Great British Summer Cocktail Comp in pics

Earlier this week, The Spirits Business and London venue Mews of Mayfair staged the inaugural Great British Summer Cocktail Competition.

Mews of Mayfair’s Lounge bar provided an atmospheric setting for the inaugural Great British Summer Cocktail Competition

Ten finalist cocktails that claimed to encapsulate the “ultimate taste of summer” were tasted by consumers and peers in the trade, with the Staibano Basil Sour selected as the overall winner at the end of the night.

Created using a combination of Staibano liqueur, gin, fresh lemon juice, sugar syrup and egg white with a basil leaf garnish, the serve will feature as Mews of Mayfair’s ‘Cocktail of the Month’.

Click through the following pages to see which other cocktails tickled guests’ taste buds on the night.

A raft of consumer cocktail lovers and trade members attended the inaugural Great British Summer Cocktail Competition at Mew of Mayfair’s stylish and atmospheric Lounge bar, full of cosy nooks for imbibers to enjoy and assess the competing serves.

Guests were given ticket stubs, permitting them any three of the 10 cocktails on offer. Ticket stubs for each ordered cocktail were kept safely and counted at the end of the night. The winner was selected by the highest number of orders at the bar….

WINNER: Staibano Basil Sour

The thirst quenching and elegant Staibano Basil Sour was the standout cocktail of the night, and was named winner of the inaugural Great British Summer Cocktail Competition. See what went into making this delicious cocktail, along with other 10 finalist serves, below and over the following pages.

Creator:

Staibano, Amalfi Smooth

Ingredients:

25ml Staibano lemon cream liqueur

25ml gin

25ml fresh lemon juice

5ml sugar syrup

1 egg white

Garnish with basil leaf

The Revivalist

Creator:

Hine Cognac

Ingredients:

35ml H by Hine VSOP

15ml apricot brandy

20ml lemon juice

25ml peach and lemon shrub

25ml water

Dash of peach bitters

Thyme to garnish

Summer Treat

Creator: Bishop’s Gin

Ingredients:

5cl Bishop’s Gin

2cl Lillet White

3 cubes of watermelon

3 sprigs of dill

2 cl lemon juice

1 cl sugar syrup

South of the River

Creator:

No.3 London Dry Gin

Ingredients:

60ml No.3 London Dry Gin

15ml mint tea syrup

15ml pink grapefruit juice

6 mint leaves

Gospel of Fallen Times

Creator:

Six Saints Caribbean Rum

Ingredients:

50ml Six Saints Caribbean Rum

25ml plantain falernum infused with Grenadian spices

15ml amontillado Sherry

3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

Village Mar-tea-ni

Creator: 

Koskenkorva Vodka

Ingredients:

40ml Koskenkorva Vodka

10ml lemon juice

20ml honey syrup

Half tbs loose leaf Earl Grey tea

Sour King

Creator:

Spice King Blended Malt

Ingredients:

50ml Spice King Blended Malt

35ml grapefruit juice

Half measure of maple syrup

Half an egg white

Watermelon Batida

Creator:

Capucana Cachaça

ingredients:

50ml Capucana Cachaça

50ml coconut water

20ml agave syrup

50ml evaporated milk

4 cubes of watermelon

Summer

Creator:

Gin Mare

Ingredients:

40ml Gin Mare

10ml sugar syrup

15ml Limoncello

75ml orange juice

15ml Aperol and Grenadine

20ml 1724 Tonic Water

Orchard Fizz

Creator:

Joseph Cartron liqueurs

Ingredients:

25ml Clavados

20ml Crème de Pêche de Vigne J. Cartron

15ml lemon juice

2.5ml orgeat syrup

2 dashes of absinthe

Top with blond beer