Top four 2014 Spirited Awards finalists revealed

The top four finalists in the 2014 Spirited Awards have been revealed by Tales of the Cocktail, following what the organisers have called the largest nomination pool in the history of the show.

The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog in New York is nominated as the Best American Cocktail Bar in the 2014 Spirited Awards

Just weeks after the top 10 finalists in each category were named, spanning themes including American, International, Writing and Overall, four potential winners from 23 categories have now been chosen.

They are all invited to attend the live final at the Sheraton New Orleans on 19 July 2014, during Tales of the Cocktail, the annual five-day cocktail festival.

The awards were founded to recognise “those that continue to represent the cocktail industry in exciting new spotlights”, both nationally across the US, and internationally.

 

The finalists in the 8^th annual Spirited Awards are:

American categories:

American Bartender of the Year
Jeff Bell (New York)
Marcovaldo Dionysos (San Francisco)
Bobby Heugel (Houston)
Sean Kenyon (Denver)

Best American Bar Team
Attaboy (New York)
Employees Only (New York)
Trick Dog (San Francisco)
Williams & Graham (Denver)

Best American Brand Ambassador
Brooke Arthur (House Spirits)
Chris Patino (Pernod Ricard USA Portfolio)
Neyah White (Suntory Japanese Whiskies)
Angus Winchester (Tanqueray Gin)

Best American Cocktail Bar
Canon (Seattle)
The Dead Rabbit (New York)
Smuggler’s Cove (San Francisco)
Williams & Graham (Denver)

Best American High Volume Cocktail Bar
Employees Only (New York)
Honeycut (Los Angeles)
Polite Provisions (San Diego)
Trick Dog (San Francisco)

Best American Hotel Bar
Clyde Common (Portland)
The Hawthorne (Boston)
Sable Kitchen & Bar (Chicago)
The Spare Room (Los Angeles)

Best American Restaurant Bar
Clyde Common (Portland)
Gramercy Tavern (New York)
The NoMad (New York)
nopa (San Francisco)

Best New American Cocktail Bar
Attaboy (New York)
Half Step (Austin)
Three Dots and A Dash (Chicago)
ZZ’s Clam Bar (New York)

International categories:

International Bartender of the Year
Simone Caporale (London)
Zdenek Kastanek (Singapore)
Hidetsugu Ueno (Tokyo)
Tom Walker (London)

Best International Bar Team
28 Hong Kong Street (Singapore)
The American Bar at The Savoy (London)
Artesian at the Langham (London)
The Black Pearl (Melbourne)

Best International Brand Ambassador
David Cordoba (Bacardi)
Giuseppe Gallo (Martini)
David Piper (Hendrick’s Gin)
Claire Smith (Belvedere Vodka)

Best International Cocktail Bar
28 Hong Kong Street (Singapore)
Bramble Bar (Edinburgh)
Candelaria (Paris)
Door 74 (Amsterdam)

Best International High Volume Cocktail Bar
Eau de Vie (Melbourne)
The Black Pearl (Melbourne)
London Cocktail Club (London)
Schumann’s (Munich)

Best International Hotel Bar
Artesian at the Langham (London)
Beaufort Bar at The Savoy Hotel (London)
Black Angel’s Bar (Prague)
Connaught Bar at the Connaught (London)

Best International Restaurant Bar
The Bon Vivant (Edinburgh)
Delicatessen (Moscow)
Spitalfields Bar at Hawksmoor (London)
Blind Pig at Social Eating House (London)

Best New International Cocktail Bar
Blind Pig at Social Eating House (London)
Hello Sailor (Sydney)
NOLA (London)
White Lyan (London)

Writing categories:

Best Cocktail & Spirits Publication
Alcademics.com (United States)
Imbibe Magazine (United States)
PUNCH (United States)
Ginger Magazine (France)

Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer
Toby Cecchini (United States)
Paul Clarke (United States)
Jeffrey Morgenthaler (United States)
Robert Simonson (United States)

Best New Cocktail/Bartending Book
Beachbum Berry’s Potions of the Caribbean by Jeff Berry
Cocktail Culture by Shawn Soole & Nate Caudle
The Curious Bartender by Tristan Stephenson
The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart

Overall categories:

Best Bar Mentor
Jacob Briars
Jackson Cannon
Jim Meehan
Dushan Zaric

Best New Product
Ancho Reyes
Crawley’s Imperial Shaker Machine
Del Maguey Ibérico mezcal
Martini Gran Lusso Vermouth

World’s Best Cocktail Menu
The Aviary (Chicago)
The Nightjar (London)
Pouring Ribbons (New York)
Trick Dog (San Francisco)

World’s Best Drinks Selection
Connaught Bar at the Connaught (London)
The Dead Rabbit (New York)
Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library (Portland)
Tommy’s (San Francisco)