, and why there’s a “12th man” on the menu.

If you’re wondering what goes into the Salt & Pepper cocktail, click here for the “How to.”