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Winning Cocktails at the Fillmore Holiday Cocktail Crawl

December 2, 2010

In the past few posts I've documented how I purchased, prepped and served all the Tequila cocktails that were featured at last night's Fillmore Holiday Cocktail Crawl. After my hosting duties were completed, I got to hang out with the 400 plus folks who attended and compare my creations with the experts. As a reminder here's the drink list.
  • The Redevelopment
  • Fillmo’better
  • Jalisco Blossom
  • Joplin's Juice
  • The Zapata
  • I sampled everything but The Zapata, which was "out" by the time I got there. So I'm trusting the law of supply and demand and that it must have been pretty tasty. All the drinks were high on the yum scale. In my own biased opinion my versions stacked up well against the Fillmo'better, the Jalisco Blossom and Joplin's Juice. This is not to say I prepared better drinks than these Bartenders - only to say that they weren't signifcantly worse. Sean McNeal's 99 proof banana "frothing" on "Fillmo" was clearly on the money and on my lips. Mine was a little heavier in the glass - but still not bad. I preferred my version served up neat in a Martini glass. As you can see, though, I had no problem getting to the bottom of the glass. And apparently neither did anyone else as it was chosen the audience favorite. Congrats Sean!
    Finishing the Fillmo'better.
    The Redevelopment was clearly better and deLISH. It WAS the muddling of the Jalapeno. It made all the difference. It was spicier, better balanced. It was all at once sweet and sour with a pepper finish that made it come alive. I was too focused on enjoyed this and not focused enough on getting a shot. Wish I had a picture to share but, alas, I do not. I did snap this clinking of glasses though. A perfect way to finish off a great evening.
    One final toast.
    Bay Area folks: If you want to know which pubs are featuring these drinks, click here or pop me a comment. Happy to provide!

     


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