A cocktail competition hosted on Elm City Social’s rooftop bar highlighted spirits from Hotaling & Co. on June 30. During the Back to the 90s Cocktail Showdown, nine bartenders donned ’90s apparel while mixing up cocktails inspired by the decade using Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur and BarSol Pisco for competition judges Genna Bestmann, Bar Manager, The Owl Shop; Moriah Aronson, Bar Manager, Bar Max; and Laura Kanzler, Regional Sales Manager, Hotaling & Co. The winners were: first place: Tom Stokes, Dive Bar; second place: Jose Colon, Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill; third place: Conrad Meurice, Six One Nine Supper Club; and People’s Choice: Nate Zalegowski, Gioia Cafe and BAR New Haven. Available through Hotaling & Co., Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur and BarSol Pisco are distributed in the state by Slocum & Sons/Eder Bros., Inc.
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- A cocktail competition hosted on Elm City Social’s rooftop bar highlighted spirits from Hotaling & Co. on June 30.
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- The Luxardo and BarSol product line.
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- First-place winner Tom Stokes, Dive Bar.
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- A pour of Stokes’ Yappletini.
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- Second-place winner Jose Colon, Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill, New Haven.
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- Colon’s cocktail, the Masoninha.
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- Third-place winner Conrad Meurice, Six One Nine Supper Club.
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- Meurice’s cocktail, the Return of Reptar.
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- People’s Choice winner Nate Zalegowski, Gioia Cafe and BAR New Haven.
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- Zalegowski’s cocktail, the Mint to Be Wild.
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- Competitor David Bermudez, Siena Ristorante.
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- Bermudez’s cocktail, the Wanda’s Wish.
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- Competitor Jake D’avella, Green Room, Northampton, Mass.
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- D’avella’s cocktail, the Killer Bee Appletini.
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- Competitor James Nicholson, Westbrook Lobster.
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- Nicholson’s cocktail, the O.P.P.
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- Competitor Ozzy Casco, Il Pellicano making his cocktail, the Flamingo.
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- Competitor Luis Hohl, Ludlow House, Manhattan, NY.
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- A pour of Hohl’s cocktail, the Spicy Soleil.
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- Back Row: Nate Zalegowski, Gioia Cafe and BAR New Haven; Jose Colon, Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill; James Nicholson, Westbrook Lobster; Tom Stokes, Dive Bar; Ozzy Casco, Il Pellicano; Jake D’avella, Green Room; Conrad Meurice, Six One Nine Supper Club; Luis Hohl, Ludlow House; David Bermudez, Siena Ristorante; and Deon Ross, General Manager, Olives and Oil and Event Emcee. Front Row: Competition Judges: Genna Bestmann, Bar Manager, The Owl Shop; Moriah Aronson, Bar Manager, Bar Max; and Laura Kanzler, Regional Sales Manager, Hotaling & Co.
Photos by Alejandro Villacorta.
