Colorado Cocktail Project finalists: Test this state's most liquid assets Monday

The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state's most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. On Sunday, Colorado distillers will be at the MCA to pour their products, while learned lecturers talk about...

By Patricia Calhoun

June 23, 2011

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The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state's most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. On Sunday, Colorado distillers will be at the MCA to pour their products, while learned lecturers talk about cocktail culture. We've already profiled many of the bartenders who submitted recipes for the contest; the ten finalists will pour out their hearts -- and drinks -- in a head-to-head competition on June 27.

And those finalists (and the bars where you can taste their drinks) are:

Avenue Grill, Marnie Ward: "Tree Line"

Colt & Gray, Kevin Burke: "Colorado Daschund"

Encore on Colfax, Alexandra Geppert: "Pins and Needles"

Green Russell, Alexandra Parks: "Green Larimer Bees Knees"

Jonesy's EatBar, Amy Kempster: "The Green Heart"

Mateo, Britt Henze, "Bear Paw Palmer"

Row 14, Tyler French: "Brothers Brew"

Salt Bistro, Evan Faber: "The Diamondback"

Steuben's Food Service, Randy Layman: "The 100 Years Cocktail"

Summit at The Broadmoor. Robert Leavey: "Pikes Peak Swizzle"

You can buy tickets, which are $40 per day, or $70 for the two-day package, here: Colorado Cocktail Project tickets. (Tickets are also available at select Whole Foods outlets.)

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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