Sean Fitzmaurice is the owner of Reserve 101, Houstons longest running and most awarded Whiskey & cocktail bar. Starting in the industry at 17 years of age as a barback, Sean has worked his way up in every role of the hospitality industry. Most recently Sean, who originally bartended and managed Reserve 101 through his years of college, returned to his home bar, not only to breath new life into one of the legacy bars of Houston, but to invest in its culture, its team, and its direction to become what Reserve 101 has always had the opportunity to be. Seans ethos is we are always beta testing mode, and never the final version of ourselves or the projects we run. A strong proponent of constant continued education, Sean has a bachelors degree in both Management as well as Marketing from the University of Houston, additionally a WSET level 2 in spirits and an Executive Bourbon Steward certification. Sean was most recently awarded the Kentucky Colonel Award, ​The highest honor awarded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, awarded by the Governor of Kentucky.