It’s coming… The 3rd Annual San Diego Spirits Festival
With more chefs, more experts, more spirits and more cocktails than ever before, we are pulling out all the stops for this momentous weekend. New to the festival this year will be San Diego Cocktail week kicking off the Festival the week beginning June 20 and the finale of the Taste de Mixology Chef/Bartender Shakedown and the Bartender Battle.
We can’t wait for another great weekend of amazing tastings, lively entertainment and seminars, unbelievably delicious food, thirst quenching cocktails, and more. Throw in the breathtaking scenery of the San Diego Bay’s backdrop of sailboats and sandy shores which perfectly set the event’s tone and you’ve got a truly remarkable weekend that’s hard to beat.
Sponsorship is now open and we encourage you to contact us about putting your brands in front of our chefs and bartenders in the ongoing Taste de Mixology Chef/Bartender Shakedown and Bartender Battle.
The second Bartender Battle is January 25 at the Porto Vista Glass Door where 9 of Downtown’s top Bartenders will battle for the title. Sponsorship available! Put your Brand in the competition. Email Liz for more information.
Our re-vamped website will be up and running soon where you will be able to get updates on our schedule of events and our list of exhibitors. And don’t forget to like us on Facebook for up to the minute news and info on the Festival.
Thank you to everyone who supported the first Bartender Battle in the Gaslamp at the Hard Rock Cafe.
All the photos have been uploaded to our FaceBook Page and website.
We had an incredible line up:
Krystal Brookhart: Donovans Circle of 5ths Cocktail - Fiery Passion in Paradise with Krome Vodka
Michael Lamantia: Hard Rock Hotel Cocktail – Hot Miggy with Alma Tequila
Andrea Silvers: Hard Rock Café – Cocktail – Big Nose Kate with Bulleit Bourbon
Kellie Endraske: The Palm – Cocktail - Palm Tini
Timothy Stevens: Prohibition – Cocktail – San Diego Sarsaparilla
David Oliver: The Merk – Cocktail – Slippery Slope
Dean Powers: The Se – Cocktail – Bulleit in Your Head
Dustin Haarstad: Prohibition – Cocktail – Blind Tiger Manhattan
Derwayne Chesterman: McCormick & Schmick’s – Cocktail – Kentucky Passion
Thank You to our Judges Nadav Wilif: Discover SD; Barbarella: Diary of a Diva – The Reader; Aaryn Belfer: Backwards and in High Heels – City Beat; Edward Adams – Masters of Whiskey, Southern California.
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