Taking place at the Bike Shed in Shoreditch on February 9, Beefeater MIXLDN is in its sixth year.
Finalists from 31 countries will take part this year, presenting cinematically themed creations to a panel which includes: Nathan O’Neill, head bartender at Nomad NY; Evelyn Chick, MIXLDN 2015 global champion and Beefeater Master Distiller, Desmond Payne.
In addition to being crowned the Beefeater MIXLDN global champion, this year’s winner will also have the opportunity to work with Desmond Payne to create, craft and produce their own limited edition gin.
Desmond Payne, Beefeater master distiller said: “We’re thrilled to be offering the winner of this year’s MIXLDN competition the opportunity to create their own gin. It is a hugely rewarding process and allows the distiller to experiment with complex flavours and balance them to create something truly unique.
"We at Beefeater are committed to innovation, and while we remain loyal to the traditional process of creating London dry gins, we always look to develop new and innovative products. I look forward to seeing what our finalists bring to the competition and working with the winner on this very exciting project.”
Finalists are as follows:
Finalist’s name | Country | Cocktail |
Joe Ballinger | UK | On Holiday By Mistake |
Fabio Ferreira da Costa | Portugal | 221 Baker Street |
Rodrigo Muñoz | Chile | Snatch Cocktail |
Masanori Fujikura-san | Japan | English Temptation |
Alberto Pizzaro | Spain | Safety Pin |
Dawid Pytkowski | Poland | Overture 1812 |
Conor Ryan | Ireland | A study in Scarlet |
Stacey Swenson | USA | Gunpowder Treason |
Madeleine Tate | New Zealand | The Chimney Sweeper |
Mario Luis Acosta Batista | Cuba | Blanco Salvaje / Wild Target |
Roberto Giudici | Italy | Welly Welly Welly |
Emil Hed | Sweden | Sergeant Tibbs |
George Hunter | South Africa | Apothica |
Tarek Nix | Germany | Teamwork |
Moona Janhunen | Finland | Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
Daniel Calta | Denmark | True Loyalty |
Marek Vybiral | Czech Republic | Inspector Abberline |
Ni Kun | China | Bond Girl |
Charlotte De Fevere | Belgium | Weltschmerz |
Konstantin Karvounis | Austria | 60 seconds left |
Timothy Ching | Hong Kong | Please Sir I Want More |
Karina Tamm | Estonia | Passing Westbourne Park Rd |
Dilyan Avramov | Bulgaria | Closer But Late |
Matheus de Freitas Cunha | Brazil | The Speech of the King |
Odd Fjeldsgaard Ramussen | Norway | The Uncle Monty |
Michael Fortier | Canada | Scarlet Carson |
Konstantinos Vlachos | Greece | Margot’s Martini |
Mor Koral | Isreal | The Travel Book Co. |
Nenad Milosevic | Serbia | Alfie |
Lubomir Miscik | Slovakia | Game of Shadows |
Jin Hwan Kim | South Korea | Indefinitely London |
Andrei-Razvan Mocan | Romania | Orange Gimlet |
