Tennessee’s Bonnie Rose Whiskey was the featured spirit at a November 2015 cocktail competition hosted by Connecticut Distributors, Inc. (CDI), at in Foxwoods Resort Casino. Area bartenders were judged on their cocktail’s appearance, taste and creativity. The judges, all of CDI, were Paul Mazurek, National and Regional Accounts Manager, Macy Engengro, HR Administrator and Katie Trubinski, Business Analyst Coordinator. The Scorpion Bar also featured Bonnie Rose cocktail creations while the competition was underway. Stephanie McCool of Flipside Burgers & Bar in Fairfield won the competition.
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- Bartenders created an original cocktail using Bonnie Rose Tennessee Whiskey.
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- Kellie Fonnemann of Hot Rod Café in New London holding her prepared Bonnie Rose cocktail.
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- A cocktail creation crafted with Bonnie Rose.
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- A selection of cocktails.
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- Stephanie McCool of Fairfield’s Flipside Burgers and Bar won the event; runner-up was Tabitha Ferguson of These Guys Brewing Co.
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- The competitors from left to right: Rocco McNelly of Saybrook Fish House in Rocky Hill; Joshua Czyz of Edison Grill in Harwinton; Kellie Fonnemann of Hot Rod Café in New London; Stephanie McCool, winner, of Flipside Burgers and Bar in Fairfield; Tabitha Ferguson, runner-up, These Guys Brewing Co., in Norwich; (In back) Al Greenwood of Oak Haven Table and Bar in New Haven; Kay Salvas of Grill 37 in Pomfret; Erin LaRosa of McLadden’s In West Hartford; (In back) Bradley Kirby of the Marketplace in Woodbury; Miranda McSweney of 169 Sports Café in Brookfield; Stephanie Sullivan of 85 Main Street in Putnam. Jen Borruso of Slainte in Naugatuck also competed is not pictured.
