2022 Contestants
The Winners
Peoples Choice
Anthony Valenti
The Landlover
Combine honey mint simple syrup, coconut almond black tea, a bit of Laproiag, Maker’s Mark, grapefruit juice and bitters. Garnish with mint.
Ashley Hindes
The Black Mark
Muddle 2 blackberries, 2 mint leaves, and honey simple together. Add Maker’s Mark and Lemon Juice. Shake and serve in Old Fashioned Glass over large rock. Garnish with 3 blackberries and mint sprig.
Collin Griffith
Plan Bee
Shake, Collins glass, top merengue, garnish bee pollen
Doug Frank
Build It Up and Burn It Down
Combine Makers Mark Bourbon, Lime, Grapefruit, Syrup & 2 dashes of angostura in a mixing tin with 1/2 pebble and 1/2 method ice. -Shakey Shakey -Dirty Dump -Top with pebble ice & 4 dashes of Angostura Bitters -Garnish & pour overproof rum on cinnamon stick.
Drew Stevens
Fig It
Blend fig & vanilla infused makers, lemon, orange juice, local honey syrup, macadamia nut liqueur and black walnut bitters on medium setting then allow to macerate for 4 days. Strain through fine mesh strainer.
Hannah Parrott
Blueberry Bourbon Smash
First, add 4 blueberries, ~1tsp blue matcha, 1/4oz lemon juice, and 1/4oz Honey Maple syrup to a short glass, then muddle. Add ice next, then top with 2oz Maker’s Mark. Now give it a stir, then grab your lemon peel. Give it a twist over the glass to release the oils, place in glass, then enjoy!
James Woolley
Now Get This…
Add all ingredients into a shaker tin, and dry shake with no ice. Add ice, and shake again for 10 seconds. Double strain into a chilled coup glass, and garnish with a crystallized ginger candy.
Kevin Burke
One Trick Pony
Build ingredients in a Double, Old-Fashioned glass, add large ice cubes, stir until 15-25% dilution is achieved.
Sophia Vidal
Take It Easy
Add all ingredients in mixing glass over ice, stir, strain over large ice rock.
Taylor St. John
The Hara Kiri
Shaken with method ice Dirty dump Top with crushed Chamoy- lined down sides Top w/ Tomato Juice.
Thomas Vazquez
Ikki
All ingredients are added to yarai and stirred. Then it is strained into a coupe glass and garnished with a sheet of nori coated with honey and sesame seeds.
Tim Richards
Black Hole Sun
Add all ingredients to a shaker tin and shake with regular ice. dirty dump into Collins glass with a few black ice cubes. Top with garnish pearls and lemon.