Background
Adam Carmer was born April 3, 1966, in Beverly Hills, California, to Robert “Skippy” and Nina Carmer.
Adam Carmer was born April 3, 1966, in Beverly Hills, California, to Robert “Skippy” and Nina Carmer.
Adam Carmer started his education at The University of Southern California with a focus in philosophy, cinema, and communications. In 1996 he completed his Bachelor of Arts in Communications at The University of Nevada Las Vegas. In 2011 he completed his Masters of Science in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
He is currently attending The University of Liverpool where he is pursuing a Doctorate in Higher.
He is the author of the book The Method, and the inventor of CSTEM, the Carmer Spirits Tasting Enhancement Method, an alternate method for tasting spirits and wine. Carmer"s first job in Las Vegas while completing his degree was as a maitre’d on the opening team at Treasure Island in 1993. In November 1996, he was inducted into the Chaine des Rotisseurs gourmet club
From 1997 to 2000, he worked as the Director of Restaurants and Hotel Sommelier for The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
lieutenant was during this time he became Steve Wynn"s first hotel Sommelier. Carmer devised and demonstrated a new form of table service called "Apparition Service” at Café Michelle in August 2002.
He has served as a professor for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Harrah’s Hotel College since 1996 teaching courses in cost control, entrepreneurship, spirits, old world wine, new world wine and beer. In June 2003, Carmer opened The Freakin" Frog, followed by The Whisky Attic in 2005.
The bar was originally opened as a beer and wine café with ten beers on tap and 300 wines.
Through customer feedback it evolved into the first craft beer bar in Nevada and the first whisky bar of its kind in the country. The Freakin" Frog offers over 1000 types of beer in bottles, with 15 taps that are constantly updated. The Whisky Attic upstairs is stocked with over 900 whiskies from around the world.
Through his teaching and tasting experiences, he developed the Carmer Spirits Taste Enhancement Method, known as CSTEM or ""The Method".
He appeared on Bar Rescue as a craft beer expert.