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July 2007 - Louis Royer Force 53 Winning barbore/drink - The Boss' "Force of Summer" 50ml Force 53 12.5ml Midori 12.5ml Vanilla Gomme 25ml Lemon Juice 6 Strawberries Top Ginger Ale Glass: Catalina / Sling Garnish: Mint Sprig & Strawberry Method: Muddle S/Berries & Add ingredients, Shake & Single Strain
June 2007 - Four Roses Winning barbore/drink - Miximitosis' "Bourbon Street " muddle 8 blueberries with 1oz maple syrup. 2oz Four Roses Yellow Label. 1oz lemon juice. dash egg white. shake vigorously with ice and strain into an ice filled old fashioned glass. garnish with lemon wedge and 3 blueberries.
April/May 2007 - Aperol Winning barbore/drink - The Boss' "Sunday Bloody Orange Sunday " 25ml Gin (Dealers Choice), 50ml Aperol, 25ml Grapefruit Juice 12.5ml Vanilla Gomme, 5 Basil Leaves, Ginger Ale Top Glass: Sling Garnish: Grapefruit Wedge & Basil Leaf Build like a mojito and top with Ginger Ale.
Feb/Mar 2007 - Martin Miller's Gin Safari Winning barbore/drink - David Cordoba's "? " Drink seems to have gone AWOL, barbitch is one the case !
Dec 2007/Jan 2007 - Grand Marnier Cordon Rouge Ltd Edition Winning barbore/drink - Mal's "Grand Festivity" 35ml Grand Marnier 20ml Noilly Prat Rouge Dash Chestnut Liqueur 5ml Pomegranate Grenadine Shake with ice then strain over rocks in an old fashioned glass. Garnish with a peeled and parted satsuma.
Roct/Nov 2006 - Hennessy Fine De Cognac Winning barbore/drink - The Dazzler's "Alpine Chic " 37.5 ml Hennessy 12.5ml Limoncello Carlini splash cinnamon gomme shake like **** and then poor contents including ice into rocks glass and top with Moet Champers, garnish with a lemon twist...
Sep 2006 - Woods 100 Old Navy Rum Winning barbore/drink - Barballistic's "?" Uh-oh, drink missing again, First Drinks is on the case !
Aug 2006 - Bowmore Darkest Winning barbore/drink - Dazzler's "Old Alliance Piper" 25ml Bowmore Darkest 10ml Manderin Napoleon splash peach essence Shake and single strain into a Champagne saucer Top with Piper-Heidsieck Rose Sauvage
May 2006 - Monkey Shoulder "Tiki Monkey" Winning barbore/drink - Mal's "Monkey Shaka Choo Choo" 50ml Monkey Shoulder, 1 barspoon Barley Syrup, 1 barspoon Root Ginger Preserve 10ml Sailor Jerry, 12.5ml fresh lime juice, Dash Orgeat syrup, 10ml Apricot Nectar "Like a monkey on a palm tree for tha coconut, shake baby shake with ice. Serve over crushed ice in a hollowed out monkey head (or Pico Grande if unavailable). Garnish with a small Macaque monkey wearing a fez on the rim
Apr 2006 - Hendrick's Gin "Teatime Martini" Winning barbore/drink - Ferdinand La Mothe's "G 'n' High Tea" 50ml Hendrick's Gin, 12.5ml Grendanine, 25ml fresh pomegranate juice, 12.5 fresh lemon juice "Shake and double strain into chilled martini teacup. Garnish with a tiny triangular cucumber sandwich on cocktail stick on rim."
Mar 2006 - Martin Miller's Gin Winning barbore/drink - Deuce Bigalow's "Gin and Pomic" Fruit of half a pomegranate, 50ml Martin Millers 10ml Grand Marnier, Barspoon of creme de apry 15ml fresh lemon juice, Dash, and i mean just a dash kids, purely to balance the lemon, in no way sweeten, of gomme Muddle the pomegranate, add ingredients, shake/dbl strain. Lovely jubbly.. Glass: Martini Garnish: Doesn't need a garnish becasue of it's funky pink colour...
Feb 2006 - Sagatiba Winning barbore/drink -The Boss' "Sagathaiba" 2 - Thumbnails of Lemongrass 6 - 8 - Lime leaves (fresh or dried) 25ml Coconut Water 50 ml Sagatiba Velha (Pura works also) Splash Lime Juice 3 B/Spoons Vanilla Gomme Muddle ingrediets then shake, DBL Strain into Martini Glass Garnish with a Lime Leaf.
Jan 2006 - Auchentoshan 3 Wood Winning barbore/drink - Dunky 2 Funky's "Let's Get Fiorious " 40ml auchentoshan three wood 20ml Grand Marnier cordon rouge 20ml cinzano rosso vermouth two barspoons maraschino liquer tiny dot campari cherry and orange zest garnish In an ice filled boston glass which is sitting in an ice and soda filled boston tin (to make it super cold and not too diluted) start with the least quitities first... then move to the highest. Stir for twenty seconds then double strain into frozen martini glass.
Dec 2005 - Reyka Vodka Winning barbore/drink - thebartrainer's "Rosmary's Revenge" Glass: Martini Garnish: Rosemary Flowers (does it have flowers!?) if not then a melon & Rosemary flag TGI styleee. Ingredients: 2 shots Reyka 1/8th Honeydew Melon 1/2 shot Rosemary Syrup 1 dot Mclaren's Patent Orange Bitters Method: Muddle Melon, add other ingredients, shake & double strain
Nov 2005 - Grand Marner Cordon Rouge Ltd Edition 2005 Winning barbore/drink - The Boss' "Grandmaster Smash " 50ml Grand Marnier 2 b/spoon Maraschino 12.5ml Lemon Juice 1 b/spoon gomme 25ml Apple Juice Shake and Dbl strain over cracked ice. Granish with a simple orange snap
Roct 2005 - Woods 100 Old Nay Rum Winning barbore/drink - ? Inkeeping with the messiness of the actual comp, the winning drinks's gone AWOL - FDB is on the case though !
Aug/Sep 2005 - Grand Marnier Centeniare Winning barbore/drink - The Dazzler's "GM Royale" 1.White Sugar cube soaked in Angostura bitters 2.Cover sugar cube with Grand Marnier Cuvee Du Centenaire. 3.Topped up with LP Alexandra Rose 1997 Its gonna be an expensive drink but has an excellent orange peel nose to complement the impending Grand Marnier/Angostura flavours married superbly with the Champagnes ripe fruit flavours. Visually it will look like a pink bubble bath, something you will want to submerge yourself in for hours!!