Finalists named in Jameson NYC Experience competition

By Love Belfast

February 12, 2017

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Ten bartenders from Northern Ireland have been named as finalists in the Jameson NYC Experience challenge and will go on to compete to win a chance in a lifetime trip to New York.

Joining forces with homegrown cocktail connoisseur, Sean Muldoon, the overall winner will gain behind the scenes access to the world’s best bar, The Dead Rabbit and newly opened BlackTail at Pier A, as well as flights from Dublin to New York for two adults, three nights’ accommodation in a 4* hotel and $1000 spending money.

The grand finale, which will be judged by Sean and a panel of industry legends, will take place at the Governor’s Room, at The Gasworks, Belfast on Monday 20^th February, where the 10 finalists will compete to demonstrate their skills in three key areas: knowledge, innovation and speed.

The stellar judging panel also includes Ger Garland, Irish Whiskey Ambassador for Irish Distillers Pernod-Ricard; Jason Scott, owner of Bramble in Edinburgh (featured in Drinks International’s The World’s 50 Best Bars); and Craig Harper, UK On Trade Manager for Fever-Tree.

The prestigious competition, founded by local drinks company Dillon Bass, in partnership with Drinksology, aims to uncover the best in bartending from across Northern Ireland.

Karen Anderson, brand manager for Jameson Irish Whiskey at Dillon Bass says she’s delighted to see such a high interest for the competition:

“The standard of entries has been extremely high and we have been blown away by the overall response to the competition. We are very grateful to be able to partner with Sean to offer such a wonderful prize and I’m looking forward to finding out who will be crowned as our winner.”

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