Posts Tagged ‘Ueno-San’
World Class Bartender Competition: Memories of Rio
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
Here I am in Rio with two of my favorite World Class people: Ariel Miao from Diageo, China, and Tree Mao, China’s finalist in Rio, 2012
And here’s a great shot with two of my brothers from different mothers: Stan Vadrna, who just happened to be in Rio at the same time as we were there, and Ueno-San. This was a fine day, indeed.
Tags: bartender, cocktail, Diageo, gaz regan, Stanislav Vadrna, Ueno-San, world class, WorldClassLive
Posted in World Class Bartenders 2012 |
World Class 2012: Bert Jachman, Austria
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Here’s a glimps of Bert Jachman, 2012 finalist from Austria, and below you can see the recipes he used in the cocktail mastery round, and a picture of Ueno-San and me sharing a sip of Bert’s fabulous DCI Swizzle!
20th Century Cocktail
Glass: Coupette
Garnish: Lemon twist
Method: Shake and double strain
50ml Tanqueray No. TEN
25ml Lillet blanc
15ml Crème de Cacao
25ml Lemon juice
DCI Swizzle
Glass: Julep tin
Garnish: Cherry, mint sprig
Method: Wash cup with mint leaves then discard, add lemongrass and mint leaves, add all ingredients except the tequila and some crushed ice, stir with the lemon grass then pour over the tequila. Top with more crushed ice.
50ml Don Julio reposado tequila
10ml Mozart Black Chocolate Liqueur
1 bar spoon Vanilla essence
3 dashes Grapefruit bitters
1 fresh Lemongrass
20 Mint leaves
20ml Agave syrup
Tags: Diageo, Diageo World Class, Don Julio, gaz regan, Lillet, Tanqueray No. TEN, Ueno-San, WorldClassLive
Posted in World Class Bartenders 2012 |
Abdou El Asfor, Morocco: World Class, 2012
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Abdou El Asfor, 2012 finalist from Morocco, showed really well in our Cocktail Mastery challenge, despite being hindered by the lack of dry ice, something, he needed for his presentation. Using exotic Moroccan spices, though, he fair dazzled Ueno-San and me with his innate sense of style, and a couple of beautiful cocktails.
Here’s a recipe for the drink that Abdou presented in the Retro-Chic challenge:
Man in Black
Glass: Coupette
Garnish: None
Method: Stirred and strained
20ml Johnnie Walker Gold Label
20ml Grand Marnier
20ml Espresso
20ml Chocolate syrup
Recipe courtesy Class Magazine
Tags: Abdou El Asfor, Diageo, gaz regan, Ueno-San, world class, WorldClassLive
Posted in bartenders, World Class Bartenders 2012 |
Happy World Class Birthday Salvatore!
Sunday, July 8th, 2012
The Luverly Eliana Martins Pessanha, aka Miss Rio, took us on a tour of cachaca bars yesterday to help celebrate Salvatore Calabrese’s birthday.
It was a World Class Bar Crawl!
We Started out at the Acadamia da Cachaca
Dennis Tamse, gaz, Peter Dorelli, Salvatore Calabrese, DaLe DeGroff, Ueno-San, and Bob Nolet of Ketel One
After tasting, oh, about 27 different Cachacas (they have over 100 bottlings there, and many of them are just sublime spirits), we toddled off to Astor
Where we met Carlos, a simply splendid bartender!
And a Trio of Girls from Ipenina!
And Salvatore gave Dale sone Serious Words of Wisdom
Happy Birthday, Salvatore!
Tags: Bob Nolet, Dale DeGroff, Dennis Tamse, Diageo, gaz regan, peter dorelli, salvatore calabrese, Ueno-San, world class, WorldClassLive
Posted in Gazzers, Travels and Adventures |
World Class Rio, 2012 July 7: Christ the Redeemer
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
No trip to Rio is complete without a visit to see Christ the Redeemer Statue, right?
The sight of this brought tears to my eyes, just like my first glimpse of the Taj Mahal during last year’s World Class event.
Here’s the gang I was hanging with
Dennis Tamse, Spike Marchant, Dale DeGroff, Tim Judge, Ueno-San, and Bob Nolet
Truly a World Class Crew, right?
All in All it was Certainly a World Class Day
Thanks Diageo!
Tags: Bob Nolet, Dale DeGroff, Dennis Tamse, Diageo, gaz regan, Spike Marchant, Tim Judge, Ueno-San, WorldClassLive
Posted in Travels and Adventures |