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Noelle's bartender, Nia Morris, won first place with her craft cocktail, 6th Sense.
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Noelle's winning cocktail called 6th Sense.
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Eddie Ate Dynamite's bartender, John Woo, won runner up with his cocktail, The Stardust.
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Eddie Ate Dynamite's cocktail called Stardust
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Alanna Keenan, Ashley Francis, Caroline Keenan, Brandon Horne
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Andy and Staci Gilbert
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After sampling each of the cocktails, attendees voted for their favorite.
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Brian Barry, Sherrell and Sean Washington
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Caedon Jones, Victoria Sims, Alexa Marcontell
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Guests had some photo booth fun with Nashville Smile Bar.
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Callan Sheridan, Phoebe Farrell-Sherman
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The Late Great's cocktail called White Lightenin'
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Dana Patel, Jamie Bibler, Shannen Stewart, Amber Christian, Jen Watkins
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DJ Housequake
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Grayson Woo, Anna Evans, Sarah McLean
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Keyton Wadford, Ben Franks, Kelsea Tortorella, Kathleen Calkins with Halls Chophouse
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Josh Mantooch, Evan Childers from Harper's Steakhouse
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All cocktails were made with Ketel One Vodka.
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Jordan Harvey, Kelly Barbi
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Matt Rigsby, William Cyphers with the Cumberland Bar at JW Marriott
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Hampton Social's Drink called Not Just a Plum Blonde
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Marcus Papa, Lakrisha Flye, Patrick Mcleod with JWB Grille
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Katy Crolius, Mason Malesevich
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Andrew Cook, Kenia Azor with Layer Cake
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Ellington's Cocktail called Hidden Truth
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Lenna Walkup, Sonia Lounis
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Lexi Twiss, Casey Depew
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Natalie Meyers, Ashley Travis, Alyn Federle
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Harrison Deakin, Katy Crolius with 1 Hotel
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Orbin Bollington, kKody Stafford
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Layer Cake's cocktail called Get Caked
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Paul Savage, Madelyn Stampely
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Corey Caldwell, Tiffani Reed with Sambuca
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Scott and Tina McRae
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Stephen and Christine Kerr
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Tom and RiDawn Lyle, Moira and Steve lyle
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Tuwana Booker, Valerie Young
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Tyrone Boswell, Rae Acevedo
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Church & Union's cocktail called Ready Orgeat
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Courtney Steck, Kartik Gurav, Ian Ruffner, Nate Peterson, Jax Mcmullen with Union Station Nashville Yards
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Ashley McDonald, Heather Hill, Madison Tinkel with United Way of Greater Nashville
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Whitney Moger, Jacob Stensland, Renae Moger, Collin Wells
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Guests mixed and mingled while sipping 18 different cocktail creations.
On Thursday, August 3, Nashville Lifestyles hosted its annual Bartender Bash competition at JW Marriott Nashville.
Attendees enjoyed a grazing board full of meats and cheeses, plus passed hors d'euorvers including spring rolls, arancini, and empanadas provided by JW Marriott Nashville while sampling 18 different Ketel One Vodka craft cocktails crafted by local Nashville bartenders. At the end of the evening, guests turned in their ballots and voted for their favorite craft cocktail. Noelle's bartender, Nia Morris, won first place with her craft cocktail, 6th Sense, while Eddie Ate Dynamite's bartender, John Woo, won runner up with his cocktail, The Stardust.
WINNER: Nia Morris with Noelle
RUNNER UP: John Woo with Eddie Ate Dynamite
Participating restaurants included: 1 Hotel Nashville, Church & Union, Eddie Ate Dynamite, Ellington's, Gaylord Orpyland, Halls Chophouse, The Hampton Social, Harper's, The Cumberland Bar, Cabana Club, JWB Grill, The Late Great, Layer Cake, Noelle, The Rutledge, Sambuca, STK Nashville, and The Union Station Nashville Yards.
In addition to sampling unique libations, attendees also had the chance to taste Ketel One Botanical Vodka Spritzs'. Nashville Smile Bar provided the photo booth fun and DJ Housequake provided entertaining tunes.
A portion of proceeds from ticket sales benefited United Way of Greater Nashville.