Competition Rules

Relationships are complex combinations between two or more. The glass is a perfect stage to demonstrate the affection of two (or more) strong "personalities". A dance between botanical, citrus, herbal, and bittersweet components. A truly unique opportunity to share your own perspective of what works best.In this competition, we are asking participants to highlight this relationship between gin and Campari.  

    Date: Sunday September 26th 2021 

    Location: The J Rieger & Co Distillery Kansas City 

    Start Time: 4pm 

Cocktail Submissions Due Date: Monday Sept 6th

Please Read through the rules carefully and Fill out the PDF at the bottom and email to Mike@ginworld.com

Eligibility: The contest is open to anyone residing in or around the city of Kansas City on either the Missouri or Kansas Side. Bartenders must actively work as a bartender in a bar or restaurant.

Sponsor’s Right to Entries: You do not transfer ownership of your Entry by entering the Contest. However, by entering, you: irrevocably grant Sponsor, its agents, licensees, and assigns the unconditional and perpetual exclusive right and permission to reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, broadcast, display, publicly perform, exhibit, and otherwise use your Entry (with or without using your name) in any media throughout the world for any purpose, without limitation, and without additional review, compensation, or approval from you or any other party. Winners and winning cocktails will be posted on Ginworld website and correlating social media platforms.

Competition Rules:

• Each recipe must use a sponsored Gin AND Campari

• Each participant will need to create 4 drinks, 1 per judge and 1 for photo

• There is a limit of 8 ingredients total, including the Gin, Campari and other ingredients of your choosing

• House made ingredients are accepted and creativity is encouraged.

• Must use at least 1 oz of Campari 

• All recipes must be for one cocktail no less than 3 oz and no greater than 8 oz total volume

• All cocktails must be garnished, named, and a story associated with the creation of the Cocktail. (See sheet below for filling out)

• All presentations should allude to the complexities of the perfect gin and bitters relationship

• Contestant is responsible for bringing any and all ingredients (Besides Original Campari), bar tools, glassware, and any specialty ice needed. To be clear the only thing provided for you at the event is ice for shaking and original Campari, if you wash or infuse the modifier you will need to bring your own.

Judging Criteria All judged on 1-5 scale, 5 being superior:

1. Aroma

2. Appearance

1. Balance of ingredients

2. Overall Presentation

Cocktail Submissions Due Date Monday Sept 6th

Participating Gin Brands Please Choose one and Email Mike@ginworld.com to reserves your place in the competition as quickly as possible. Your full cocktail submission is due Sept 6th but reserving your place is just a quick verbal commitment. As brands are chosen they will be removed from the list but in case of an accident you will be notified to work with another brand. Get to them early as they go fast. Once approved you will be connected with a Band Rep.

• J Rieger & Co Midwestern Gin - Taken

• Mahon Gin - Taken

• Toms Town Botanical Gin

• Uncle Vals Gin

• Sipsmith Gin

• Amhrut Nilgiris Gin

• Lifted Spirits

• Right Gin - Taken

• Citadelle Gin - Taken

• Bare Spirits Zero Proof Gin

• Bluecoat Gin