Top 50 entries, 2024

Words by Simon Difford

Having carefully read through all 642 entries to the 2024 edition of this competition, I have selected the following 50 and look forward to making each cocktail. On June 12th, 2024, we will announce the 15 cocktails the Hayman's Brand Ambassador will make for the judges assembled at Hayman's Distillery for the competition final.

Announce Spring by Shinnosuke Ueda from Kirip Truman, JP
Ayla by Dany Dentith from Panacea, NZ
Casa de Abelha by Frederick ma from MESA- Karl Lagerfeld Hotel, GLP, MO
Cymbeline by Anthony Wallace from Sedalia's, US
Deity's Tears by Walls Yu from First-story-to-edge, TW
Dreadnought by Jason Kilgore from Basik / Dutch Kills / Dear Irving, US
Earl Tom by Arran Lin from BarDionysus, CN
Emerald Book by Xiaoyang Huang from Fabric, CN
Flapper Girl by Caron Richmond from Panda & Sons, GB
Fruits of Love by James Turner from Plotting Parlour, GB
Gold Kissed by Daniel French from Ham Yard Bar, GB
Golden Hour by Shannon Marshall from Perch, CA
Lalita by Vitor Sousa from The Churchill Bar and Terrace, GB
Lucky Cat by Anthony Orme from The Royal Cocktail Exchange, GB
Mole Old-Fashioned by Aldo Chiantella from Viajante87, GB
New chapter by Felix Shi from Waking Lotus, CN
North Side by Isaac Birdsall from The American Bar at The Savoy Hotel, GB
Not a Shot by Ryan McHarg from Gleneagles Townhouse, GB
Olive + Oolong by Matthew Galloway from Three Sheets Soho, GB
Peach 75 by Davide Lotito from Wacky Wombat, GB
Peach Treaty by Lauren McKenna from Libre, NZ
Peerless Street by Emmy Pip Knight from American Bar, Savoy, GB
Pharmacist by SIANG-CHENG Li from BarReviver, TW
Plum Sky by Kane O'Brien from The Light Bar, GB
Prescription by Eager Yang from ladies and gentlemen, US
Rabbit Hole by Ray 刘 from mocoo bar, CN
Rhuby Sipper by Michael Vander Horn from Queen Jayne's Lounge and Royal Drinkery, US
Sakura rising by jarad crowell from Il brutto, US
Samurai's hobby by Yang Yung Yu from First story to edge, TW
Silent Grove by Yuki Tanaka from CKTL & CO, CA
Skyfall by Joseph Dorio from Library Bar - The Royal York Hotel, CA
Sloe scarlet by Brett Nebauer from 11e cave, AU
Sloepoke by Adam Chase from The Aviary & The Office, US
South of the river by Martha Markham from Swift soho, GB
Spice Girl by Paulina Hoppe from Woods, DE
Such a Miranda by Mike Bower from Burnt Milk Hotel, GB
Support Drupe by Collin Diedrich from The Counting Room at the Vault Hotel, US
Taste of Time by Harshit Agarwal from Beno, IN
The Clean Slate by Alp Dhzindzhan from Heddon Street Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay, GB
The golden years by 佳睿徐 from 勍威士忌吧, CN
The Roots of Balham by Kat Nahtmane from Lost & Found Balham, GB
The Spaniard by juanyunes FUENTES from La roneria, CL
Toff's Tot by Evan Lipson from Fly by Night, US
Tom's Rocket by Unknown from Small Talk, US
Velvet de mirage by Yuk Chi Lau from Hutong, GB
Verdant Whisper by Tomislav MArtinek from Boilerman bar, DE
White Shinobi by Lay Jiang from Joy Bar, CN
Wright Glider by Walt Webster-Curran from Bittersweet Leith, GB
Yonge and Eligible by Jonny Nadler from The Cambridge Club, CA
后院 by 李晓锋 from 天津G平方鸡尾酒吧, CN

I wish all those above the best in the next stages of this competition, and many thanks to all those who entered.

Each bartender entering this competition could use any of three Hayman's gins in their cocktail, so it's interesting to see which gins were used in the recipes of the top 50. (Some used more than one gin.)
58% used Hayman's London Dry Gin
26% used Hayman's Old Tom Gin
20% used Hayman's Sloe Gin