Winning the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge in 2012. The win allowed me to grow my relationship with an amazing brand and position myself to be a key source of development and education for the House of Angostura’s products here in the US.
“Queens Park Swizzle”
Ingredients:
3 oz. Angostura 7 Year rum
.75 oz. Rich Demerara Syrup (2:1)
.75 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
10-12 Mint Leaves
6-8 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters
Garnish: Fresh Bouquet of Mint
Glass: Highball
Ice: Crushed
Tools: Swizzle Stick
Method: Gently muddle mint leaves along with Demerara syrup and lime juice in the bottom of a highball glass. Fill glass 1/2 way with dry crushed ice. Pour rum over ice and swizzle well until glass is ice-cold and frosted over. Pack glass with more crushed ice and top drink with Angostura Aromatic Bitters. Garnish with Fresh Mint, add straw and serve.
Right now is an amazing time to be involved in the rum industry. The popularity of rum beyond the few typical rum cocktails has been a long time coming. We’ve seen modern tiki bars provide consumers with delicious tropical libations while allowing them the opportunity to learn and taste through a myriad of rums from all across the globe. With more educated consumers, this platform has also allowed fellow entrepreneurs the opportunity to open bars and restaurants with a more distinct or unique concept without the fear of people “not-getting-it”. Rum is a worldly spirit, more so than any other that we know and now is its time to shine.
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David, while being a recent transplant to Los Angeles California, spent the majority of his industry career in and around Boston, MA. It was on the east coast where he worked with The Niche Hospitality Group for the past 7 years. In this time, he helped open a myriad of restaurants and bars for this group while implementing bar programs and menu development unique to each concept. In 2012, David was crowned the overall winner of the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge and spent those next 12 months acting the Global brand ambassador for Angostura’s line of rums and bitters. After his reign was over, David continued to work with Angostura in the US to help aid in event coordination and overall exposure for the brand and in March of 2014, was granted the role of North American Brand Ambassador to the House of Angostura. David has apprenticed for such large scale events as Tales of the Cocktail and the Manhattan Cocktail Classic and was part of the 2012 graduating class of the elite BAR 5-day. David’s cocktails have graced such magazines as Whiskey Advocate and Imbibe and in 2011, David was chosen by Beverage Media Group as one of the “Top 10 Mixologists to Watch in the United States”.
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