Brescome Barton, in collaboration with Fruitful Mixology, hosted a cocktail competition featuring Amázzoni Gin at The Industrial Cocktail Bar in New Britain on Feb. 27. Seven local bartenders created their best craft cocktails featuring Amázzoni Gin as their base spirit, using a variety of creative ingredients and garnishes for a panel of blind judges. The winners were Zach O’Brien, Max Fish; Dustin Amore, Little River Restoratives; and Zach Lyons, New England Sales Manager, Fruitful Mixology. Amázzoni Gin is made from five botanicals unique to the Amazon: cocoa, the Brazil nut, cipó cravo (clove vine), maxixe (spiny cucumber) and water lily seed, which come from all five regions of Brazil, paying tribute to the country’s ecological diversity, as well as ingredients that include juniper, citrus, coriander, laurel and pink pepper. Amázzoni Gin is distributed in the state by Brescome Barton.
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- Brescome Barton, in collaboration with Fruitful Mixology, hosted a cocktail competition featuring Amázzoni Gin at The Industrial Cocktail Bar in New Britain on Feb. 27.
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- Andres Soriano, Owner, The Industrial Cocktail Bar; Jordan Aufricht, Account Executive, Propel Beverage; and Marco Pelliccio, Founder, Propel Beverage.
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- First-place winner Zach O’Brien, Max Fish.
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- O’Brien’s cocktail.
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- Second-place winner Dustin Amore, Little River Restoratives.
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- Amore’s cocktail.
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- Third-place winner Zach Lyons, New England Sales Manager, Fruitful Mixology.
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- Lyons’ cocktail.
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- Competitor Suzie Johnson, Fire by Forge.
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- Johnson’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Eric Sepulveda, Plan B, West Hartford.
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- Sepulveda’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Sarah Frances, Freelance Bartender.
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- Frances’ cocktail.
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- Competitor Kennie Valliere, Marlborough Tavern.
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- Valliere’s cocktail.
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- Competitors’ cocktails.
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- Winners Dustin Amore, Little River Restoratives; Zach O’Brien, Max Fish; and Zach Lyons, New England Sales Manager, Fruitful Mixology.
