SnowQueenVodka

THE BLOG

Tomorrow is oficialy the first full day of spring and all of us here at Snow Queen Vodka certainly do have a spring in our step,

After a great event last week (the GQ comedy extravaganza) this week saw the arrival of the Annual Snow Queen Vodka Martinin masters competition in association with The Spirits Business.

The stunning afternoon took place at one of londons most famous establishments "The Ivy"

The top floor was transformed into a mixolagists workshop and whilst our lovely host for the afternoon Daisy Jones kicks off proceedings 11 experts put the finishing touches the to their artistically created Martinis

As the Judging starts guests enjoy the most amazing canopes beutifully created and crafted by the Ivy chefs to perfectly compliment the stunning workmanship that was taking place in front of the judging pannel 

With our 11 competitiors each taking 10 minutes to piece together and take us through the details and inspiration behind there martini creations, with ingredients ranging from the simple to the scientific the displays were a mix of wonderful flavour stories and drinkable works of art

after an initial idividual judging round the contestants were whittled down to just 4 finalists Robb Collins, Sam Baxandale, Matteo Corsalini and Fabio immovilli

Each of the four finalists is given 15 minutes and a mystery box contaning identical ingredients, they have 5 minutes to come up with a recipe and then 10 minutes to put there ideas into practice in front of our judges

after some extremrly hard descision making are winner Robb Collins was crowned with his Martini 

"Queen Of Hearts"

60ml Snow Queen vodka

20ml Dry vermouth

4 Dashes of cardamom bitters

3 Dashes of rose water

Mandarin zest

Cardamom seeds

Method
Stir ingredients together in a mixing glass and serve straight up then garnish with mandarin zest and warmed cardamom seeds.

  

Next Week

we are pleased to announce that we will be serving our stunning cocktails next week at the launch of LONDON LIVE a brand new tv channel from the Evening Standard, we are sure that the channel is going to be a fantastic success and we are extremely excited to be featured at the Launch 

Have a Great Week xx