The 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup hit Buffalo Bar in Cardiff today where 11 of the city’s most talented bartenders let their creative juices flow, impressing judges with their original cocktail craftsmanship. Christos Kyriakides from Vanilla Rooms, James Hitchens from BA Orient and Jonty Dexter from 10 Feet Tall, mixed, muddled and shook their way to victory. The winning trio will form Team Cardiff and be sent to compete in the National Final where they will be pitted against 11 other cities for the chance to represent the UK in the international 42BELOW Cocktail World Cup 2010 in New Zealand next March.

Bittersweet Symphony, Christos Kyriakides
40ml 42BELOW Manuka Honey vodka
12.5ml Grapefruit liqueur
4 Lemon Verbena leaves
1 Barspoon Mascarpone cheese
5ml Orange blossom honey
Shake and strain into a Martini Glass, garnish with a floating lemon wheel with a sprig of lemon verbena.

 

Poor Man’s Manuka, James Hitchens
50ml 42BELOW Pure vodka
50ml Cranberry reduction
12.5ml Laphroig
1 Barspoon of runny honey
25ml Lime iuice
1/3 of a Cuban cigar
Combine the first 5 ingredients and shake with the smoke from the cigar. Serve long and burn with absinthe and orange.

 

Fiery Feijoa
40ml 42BELOW Feijoa
20ml St Germain Elderflower Liqueur

15ml Lemoncello

½ Birdseye chilli
Stir ingredients over ice and strain into an Absinthe washed Martini glass. Garnish with a Lemon twist discard.