Check Out the Semi-Finalists in the Craft the Fun Cocktail Challenge presented by Deep Eddy Vodka
The Craft Cocktail renaissance has raised the standards of technique and ingredients for cocktail making.
It has produced innovations, talents, and recipes that have elevated the industry. With the focus on raising the craft, however, one aspect of cocktail culture often gets forgotten: this is supposed to be fun.
Cocktails are for the good times in our lives: for celebrating, for unwinding, for cutting loose. At Deep Eddy Vodka, the belief is that you can be serious about your craft without taking it too seriously.
In the spirit of the craft, Deep Eddy Vodka celebrates cocktails that are equal parts delicious, innovative, and fun. The brand invited bartenders to create an original cocktail recipe featuring Deep Eddy Vodka. Here are the 24 Semi-Finalist Bartenders moving on to compete in the Craft the Fun Cocktail Challenge by each region.
A total of four Finalist Bartenders, one from each U.S. region (Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, and New York), will earn $1,000 each and move on to Austin, Texas to compete as Finalists with an opportunity to win an additional Grand Prize of $5,000!
During the final competition, one Grand Prize Winner will receive $5,000 and the opportunity to be featured on the Deep Eddy Vodka website, social media, and ad announcing the winning Craft the Fun cocktail and announcement featured in Chilled Magazine!
Check out the Semi-Finalists’ entries at Craft the Fun Cocktail Challenge.
DALLAS
Erik Puryear – TX Hill Country Tea
Jarad Crowell – The Dazed & Passionfruited
Martin Ruiz – Green-Go Cooler
Matthew Heddaeus – Berry Stack
Richard Dubus – Fig Off Ricky
Meka Lewis – Spice Me Up, Pom
ATLANTA
Anastasia Cooper – Atlanta Garden Party
Ruby Smith – Coco Lime Cooler
Yolanda Gregg – From Eddy, With Love
Katherine Griffith – The Chardonnay Squad
Jardon Derrick – F5-ER
Michelle Cellini РRuby’s Nectar
CHICAGO
Justin VonStein – Jumping Fences
Sara Barnett – They So Fine
Makenzie Helem – Fruits of Little Labor
Terance Robson – My Southern Hospitality
Tara Gillum – Macaw Macaw
Alexandria Ranstead – Mox Citrine
BOSTON
Jon Schott – Pomme Collins
Chris Medaglia – Lemon Meringue
Sunny Vanavichai – It’s Giving Fruity
Joshua Peeling – Cowabunga
Michael VanderHorn – Funner Time Spritz
Nicolas Brimau – Take It Easy Eddy
SAN DIEGO
Jennifer Yim – First Summer in Texas
Abby Rayburn – You Up!?
Ryne Hoffman – Chaos Theory
Travis Parsley – When u love somebody
Alyssah Padua – All Day Amore
Ginny Edwards – Austin Pool Party!
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