05:30 PM
2004 : Remember
Lets look at a few numbers for the 2004's edition:
37 competitors representing 23 countries showed up. And once again, a Cuban cantineros won the first place, Juan Carlos Valla Dares.
Speaking of numbers, 2004 revolved around the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Havana Club International S.A. Close to 800 people were invited by Patrick Ricard ans Cuban Minister Alejendro Roca to a exceptional b-day ceremony and dinner on the Plaza de la Catedral in Havana.
37 competitors representing 23 countries showed up. And once again, a Cuban cantineros won the first place, Juan Carlos Valla Dares.
Speaking of numbers, 2004 revolved around the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Havana Club International S.A. Close to 800 people were invited by Patrick Ricard ans Cuban Minister Alejendro Roca to a exceptional b-day ceremony and dinner on the Plaza de la Catedral in Havana.
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12:39 PM
We are bartenders. That's it, and that encapsulates everything!
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10:44 AM
All mixologists are bartenders, but not all bartenders are mixologists
In 2003, our favouvorite cocktailian, Gary Regan, an English native who was put behind a bar at the age of 14 by his parents and now lives just outside of the Big Apple, wrote "The Joy of Mixology". He soon regretted the title he had given to his bartender bible, claiming that he preferred that the people "we understand as being Mixologists, should really be called Cocktailians".
Now this may seem a little nerdy but it brings us to the question of the difference between mixology (which can be simply explained as the study and skill of preparing mixed drinks), and bartending, when you know that both terms have come to be used synonymously.
For Michael Menegos, the explanation is pretty simple: "in the same way that Gary Regan felt that the title of his book was a little reductive, "the term 'mixology' has been very overused; it means a lot and doesn't mean anything. A mixologist is indeed someone who is an expert at making drinks and who knows everything behind the process, such as the history, a person who travels a lot to find out about the drinks’ origins. But most of all he has to understand the importance of being a good host. All mixologists are bartenders, but not all bartenders are mixologists. The term mixology was coined in the early 20th century but has been mistranslated and it's now being excessively used as an honorary term."
And he concludes, “I hear things like, "this guy is not only a bartender, he is also a mixologist". I say this is nonsense! No, we are bartenders. That's it, and that encapsulates everything."
Gary Regan's website here.
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