Fancy trying your hand at making an original cocktail with a Japanese twist? Are you a bartender with a bar, restaurant, hotel, or a freelance professional? Then the 2015 Sake Cocktail Awards are interested in you!

The Sake Cocktail Awards are a fantastic opportunity for bartenders and mixologists alike to try their hand at making cocktails from a Japanese sake base. As sake is quickly gaining popularity amongst the general drinking public, it’s only natural that a cocktail be there to suit their needs!

Entry Requirements:

• Currently with at a bar, hotel, or restaurant. Or, privately employed as a contract bartender.
• Of legal drinking age as of 1 September, 2015. UK resident or EU national.
• Able to create their own original cocktail and recipe.
• Able to commit to the above dates. (Ideally all but even 1 day is fine)

Other information:

• There is no fee for entry.
• £100 per day will be provided for ingredients.

Cocktail Recipe Rules:

• The base spirit must be one of the shortlisted sake
• The cocktail may be shaken, stirred, blended, etc.
• The cocktail should include one or more vegetables, fruit, fruit peels, etc.
• The recipe should be scalable for a 30ml serving for 1500 people over 3 days.
  (Fri: 400, Sat: 600, Sun: 500)
• Entrants will need to provide their own equipment
• The maximum number of ingredients is seven, including the base spirit.
• Entrants will be responsible for their own ingredients.