Event Time: 11:00 AM on Jan 19, 2013
Price: $150.00
Saturday, January 19, 11:00 AM - 3:30 PM
St. Anthony Hotel, 300 East Travis
Sasha Petraske’s Skills Competition will test temperature, speed and accuracy. Limited to only 16 participants this competition will be based on objective measures of volume, acidity and temperature with a time penalty added for each cocktail that falls out of the acceptable ranges of these standards. Contestants will each make 17 drinks, given randomly in rounds of two, three, four and five cocktails, to stimulate a large order on a busy night at a bar.
The National Temperature, Speed, and Accuracy Competition is designed to take the guesswork out of speed competitions and set a benchmark for the industry. Competitors will make 17 drinks, given randomly in rounds of 2, 4, 5, and 6 cocktails. This simulates the universally experienced Bartender's crucible of being handed four tickets at once. All contestants make the same 17 cocktails to the recipes below, only the order is random.
Rather than be judged by a panel of experts that bring their own biases to the table, objective measures of volume, acidity and temperature are used, and a time penalty is added for each cocktail that falls out of the acceptable ranges stated below. Not every cocktail is tested for every measurement, for time's sake. Each recipe below includes what the cocktail is measured for and the ranges and time penalties.
Contestants use Kold Draft ice, and in the interest of fairness, all chilled equipment and glassware is chilled with ice water rather than in a freezer, which would give different performance at different times in the competition. The ice in each contestants ice bin is stored in and removed from the same freezer 5 minutes before the clock starts.
Standard equipment is provided, but contestants may bring their own.
Contestants will build two of each cocktail in the round, one of which will be taken away for measurement, the other fired. The citrus based cocktails will be taken away before the spirit is added, the stirred cocktails measured complete. The second of the two Old Fashioneds will omit sugar, bitters and soda, just a two ounce pour in a rocks glass. (Ten second penalty for being out the range of 55-65ml.)
A thirty second penalty, meant to recreate the time taken to make a new drink that was sent back, will be added for any citrus based cocktail that falls outside the range of 40-48ml for the weak portion. (citrus and sweetener) Although inaccuracy here might not make a too sweet or too tart cocktail (if both measures are innaccurate to the same extent), we will assume that inexact measuring of these ingredients will make a bad cocktail more often than not.
A thirty second penalty added for any out of range cocktails. They will be measure after the Bartender indicates that the tray should be taken to the table, it is walked to an adjacent room for blind judging (approx. 30 seconds.)
A ten second penalty is added for any straight up cocktail warmer than -1 Celsius, and a thirty second penalty for any straight up cocktail warmer than 0 C.
A ten second penalty is added for any missing or un-servable garnish, and cocktails must be delivered on their own tray as the round described, although the tickets can be fired in any order.
Note that our sponsors have provided overproof Rye and Bourbon, so the final volumes for those drinks are higher than usual.
The drinks below. Final volume measurements coming soon.
Negroni
1 oz. (30ml) each Magellan Gin, Sweet Vermouth Campari
Final Volume: 3.25-3.75 oz. (95-110ml), Orange peel garnish
Old Fashioned
2 oz. (60ml) Knob Creek Bourbon (100 proof), 1 dash (1ml) Angostura Bitters, sugar cube
Final Volume: 2.75-3 oz. (80-90ml), Lemon and orange peel garnishes
Gin & It
2 oz. (60ml) Magellan Gin, 1 oz. (30ml) Sweet Vermouth
Final Volume: 3.75-4 oz. (115-125ml)
Manhattan (cherry)
2 oz. (60ml) Bulleit Rye (100 proof), 1 oz. (30ml) Sweet Vermouth
Final Volume: 4.25-4.5 oz. (125-135ml)
The Last Word
.75 oz. (22.5ml) each Magellan Gin, Green Chartreuse, lime juice and maraschino
Final Volume: 4-4.5 oz. (120-135ml)
Gold Rush
2 oz. (60ml) Bulleit Rye (100 proof), .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lemon juice and honey syrup (3:1)
Final Volume: 4.25-4.75 oz. (125-140ml)
Stay Up Late
1.5 oz. (45ml) Magellan Gin, .5 oz. (15ml) Courvoisier, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lemon juice and sugar syrup
Final Volume: 5.5-6 oz. (163-177ml)
Blackberry Rickey
2 oz. (60ml) Magellan Gin, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lime juice and sugar syup, one blackberry
Final Volume: 5.5-6 oz. (163-177ml), including club soda
Brandy "75"
1 oz. (30ml) Courvoisier, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lemon juice and sugar syrup, topped with 2.5 oz. (74ml)
Final Volume: 2.25-2.75 oz. (65-80ml)
Silver Rum Fizz
2 oz. (60ml) Cruzan Light, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lemon juice and sugar syrup, one egg white
Final Volume: 6-7 oz. (175-200ml), add club soda
Southern Cross
1 oz. (30ml) Cointreau, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each Courvoisier and Cruzan Single Barrel
Final Volume: 4-4.5 oz. (120-135ml)
Airmail
1 oz. (30ml) Cruzan Light, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lime juice and honey syrup
Final Volume: 2.2 oz.-2.7 oz. (65-80ml)
Brooklyn No. 2
1.5 oz. (45ml) Bulleit Rye, .5 oz. (15ml) dry vermouth, .5 oz. (15ml) maraschino
Final Volume: 4.25-4.5 oz. (125-135ml)
Brown Derby
1.5 oz. (45ml) Knob Creek Bourbon (100 proof), 1 oz. (30ml) grapefruit juice, .5 oz (15ml) honey syrup
Final Volume: 3.9-4.4 oz. (115-130ml)
Betty James
2 oz. (60ml) Magellan Gin, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lemon juice and maraschino
Final Volume: 4.25-4.5 oz. (125-135ml)
Tequila Honeysuckle
2 oz. (60ml) Tres Generaciones Plata, .75 oz. (22.5ml) each lime juice and honey syrup
Final Volume: 4.25-4.5 oz. (125-135ml)
X.Y.Z
1.5 oz. (45ml) Cruzan Single Barrel, 1 oz. (30ml) Cointreau, .5 oz. (15ml) lemon juice
Final Volume: 4-4.5oz. (120-135ml)
There is NO CHARGE TO ATTEND AS A SPECTATOR.
1st Prize: $4,000
2nd Prize: $1,000
3rd Prize: $400
