Attention Glasgow Drinksmiths, all ye with a nip of whisky in your soul… Guy’s Restaurant & Bar is proud to be hosting the Auchentoshan Summer Cocktail Competition on Monday 11th June 2012.
All who tend bar with pride across our beautiful city are hereby invited to come together in celebration of her local malt, and prove that mixing fine whiskies is absolutely not sacrilege if done with reverence. First prize is £150 cash and the chance to demonstrate your winning drink at the Auchentoshan Festival, with plenty of lovely whisky and a VIP tour of the Auchentoshan distillery up for grabs for the first 2 runners-up.Judging on the night will be Paul Goodwin of Bowmore, with 2 more TBC by Auchentoshan in the coming weeks.
Drinks should have no more than 7 ingredients (including garnish) and competitors will be judged in 5 categories: Delivery, Aesthetics, Marketability, Originality & Understanding of Product. If you’d like to compete, please submit your name and the name of the bar you are representing plus 2 drink ideas (1 using Auchentoshan Classic & 1 using Auchentoshan 3 Wood).
Don’t worry, you needn’t give up all your secrets… just the names of your drinks and 2 key ingredients (apart from the whisky) for each. The top 5 most intriguing and poetic ideas will be chosen by Auchentoshan’s mystical Master Blender, and those individuals will take on the house bartenders plus a few specially invited guests from Glasgow’s cocktail community on the night.
All submissions please to cocktails@guysrestaurant.co.uk
Closing date for submissions is 16th May 2012, with the line-up to be announced shortly after. Chosen Ones will receive email confirmation and the full competition format in plenty of time to prepare for the event. The night will also launch our summer cocktail list, so our wonderful house alchemists will keep the bar open to flex their mixing guns till midnight
Good luck, whisky poets, and Slainte!
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