This year over 150 original and creative recipes were submitted for the greatest cocktail competition in Chicago, The Tenzing Coupe. Only 40 competitors made it the semi finals and 1o to the grande finale.
These are the 10 finalists with their cocktails and recipes.
Winner: Britt Simons
Runner up: Jill Anderson
Third Place: Camren Ward
-1.5 oz Barsol Pisco Selecto Acholado
-.5 oz bitter truth elderflower liquor
-.5 oz lime juice
-.5 oz Chareau aloe liquor
-.5 oz simple
-1 egg white
-1.5 Oz of Cruz de fuego mezcal Cirial
-.75 Oz lime juice
-.5 oz passion fruit syrup
-.25 Oz Chareau aloe liquor
-.25 Oz amaro rizza il dolce Moro
-.25 oz hibiscus grenadine
-2 dashes of creole bitters Aloe garnish
-1 oz Alma Toscana Grappa Di Moscato
-.5 oz Element Creole Shrubb Liqueur D’Orange -.75 oz Don Ciccio & Figli Finocchietto
-.75 oz lemon juice
-.25 oz small hand foods gum syrup
-2 dashes of bitter truth olive bitters
-1 sprig of thyme
-1 muddled strawberry
-2 dashes of owl & whale persimmon bitters -.25+ oz Maison fonde creme de banana
-.5 oz J.M Agricole White Rum 80pf
-1.5 oz Lustau Fino Sherry
-.25+ oz lime juice
-.25 oz simple syrup
-1.5 oz Nikka coffey Gin
-.5 oz Luxardo bitters
- 1.5 oz Pineapple juice
-.75 oz Small Hands orgeat syrup
-.5 oz orange juice
-.5 oz lime juice
-1.5 ounces of St. George's Botanivore Gin
-5 ounces of Montanaro Liqueur di Camomilla
-.5 ounces of Don Ciccio & Figli Finocchietto
-.5 ounces of Lime Juice
-.5 ounces of Honey Syrup (2:1)
- 1 sprig of dill.
-1.5 oz Two James Old Cockney Gin
-.75 oz lemon juice
-.25 oz Shrub & Co Apple Shrub
-.25 oz. cinnamon syrup
-barspoon Clement Coconut
-barspoon Pastis
-2 dash Greenbar Bar Keep Apple bitters
- 1egg white
-1.5oz Cruz Del Fuego Tobala Mezcal
-.25oz Rapa Giovanni nocino
-.25oz St. George Nola Coffee Liqueur
-.25oz Amaro Della Sacra
-.5oz small hands pineapple gum syrup
-.5oz Violet Hour Old Fashioned mix
-3 dashes Bitter Truth spiced chocolate bitters
-2 dashes fee brothers Cardamom bitters
-1 Whole Egg
- .25 oz Ming River Sichuan Baijiu
-.75 oz Clement Mahina
-1.5 Uruapan Oaxacan Rum
-.75 lime
-.5 rich simple
-.5 pineapple juice
-.25 Don Ciccio Ambrosia Aperitivo
-1 drop Bitter Truth Chocolate Bitters
Britt Simons (Winner!)
”Verano Verde”
-2 dashes Owl and Whale Lemongrass bitters
-2 dashes saline or a very small pinch of salt
-.75oz Appel’s Natural ginger syrup
-.75oz fresh lemon juice
-.75oz Lustau Vermut Blanco
-.75oz St George Aqua Perfecta Basil Eau de Vie
-.75oz Flor Del Diserto Sierra Sotol
-Top with 3oz of Fentiman’s soda
