How creative can you get with the Duppy Share range? Last month, we hosted a cocktail competition in Italy and sent the winner on a FREE trip to Barbados courtesy of the Duppy Share.
We had 10 finalists all making their drinks for the panel of judges. There was creativity flowing with punch bowls, tea pots, limited edition merch and so much more! It's warming to see the passion the amazing bartenders showed for our liquids and the incredible cocktails that were presented. We wanted to give a massive shoutout to all 10 finalists, we will link their instagram accounts at the end too so you can follow their work and get rewarded with innovative recipes.
We would love to share with you the top 3 and their out of this world recipes and methods that created gobsmacking cocktails.
At number 3 we have... Marco Dell'Accio and his Zombie Cream Soda. The idea came from wanting to combine the complexity of a 1950 Zombie with a cream soda, in a sharing drink. The best way to do this is to wash the Zombie with milk and add a vanilla liqueur to the recipe, and then carbonate.
Recipe:
4cl Duppy Share aged
4cl Duppy share white
3cl vanilla liqueur
5cl sugar
8cl fresh passion fruit juice
10cl fresh pineapple juice
100g whole milk
Method:
Pour rum, passion fruit, pineapple and vanilla liqueur into a carafe and mix them together
Pour the contents of the jug into a container containing the milk
Mix them together and wait a few seconds for the milk to curdle
Pour the mixture into a funnel containing a paper filter and let it percolate into an empty jug
After the percolation, add the sugar and mix
Leave to cool in the refrigerator
When the drink mix is cold, carbonate with a twist and sparkle
Serve in highballs with chunks
At number 2 we have... Andrea Arcaini and his Duppy Share-ing Punch. This was by far the most complex of the lot with demonstrations of how to make single ingredients impressing the judges - at first we see the making of the Duppy White Falernum.
Recipe:
Duppy Share-ing punch*
280ml Duppy White Falernum*
700ml Black tea syrup**
700ml Duppy Share Aged
70ml Allspice Dram***
Punch bowl service
Nutmeg as a garnish
*Duppy White Falernum
9 Lime zest
150g Peeled white almonds
120g Fresh ginger
40pcs Cloves
500 Duppy shares white
Sous Vide —> 50 degrees, 4h
250g caster sugar
150ml lime juice
1ts almond extract
**Black tea syrup
500ml Hot Water
10g Black tea
4min infusion
200ml sugar syrup 3:2
*** Allspice Dram
100g Allspice dry berries
2pcs Cinnamon sticks
20pcs Cloves
1/4pcs Nutmeg
1400ml Duppy Share aged
Blend
14 days cold infusion
500ml sugar syrup 3:2
And finally, our winner, with something slightly more simple but superbly delicious: Margherita Olivieri and her Taste of the Sea.
Recipe:
100ml the Duppy share aged
20ml red dolin
60ml pineapple, sage and chilli syrup
60ml lemon
Fried sage garnish
Congrats to all the contestants and what an amazing experience! You can find all their instagrams here:
Matteo Piazza, Matilde Barbaro, Pierluigi Soccodato, Umberto Oliva, Marco Serri, Christian Torcasio and Marco Torre.
Good luck making their cocktails and we hope to host many more comps just like this one!
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