2022 #HonorYourLegacy
Cocktail Competition

2022 Honor Your Legacy Cocktail Competition Finalists:

GOLD by Emanuele Mensah (London)

40ml (1⅓ ounces) Uncle nearest 1856
15ml (½ ounce) Discarded cascara vermouth
15ml (½ ounce) Pear Oleo
30ml (1 ounce) Atopia spiced citrus
50ml (1⅔ ounces ) Soda water
Garnish: lemon coin discard/ lemon wedge

Stir all ingredients without soda. Pour over ice into a frozen highball glass. Top with soda. Cut a coin-size disc from a lemon peel and squeeze over drink to express the lemon oil, then discard. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

Poire Oleo:
500g washed pears
500g Caster SugarWash and cut pears in 1cm cubes, mix with sugar in a vacuum bag and leave it overnight until the sugar is dissolved. Strain and bottle.

CORN by Meg Klosterman (Ohio)

50ml Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey
20ml Charcoal Roasted Corn Syrup
10ml Nixta Licor de Elote Liqueur
2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
Garnish: Poached and caramelized corn on the cob disk.

Add ingredients to a stirring tin. Top with ice. Stir as an Old Fashioned. Strain into a rocks glass over a block of ice and garnish. Enjoy!

Charcoal Roasted Corn Syrup:
Start by roasting two ears of corn with husks removed over a charcoal fire. Roast the corn to the point where it would be so burnt it would just about be unpleasant to eat. Cut the corn from the cob. Weight the corn. In a sealed container, place the corn and half of its weight (in grams) of sugar. Add 100ml of water. Let sit for around 24hrs. (Note- the longer it sits the better, this way your syrup can soak up as much flavor as possible.) After it’s infused, add enough water to dissolve any leftover sugar. Remove the corn kernels, stir the syrup until no sugar remains. Taste and adjust if needed- each batch will be different! Strain through a coffee filter to remove any impurities!

TIO ARBOL by David León Jr. (Chicago)

1.5 oz Uncle Nearest 1856
.5 oz Ten To One Dark Rum
40g Fresh Pineapple, cut in chunks
1 tsp Pink Sea Salt
.5 oz Plantain Demerara Syrup
Garnished with Dehydrated Piña and 3 leaves + Powdered Sugar & salt

Toss together one tsp of pink sea salt and 1 cup of pineapple to coat. Add 40g of this mixture to your mixing tin and store the rest for later use. Add remaining ingredients to the tin. Shake all ingredients with 7 ice cubes and fine strain over crushed ice. Top with more crushed ice and garnish.

Plantain Demerara Syrup:
137g ripe green plantain
500g dem
1 cup of water
Bring water and chopped plantain to a boil and let simmer for 5min on low. Add sugar and stir until dissolved. Store and cool before use.

2022 Competition Details:

Thank you for your interest in the 2022 #HonorYourLegacy Cocktail Competition. At Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, it is our mission to share Nearest Green’s legacy with the world, one sip at a time. Now, we want to hear about your legacy!

Show us your passion and skill by creating a cocktail inspired by your personal or family legacy, career journey, or what legacy you aspire to leave behind. This component is what differentiates the #HonorYourLegacy competition from all others, so including this piece is a must!

Rules:

• Must be a working bartender.
• Must be following @unclenearest on Instagram.
  • Your submission must be posted to Instagram and also submitted via email to submissions@unclenearest.com.
• Each submission must include the following:
  • A photograph of your finished cocktail including a bottle of the Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey used in your recipe (by submitting this image, you grant Uncle Nearest the right to share and utilize your photo)
  • Written recipe, including exact directions for recipe execution (this is important so that we can recreate your recipe for judging purposes, please don’t skip steps).
  • Written description of how this recipe is inspired by your legacy- any entry missing this component will be automatically disqualified.
  • Your contact info including: full name, place of employment, email address, phone number and mailing address (via email only, please don’t include your personal info in the IG post)
• Submissions must be posted to Instagram with hashtags: #UncleNearest, #HonorYourLegacy and @unclenearest must be tagged in the post.
  (**Your submission will only be seen by us if your profile is set to public)
• Entry of Uncle Nearest employees or their family members is prohibited
• Entries must be submitted by Thursday, June 30th, 2022 at 11:59 pm PT.
• 6 ingredients max- any recipe with more than 6 ingredients will be automatically disqualified.
• No homemade ingredients, with the exception of syrups which can have a maximum of 3 ingredients (including water).
• Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey must be the primary spirit in your cocktail. Split base cocktails are allowed, with an equal or lesser amount of a secondary spirit.
• Due to the number of entries we receive for these competitions, failure to follow any of the rules above will result in your cocktail being eliminated.

Judging and Prizes:

ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED ON COCKTAIL FLAVOR, TEXTURE, PRESENTATION & BALANCE AS WELL AS THE LEGACY COMPONENT OF YOUR ENTRY. WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LEGACY, SO PLEASE DON’T SKIP THIS PART!

ONCE WE REVIEW ALL ENTRIES, 12 SEMI-FINALISTS WILL BE CHOSEN BY OUR TEAM OF INTERNAL BRAND MIXOLOGISTS. THIS GROUP OF 12 SEMI-FINALISTS WILL BE NARROWED DOWN TO 3 FINALISTS, REPRESENTING THE BEST COCKTAILS WITH THE MOST INSPIRING LEGACY STORIES. THE 3 FINALISTS WILL EACH RECEIVE A $500 PRIZE ALONG WITH A TRIP TO NEAREST GREEN DISTILLERY TO TOUR OUR FACILITIES AND MAKE THEIR COCKTAILS FOR OUR FOUNDERS AND MASTER BLENDER. 1 WINNER OF THE #HONORYOURLEGACY COMPETITION WILL BE CHOSEN BY OUR FOUNDERS AND MASTER BLENDER AND AWARDED AN ADDITIONAL $1,500 PRIZE.

GOOD LUCK AND THANK YOU FOR ENTERING!