Hall of Fame
Over the past ten years, the GB final of World Class has been won by a who's who of the bartending world. Most were known prior to winning World Class but after their win they became bartending celebrities. Follows all ten previous GB winners and their signature cocktails.
2009 - Ryan Chetiyawardana
Three Storm Flip
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Freshly grated nutmeg
Method: Dry shake all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
50 ml Pampero Aniversario rum
25 ml Velvet Falernum fiqueur
2 dash Regan's Orange Bitters
5 ml Lagavulin 16 Year Old Islay single malt scotch whisky
1 whole Egg (white & yolk)
1 pinch Salt & pepper
2010 - Erik Lorincz
Rising to the Sky
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Botanical steam: Fresh coriander, camomile, grapefruit bitters, orange bitters and juniper berries macerated in hot water and poured over dry ice.
Method: Shake all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
45 ml Tanqueray No10
10 ml Fino dry sherry
10 ml Yuzu juice
20 ml Lemon juice
15 ml Sugar syrup
1 sprig Fresh coriander
20 ml Pineapple juice
2011 - Jamie MacDonald
The 'Chaste' Cocktail
Method: "Stir all ingredients with block ice in cut mixing glass for controlled dilution. Strain and serve in a chilled side vessel accompanied with a chilled fluted cocktail/ ice sphere presented with tobacco bitters."
40 ml Ketel One vodka
25 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.
20 ml Martini Rosso sweet vermouth
4 dashes Regan's Orange bitters
7 ml Coal Ila 12 year old whisky
2012 - Andy Mil
Blackwood Cobbler
Glass: Jam jar
Garnish: Dried bread stars and a Brazilian flag
Method: Shake all ingredients with ice in a jam jar.
50 ml Cardhu single malt whisky
25 ml Guinness
10 ml Chestnut liqueur
10 ml Crème de banane
5 ml Vanilla syrup
15 ml Milk
Andy created this cocktail for the Flying Down To Rio round of the 2012 European World Class Final to earn his place in that year's global final.
2013 - Gareth Evans
Living The Dream
Glass: Coupe
Garnish: Orange zest twist
Method: Stir all the ingredients and strain into chilled glass.
40 ml Johnnie Walker Blue Label
20 ml De Kuyper XO Cherry Brandy
10 ml Yellow Chartreuse VIP
1 dash Fernet Branca
2014 – James Fowler
Copper Colours
Glass: Rocks glass
Garnish: Flamed orange zest & small piece of Jamon serrano
Method: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into rocks glass over ice ball.
40 ml Ketel One vodka
20 ml Lepanto Ov (Spanish brandy aged in Oloroso cask)
10 ml Pacharan
2 dash Absinthe Verte
2015 – Ali Reynolds
Hitting Loch Bottom
Glass: Martini
Garnish: Grapefruit zest twist
Method: Shake first 4 ingredients with ice and top with champagne.
40 ml Johnnie Walker Blue Label
15 ml Bergamot syrup (1:1)
25 ml Sweet cheeks blush cider
2 dash Fernet Branca
Top with Ruinart Blanc de Blanc
2016 – Aidan Bowie
Vetiver Woodland Martini
Glass: Coupe
Method: Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.
50 ml Tanqueray No. Ten
10 ml Lemon verbena infused Dolin dry
7.5 ml Manzanilla sherry
1 spoon Celery slat solution (10:1)
3 dash Aiden's Vetiver bitters
2017 – Jamie Jones
The Rumours Brew
Glass: Pint glass
Method: Shake first 5 ingredients and top with beer.
Johnnie Walker Gold Label
Ancho Reyes Verde
Banane du Bresil liqueur
Fresh lime juice
Fresh pineapple juice
Hitachino Japanese rice beer
2018 – Daniel Warren
Peated terroir cordial
Glass: Old-fashioned
Garnish: Spray Lagavulin 16yo Islay single malt & chocolate tincture
Method: Stir first 3 ingredients with ice and then smoke with Cedarwood. Strain into glass over frozen golfball.
40ml Johnnie Walker Blue label
Peated terroir cordial
70 Club House bitters
A thin slice of tobacco box Cedarwood
2019 - Cameron Attfield
Ketel One Vodka
The Dutch refer to their pot stills as 'ketels', thus this vodka is named after the Nolet's original 1864 'Distilleerketel #1' which is still used in the
Ron Zacapa 23
Ron Zacapa is famously aged in warehouses one-and-a-half miles above sea level among soaring Guatemalan mountains and active volcanoes. Launched in 1976,
Tanqueray No. Ten
Launched in 2000, Tanqueray No. Ten Gin is based on the traditional Tanqueray botanical recipe but with unusual extras such as camomile and fresh grapefruit.
Ciroc Vodka
Cîroc was created by Jean-Sébastien Robicquet, a charismatic Frenchman who grew up between Cognac and Bordeaux. Given his origins, it is perhaps not
Don Julio Reposado
Launched in 1989, this 100 per cent agave reposado is aged for eight months in recharged American white oak casks previously used to age bourbon whiskey.
Bulleit Bourbon (45%)
Marketed as being the 'frontier whiskey', this Kentucky straight bourbon was launched in 1987 by Tom Bulleit, the great-great grandson of Augustus Bulleit,
Haig Club Grain Whisky
Unveiled in London 8th April 2014, the launch of this whisky by Diageo lit up the global news networks. Not due to its being one of the few mainstream
Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Launched in 1992 as the whisky for connoisseurs, this even more premium version of the already deluxe Johnnie Walker has a proportion of malts as old as
Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve
Launched in 2011, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve is a blend of malt and grain whiskies include including casks of Clynelish single malt whisky. In the
Johnnie Walker Platinum Label
Launched in 2011 to replace the Johnnie Walker 18 year old Gold Label, Johnnie Walker Platinum Label is a blend of malt and grain whiskies matured for
Talisker 10 Year Old
Talisker was sold as an 8 year old single malt until 1989 when the 10 year old was realised as one of the Classic Malts. Talisker 10 year old is aged predominantly
The Singleton of Dufftown 12 Year Old
Aged in a high proportion of European oak casks, Singleton from Dufftown replaced the now-defunct Singleton of Auchroisk which was first launched as a
