Passionate Amateur Bartenders Invited to Compete for Chance to Serve Amongst Top Professionals at Cocktail Festival’s Kick-Off Gala
WHAT: Thirst Boston, the city’s premier cocktail festival, has announced its first-ever home bartender competition running through Friday, April 1st. The contest will serve as an invitation for amateur bartenders to share their creativity with the bartending community as a whole. Participants are asked to show off their skills and submit their best cocktail featuring Knob Creek Rye. Finalists will have the opportunity to compete in-person for a panel of industry experts and Thirst Boston’s 2016 hosts, co-founder Maureen Hautaniemi and OFFSITE’s Nick Korn, on Sunday April 10th. The winner will join the area’s top professionals to serve their cocktail at this year’s opening gala, The Thing, on Friday, May 20th.
WHO: Amateur bartenders who have not worked behind a bar in the past five years.
WHEN: Entries accepted now through Friday, April 1st. Finalists will be notified by Thursday, April 7th and compete at in-person judging on Sunday, April 10th. The winner will serve their cocktail at Thirst Boston’s The Thing gala on Friday, May 20th.
MORE: For complete contest rules and to apply, visit http://www.thirstboston.com/homebartender/.
After two wildly successful, sold-out cocktail festivals, Thirst Boston returns May 20th-23rd, 2016. Hosted by two industry professionals – co-founder Maureen Hautaniemi and OFFSITE’s Nick Korn – Thirst Boston will serve up major parties, countless seminars, and tastings over the course of four days where guests can join some of the biggest names in mixology from across the country, experience a variety of educational and fun forums, and celebrate cocktails during one all-out weekend extravaganza. Having hosted 1,000 attendees last year, Hautaniemi and Korn are gearing up to bring an even better Thirst Boston this Spring. Once again, The Thing returns for its fourth year, kicking things off with a black tie optional celebration that features craft cocktails from some of the city’s best bartenders. Over the course of the weekend, seminars will accommodate both the cocktail enthusiast and professional bartenders, and knock-out events will include talent from across the country, maintaining a strong focus on New England. An undeniably Boston-centric extravaganza, Thirst is a reflection of how our city experiences cocktails.
For more information, visit http://www.thirstboston.com/, follow @ThirstBoston on Twitter, and become a Facebook fan https://www.facebook.com/ThirstBoston.