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William Wheeler, Earl Wheeler, Thomas Wheeler
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Wyatt Lowrey, Will Morre, Richie Weaver
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Zachary and Kari Keller
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DJ Housequake provided the party tunes
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Zach Gean, Izzy Michaud
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Zoe Baumgarten, Alex Mazza, Taylor Steele
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Wyatt Lowrey, Richie Weaver with Old Dominick
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Guests munched on tasty snacks like bison tostada from Margaritaville Hotel
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Tiffany Spears, Andrea Fleming
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Angelica and Joshua Tindol
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Austin Mitchell, Stacey Gleixner
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Nashville Smile Bar provided some Photo Booth fun
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Brittany Barragan, Chelsa Lourie
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Bunny Wood, Christy Hunter
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Sami Elhini, Melissa McDonald
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Music City's top bartenders came together to compete for best craft cocktails made with Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey and Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
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Cindi Morgan, Trey Arrowood, Cathy Poole
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Elena Carranza, Taylor Fischer
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Nancy Dondero, Amy Dondero
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Guests got down to fun music from DJ Housequake
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Elizabeth Dickson, Carolyn Mcelroy
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Jennifer Parrish, Becky Fuqua
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Kelly Kaplan with charity partner, Giving Kitchen
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Jalesa Perkins, Aaron Sandifer
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Sheneirka Edwards, Sam Murphy, Maly Allen
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Monica Hobbs, Ryan Hobbs
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Meredith and Alex Schnitzer, Taylor and Kacey Wright
On Thursday, March 21, guests mixed and mingled at our annual Swig Cocktail Competition at Margaritaville Hotel.
Music City's top bartenders came together to compete for best craft cocktails made with Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey and Old Dominick Memphis Vodka. Each bartender created two cocktails for the festive crowd to sample, and at the end of the evening they voted for their favorites in each spirit category. Participating restaurants and bartenders included Pullman Standard, Southern Turf Club, Mimo, STK, JWB Grill, Halls Chophouse, Supper Club on Belcourt, Thistle and Rye, Harth, PROOF, and The Study at Nashville City Club.
While sipping cocktails and munching on tasty snacks from Margaritaville Hotel, guests got down to tunes from DJ Housequake and had some photo booth fun with Nashville Smile Bar.
This year's competition:
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Marcus Papa, winning bartender Lakrisha Flye with Old Dominick’s Wyatt Lowrey
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JWB's winning Sunset cocktail made with Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
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Kathleen Calkins, Shelley Clausen, winning bartender Kelsea Tortorella with Old Dominick’s Wyatt Lowrey
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Halls Chophouse's winning Old Money Hibiscus cocktail made with Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey
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Corbett Levin, Seirra Pence with Mimo
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Mimo's Goin' Bananas cocktail made with Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey
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Joshua Chapin, Anahi Miranda with Harth
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Harth's MBA cocktail made with Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
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Justin Donnellan, Laura Schwarz with Nashville City Club
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Nashville City Club's Tart Blueberry Spritz cocktail made with Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
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Kirsten Jose, Jon Kearns, Hunter Arrowood with Proof
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Proof's Sweet on You cocktail made with Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
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Robert Blakely with Southern Turf Club
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Southern Turf Club's Dead Man's Hand cocktail made with Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey
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Ian Ruffner, Jeremiah Blake with Pullman Standard
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Pullman Standard's cocktail made with cocktail made with Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey
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Kerolos Eskander, Emma Praskach with STK
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STK's Dominick's Plum Paradise cocktail made with Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
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Ian Philbin, Christain Duroscer with Supper Club on Belcourt
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Supper Club on Belcourt's Aperol Spritz cocktail made with cocktail made with Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
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Max Nishida, Alexandra Tucker, Eumi Koh with Thistle & Rye
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Thistle & Rye's Blackberry Robin cocktail made with Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
The Winners
Old Dominick Straight Tennessee Whiskey
Winner: Kelsea Tortorella from Halls Chophouse
Runner Up: Robert Blakely from Southern Turf Club
Old Dominick Memphis Vodka
Winner: Lakrisha Faye from JWB Grill
Runner Up: Corbett Levin from Mimo
A portion of proceeds from the event benefited Giving Kitchen Tennessee. SWIG Cocktail Competition was sponsored by Old Dominick and Margaritaville Hotel.