20/06/2011
On Tuesday 14th June at Floridita in Soho Edinburgh bartender and owner of Raconteur, Jamie MacDonald, won World Class UK 2011 , the prestigous competition sponsored by Diageo for best bartender of the year.
Next month he will travel to New Delhi to compete for the word title.
The winning cocktails was ...
The ‘Chaste’ Cocktail
40 ml Ketel One vodka
25 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.
20 ml Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
4 dashes Fee Brothers grapefruit bitters
4 dashes Tobacco bitters
7 ml Coal Ila 12 year old whisky
Method
Stir all ingredients with block ice in cut mixing glass for controlled dilution. Strain and serve in a chilled side vessel accompanied with a chilled fluted cocktail/ ice sphere presented with tobacco bitters.