Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc., hosted a cocktail competition featuring Citadelle Gin at Olives and Oil in New Haven on June 26. Twelve local bartenders competed for a panel of judges, creating their best summer cocktails using Citadelle Jardin d’Été Gin as a base spirit. The top four winners were Jay Downer, Head Bartender, Anchor Spa; Bryce Wade, BAR; Chris Montana, Mix Prime; and the People’s Choice Award went to Erin Keane, Yellow King Brews. The newest expression in the Citadelle Gin line, Citadelle Jardin d’Été Gin is a French gin inspired by the garden at the Château de Bonbonnet, a nature preserve filled with flowers, fruit and herbs. The gin offers refreshing notes of lemon, yuzu and orange flavors, softened by flavors of Charentais melon.
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- Hartley & Parker Limited, Inc., hosted a cocktail competition featuring Citadelle Gin at Olives and Oil in New Haven on June 26.
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- Back row: Tom Crosley, Head Bartender, Olives and Oil, Seymour; Andrew Lawrence, General Manager, Olives and Oil, New Haven; Chris Montana, Mix Prime; Deon D. Ross, Bar Manager, Olives and Oil, New Haven; Bryce Wade, BAR; Jay Downer, Head Bartender, Anchor Spa; Sean Richard, Mecha Noodle Bar; Carolyn Flaherty, Bar Manager, Elm City Social; Scott Brennan, Olives and Oil, Seymour; Jordan Gargiulo, Olives and Oil, New Haven; and Craig Breden, Walrus Alley. Front row: Carlee Carvalko, Via Gastrobar; Manny Son, Olives and Oil; Alejandro Villacorta, Bar Manager, Sherkaan Indian Street Food; and Erin Keane, Yellow King Brews.
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- First-place winner Jay Downer, Head Bartender, Anchor Spa.
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- Downer’s cocktail.
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- Second-place winner Bryce Wade, BAR.
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- Wade’s cocktail.
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- Third-place winner Chris Montana, Mix Prime.
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- Montana’s cocktail.
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- People’s Choice Winner Erin Keane, Yellow King Brews.
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- Keane’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Alejandro Villacorta, Sherkaan Indian Street Food.
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- Villacorta’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Carlee Carvalko, Via Gastrobar.
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- Carvalko’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Manny Son, Olives and Oil.
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- Son’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Sean Richard, Mecha Noodle Bar.
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- Richard’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Craig Breden, Walrus Alley.
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- Breden’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Tom Crosley, Olives and Oil, Seymour.
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- Crosley’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Jordan Gargiulo, Olives and Oil, New Haven.
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- Gargiulo’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Scott Brennan, Olives and Oil, Seymour.
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- Brennan’s cocktail.
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- People’s Choice Winner Erin Keane, Yellow Kings Brewing; Chris Montana, Mix Prime; Bryce Wade, BAR; and Jay Downer, Anchor Spa.
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- Competitor’s cocktails at one of the judge’s stations.
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- Olives and Oil in New Haven welcomed competitors on June 26.
