Two distinctive hotel properties located on Duke University's campus, the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club’s Bull Durham Bar and JB Duke Hotel’s Lobby Lounge, are hosting the Be Our Guest Bartender Series, inviting the Triangle area’s top mixologists to serve up specialty cocktail creations to hotel guests. Throughout the months of August and September, visit the JB Duke Hotel Lobby Lounge each Wednesday and the Washington Duke Inn’s Bull Durham Bar each Thursday from 5-7 p.m. to meet guest bartenders and savor the signature flavors present in their unique cocktail creations. Wednesday, 8/21 and Thursday, 8/22 – Leslie Matista, Velvet Hippo Bar & Lounge Wednesday, 8/28 and Thursday, 8/29 – Megan Mendoza, Dram & Draught Wednesday, 9/4 and Thursday, 9/5 – Darryl Russell, Weldon Mills Distillery Wednesday, 9/11 and Thursday, 9/12 – Greg Ewan, Aunty Betty's Gin & Absinthe Bar WEDNESDAYS: Lobby Lounge @ JB Duke Hotel, 230 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708 THURSDAYS: Bull Durham Bar @ Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club, 3001 Cameron Blvd, Durham, NC 27705 The guest cocktail creations will be available on the Lobby Lounge and Bull Durham Bar menus the week following each bartender’s on-site visit. The hotel properties will attribute 10% of proceeds from the specialty drink menus as part of a donation to each bartender’s local non-profit organization of choice. For more information, follow the Washington Duke Inn and JB Duke Hotel on Instagram to receive real-time bartender series updates: @washingtondukeinn and @jbdukehotel.