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]]>Big thank you as well to the sponsors of the event; Copper And Kings Amerian Craft Brandy Co, Kater Wingman Water, Chaser, Mover & Shaker Co and Willis Show Bar.
Best Whiskey Program
– The Sugar House
Best Wine Program
– The Royce
Best High Volume Bar
– The Skip
Best Beer Program
– One-Eyed Betty’s
Best Beverage Rep
– Laura O’Reilly
Best Cicerone
– Zach Typinski
Best International or National Brand Launch
– Glennfiddich Fire & Cane
Best Michigan Brand Launch
– Norden Aquavit
Best Beverage Event
– Detroit Cocktail Classic
Best Retail Venue
– Kako’s Market
Best Sommelier
– Liz Martinez
Distillery of the Year
– Long Road Distillers
Best Craft Bar
– The Standby
Best Bartender
– Will Lee
What a great event. Should we do it again next year?
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]]>Nick Drinks is pleased to announce the launch of the Golden Jigger Awards. The mission of the awards is to recognize the great work done by Metro Detroit’s Bartenders, Locations, Events and Brands over 2018. It was a great year for the industry and there are far more people responsible for the success of the region. We thank everyone for their hard work.
The awards were nominated by Nick Drinks based on capabilities, knowledge and service. To select the winners, a combination of public vote, experts panel and the Nick Drinks staff will make the final decision. Voting is live now and will remain open until December 4th, 2018 at midnight. Everyone is welcome to vote once in the public vote. The expert panel is a cross section of the leaders in the industry from food/beverage media and hospitality focused groups:
Brew Export, Butter Run Saloon, Candy Bar, Chartreuse/Oakland, Cocktail Detroit, Daily Detroit, Detour, Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Detroit Optimist Society, Eater, Great Lakes Wine & Spirits, Greater Detroit USBG Board, Grey Ghost, Hungry Dudes, Mabel Gray, Michigan by the Bottle, Michigan Spirits Association, RNDC, Royce, Standby, Take Detroit, Teeqlife, Willis Show Bar & Yelp.
A number of sponsors have helped make this event possible:
The categories and nominees are as follows:
On December 9th, 2018 at 7pm EST there will be a live awards ceremony at Willis Show Bar in Detroit. Buy tickets here.
Please contact me if you would like to get more information about the event or set-up an interview. nick@nickdrinks.com. Good luck everyone.
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]]>My drink of choice in college was the Gin and Tonic all the way. While the other kiddies were drinking shark bowls, I was enjoying a perfect blend of lime, quinine and juniper berries. When I stocked my college bar, I favored quantity over quality so I never got to taste some of the craft tonics on the market.
Once I grew up, I read about a great small batch tonic available in one supermarket on the other side of Detroit. It was then I discovered Q-Tonic but more importantly the world of not Canada Dry.
Reader Brendan asked:
Better tonic for a gin and tonic; Q Tonic or Fentimans?
Honestly, I had never tasted them together. So off to the store I went and purchased Canada Dry, Q-Tonic and Fever Tree but couldn’t find Fentimans. So my first visitor question is off to a terrible start.
But, I tasted each of them and here we go.
It’s interesting how your tastes change as you grow-up. My theory is that you get sick of sugar as a kid and crave bitter since you don’t get that as a child. That is unproven so don’t take it to heart…yet.
Moral of the story: Pair the tonic with the drink. My gin choice would be Fever Tree and my Q-Tonic pair would be Vodka. Fentimans…tasting coming soon.
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