Bartender Competition at Rye was FUN!

Thanks to each and every one of you that attended the cocktail competition we sponsored, together with Beverage Artistry and Rye SF on Monday... Especially to those of you who stuck your neck out to compete - it was a great event! Hope you all had as much fun as we did :)

Third Place: MacKenzie Spurlock -
All the way from Minnie's Lounge in Modesto!

Second Place: Jason Withrow (one of my best friends since high school!) of Redd in Yountville


And First Place goes to: Jon Ojinaga of San
Francisco's own Clift Hotel!!
































Thank you to the ladies at Beverage Artistry for the lovely cheese and charcuterie selection :)

This is Victoria's
gorgeous cocktail,
the Summer Eclipse

Thanks to Debbie Rizzo, our fabulous judges, and the amazing team from Beverage Artistry! Coming soon: North Bay Cocktail Competition!!!

Here are the tasty cockrtails, and they were ALL yummy -

FIRST PLACE:
Naka, Jon Olinaga (Clift Hotel – SF)
2 oz Charbay Green Tea Vodka
1 oz Nigori Sake
1 oz Beverage Artistry Yuzu Luxe Sour

SECOND PLACE:
Samurai, Jason Withrow (Redd – Napa Valley)
4 blackberries
3 oz Charbay Green Tea Vodka
1.5 oz Beverage Artistry Yuzu Luxe Sour
.5 oz lemon-ginger simple syrup
Shaken and double-strained over ice, topped with Fever Tree Ginger Beer
Shaken and strained, garnished with an orchid flower

THIRD PLACE:
MF 5000, MacKenzie Spurlock (Minnie’s Lounge – Modesto)
.75 oz lime juice
1/2 muddled jalapeño
.25 oz Beverage Artistry White Sangria
.5 oz Beverage Artistry Yuzu Luxe Sour
1.5 oz Charbay Meyer Lemon Vodka
Shaken and strained, garnished with cayenne pepper on the rim and a slice of jalapeño

Honeymoon Suite (Sweet!), Jen Ackril (Rye SF)
2 oz Charbay Tahitian Vanilla Rum
.5 oz Licor 43
.5 oz grapefruit juice
.5 Beverage Artistry Yuzu Luxe Sour.5 oz egg white
Shaken and strained, sprinkled with Chinese 5 spice

Lydia, Joe Parrilli (Wayfare Tavern – SF)
1.5 oz Charbay Meyer Lemon Vodka
.5 oz Beverage Artistry Yuzu Luxe Sour
1 oz Applejack
.5 oz lemon juice
.5 oz lavender honey
.5 oz Salerno blood orange liqueur
Fever Tree Bitter Lemon
Served in a Collins glass, topped with cucumber foam

Summer Eclipse, Victoria D’Amato (Cent’Anni Cocktail Catering – SF)
1.5 oz Charbay Ruby Red Grapefruit Vodka
.5 oz Beverage Artistry White Sangria
3 oz Beverage Artistry Passion Colada
.5 oz fresh lemon juice

Shaken and strained over crushed ice, drizzled with homemade strawberry & Beverage Artistry Red Sangria Syrup

Gilligan’s Gossip, Michael Callahan (Gitane – SF)
2 oz Charbay Tahitian Vanilla Rum
1.5 oz fresh orange juice
.75 oz Beverage Artistry Yuzu Luxe Sour
.25 oz allspice dram
Dollop of Beverage Artistry Passion Colada
Scoop of El Corazon faux caviar
1 Tahitian vanilla bean