Beefeater MIXLDN finalists announced

24 January, 2017

Pernod Ricard has announced the Beefeater MIXLDN cocktail competition finalists ahead of the global final in London.

Taking place at the Bike Shed in Shoreditch on February 9, Beefeater MIXLDN is in its sixth year.

Finalists from 31 countries will take part this year, presenting cinematically themed creations to a panel which includes: Nathan O’Neill, head bartender at Nomad NY; Evelyn Chick, MIXLDN 2015 global champion and Beefeater Master Distiller, Desmond Payne.

In addition to being crowned the Beefeater MIXLDN global champion, this year’s winner will also have the opportunity to work with Desmond Payne to create, craft and produce their own limited edition gin.

Desmond Payne, Beefeater master distiller said: “We’re thrilled to be offering the winner of this year’s MIXLDN competition the opportunity to create their own gin. It is a hugely rewarding process and allows the distiller to experiment with complex flavours and balance them to create something truly unique.

"We at Beefeater are committed to innovation, and while we remain loyal to the traditional process of creating London dry gins, we always look to develop new and innovative products. I look forward to seeing what our finalists bring to the competition and working with the winner on this very exciting project.” 

Finalists are as follows:

Finalist’s name

Country

Cocktail

Joe Ballinger

UK

On Holiday By Mistake

Fabio Ferreira da Costa

Portugal

221 Baker Street

Rodrigo Muñoz

Chile

Snatch Cocktail

Masanori Fujikura-san

Japan

English Temptation

Alberto Pizzaro

Spain

Safety Pin

Dawid Pytkowski

Poland

Overture 1812

Conor Ryan

Ireland

A study in Scarlet

Stacey Swenson

USA

Gunpowder Treason

Madeleine Tate

New Zealand

The Chimney Sweeper

Mario Luis Acosta Batista

Cuba

Blanco Salvaje / Wild Target

Roberto Giudici

Italy

Welly Welly Welly

Emil Hed

Sweden

Sergeant Tibbs

George Hunter

South Africa

Apothica

Tarek Nix

Germany

Teamwork

Moona Janhunen

Finland

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Daniel Calta

Denmark

True Loyalty

Marek Vybiral

Czech Republic

Inspector Abberline

Ni Kun

China

Bond Girl

Charlotte De Fevere

Belgium

Weltschmerz

Konstantin Karvounis

Austria

60 seconds left

Timothy Ching

Hong Kong

Please Sir I Want More

Karina Tamm

Estonia

Passing Westbourne Park Rd

Dilyan Avramov

Bulgaria

Closer But Late

Matheus de Freitas Cunha

Brazil

The Speech of the King

Odd Fjeldsgaard Ramussen

Norway

The Uncle Monty

Michael Fortier

Canada

Scarlet Carson

Konstantinos Vlachos

Greece

Margot’s Martini

Mor Koral

Isreal

The Travel Book Co.

Nenad Milosevic

Serbia

Alfie

Lubomir Miscik

Slovakia

Game of Shadows

Jin Hwan Kim

South Korea

Indefinitely London

Andrei-Razvan Mocan

Romania

Orange Gimlet

Keywords: beefeater, mixldn




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