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July 6, 2011 Eve’s Answer Wins 2011 Margarita Contest
Chicago’s Charles Joly won the second-annual international Margarita Contest, held Friday at Mexico City’s tequila museum. Joly, who bartends at The Drawing Room – ranked as one of the year’s Best Bars in America by Esquire’s annual survey of top restaurants and bars – beat 14 other expert mixologists from nine countries, including England, Russia, Mexico and South Africa.
Joly described his winning cocktail, called Eve’s Answer, as “a combination of Chicago and Mexico” with its blend of Chicago-brewed apple cider, spiced raisin syrup, lime juice, Mexican cinnamon and Tequila Olmeca Altos reposado, smartly served in a cored apple. The panel of judges included Henry Besant, coauthor of “Margarita Rocks” and cofounder of The Tahona Society, which sponsors the contest. The five judges had to select from a slew of creative concoctions inspired by the classic margarita, the best-selling cocktail in the U.S.
Before the competition, the finalists spent a week touring Jalisco, Mexico’s tequila country. The winner gets to return for a closer weeklong look at the art of tequila making. The runner up gets an automatic pass to next year’s competition, and third place received a special extra-aged bottle of Olmeca. The Tahona Society, with the backing of Tequila Olmeca, promotes and develops tequila culture around the globe through training programs that culminate in the annual showdown. Will Eve’s Answer be appearing on cocktail menus around Mexico? Maybe if she changes her name to Manzarita.
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