New York’s 2013 Holiday Bar Buying Show at the Jacob Javits Center held its cocktail competition on September 10, 2013. The event was sponsored by Soyombo Vodka from Mongolia as a featured ingredient in the drink. Winners were judged on overall impression, originality, appearance, aroma and taste. USBG-CT’s Dimitrios Zahariadis, also of The Cocktail Chemist, took first prize of $2,000 for his entry, “Alexander Meets Ghengis.” The winning recipe:
1 oz. Soyomba Mongolian Vodka
.50 oz. Ya Mastiha Liqueur
.75 oz. fresh lemon
.75 oz. honey fig syrup
1 egg white
4 drops Fee Brother Black Walnut Bitters