Working in partnership with its Australian importer and distributor, Savant Spirits, East London Dry Gin invited bartenders to enter a cocktail that heroes the gin for a chance to fly to London to meet the distillers at East London Liquor Company and tour its hometown.
East London Liquor Company was set up by a group of bartenders who wanted to bring the production of craft spirits back to the heart of the capital's old spirits industry for the first time in more than a century. Today the company has a distillery, restaurant and retail space in an old glue factory in the East End of London and produces a range of quality handcrafted spirits that also include vodka, rum, and whisky.
Entrants were judged on their cocktail, which needed to feature East London Dry Gin as the predominant ingredient; other ingredients, method, concept, and photo.
The Top 20 is as follows:
1. Jonathan Minihan - Toffs VIC
2. Yao Wong - Elysian VIC
3. Sean Mcguire - Nieuw Amsterdam VIC
4. Martin Giblin - Rice Paper VIC
5. Gridouu Arch' - House of Correction VIC
6. Yue Yamanaka - Nash - Henry Sugar VIC
7. Adam Stewart - Lily Blacks VIC
8. Cin Davies - Loop Rooftop VIC
9. Liam Watt - Waterslide VIC
10. Peter Blundey - Loop VIC
11. Pita Dixon - Joe Taylor VIC
12. Rachael Hand - Goldilocks VIC
13. Sean C D Hastings - Cookie VIC
14. Alex Marchetti - Salopian Inn SA
15. Vini Wang - Hains & Co SA
16. Kayla Grigoriou - Bar Torino SA
17. Jade Dunn - The Propaganda Club - SA
18. Kieren Lee - Baraber Shop NSW
19. Patrick Tully - Archie Rose NSW
20. Paul Hammond - Bulletin Place NSW
The Top 20 will now enter Round Two of the competition, running for the next four weeks and ending on Sunday 7 May 2017. The judging panel, including the 'Gin Queen' Caroline Childerley, has been tasked with narrowing the entries down to a Top 5 based on a social media component, a sales component and the East London Dry Gin cocktails.
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