With nearly 500 entries submitted, deciding upon The Perfect Blend finalists for 2018 was no easy task. 10 judges on the panel completely blind-judged each individual entry…
Moutai, the most revered spirit in China, revealed the much-anticipated winner of their ‘Enter The Dragon’ cocktail competition at an industry wrap party at Hot Sauce, QT Melbourne on Monday night. Ray Letoa from New Zealand’s Roxy Cinema was crowned Moutai Master, with his cocktail ‘Descendant’s Elixir’.
On Monday 13 November Woodford Reserve held its third annual 2017 Australia Cocktail Competition at Marble Bar in Sydney. 155 bartenders across the country entered to win the prestigious title and a major stake in the $10,000 prize pool. Matt Linklater from Black Pearl in Melbourne is the champion who won with the Natural Order cocktail.
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Last night at the Semi-Final cocktail party held at The Beaufort, this year’s BACARDÍ Legacy Three Most Promising were announced and will be progressing through to the National Final in the 2017/2018 BACARDÍ Legacy Global Cocktail Competition.
Nils Boese’s bar is owned, operated and staffed solely by himself, has no menus, and is closed whenever he’s out of town. He’s got no contract — which is how likes it — but is the unofficial Jägermeister Global Brand Ambassador, and is clearly doing things his own way.
Now in its second year, Enter The Dragon broadened its scope to include not only Australian hopefuls but New Zealand’s elite, making this a truly trans-Tasman competition. Competitors were also tasked with using Australian native flavours in their cocktail creations.
These New Zealand gins boast a sense of place, and are set to challenge how people think about classic gins — read more from the makers themselves on how they did it (they even made their own still).
Buffalo Trace Distillery dominates the American Whisky Category, according to Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2018, winning the top prize of World Whisky of the Year.
Sortilège is derived from an authentic recipe developed by the descendants of the first settlers of Quebec who brought whisky-making techniques to the new world and added a local native ingredient, maple syrup.
There’s just three weeks to go to submit your entry into The Perfect Blend 2018.
David Robinson won over judges with his cocktail, ‘The Last Frontier’ which had citrus and spice notes, inspired by his hown town of Darwin with a South East Asian twist. Get the winning recipe here.