Disaronno Mixing Star creates Killer Cocktail

By Emily Kearns, Lucy Britner

Published: 16 July, 2013

Dutch bartender Tess Posthumus has been crowned Disaronno Mixing Star 2013 at the European final...

Dutch bartender Tess Posthumus has been crowned Disaronno Mixing Star 2013 at the European final, which was held in Amsterdam's Club Harbour and saw 18 bartenders challenge each other to create film-inspired cocktails - Posthumus used Spielberg's Jaws as inspiration for her Killer Cocktail.

Disaronno, the UK's number-three non-cream liqueur, according to distributor First Drinks, will fly Posthumus to Italy for the Venice Film Festival, where she will have the opportunity to serve her Disaronno signature cocktail to celebrities walking the red carpet.

The competition, now in its third year, started with castings which attracted more than 1,000 aspiring Mixing Stars. These were held in locations inspired by movie sets all over the world, including Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Russia, Australia, US and Canada.

This year, as part of its film theme, participants took part in acting masterclasses, where they were offered tips on how best to show off their talents.

Killer Cocktail

Ingredients:

45ml Disaronno

30ml Gin Beefeater

30ml fresh lemon juice

10ml Campari

10ml passion fruit syrup Monin

3 dashes cranberry bitters Fee Brothers

Garnish: lemon zest

Method:

Shake all the ingredients with cubed ice, except for the bitters and zest. Strain over crushed ice into a pre-chilled shark-mug. Add 3 dashes of the cranberry bitters on top (bramble-style) to make it look like a bloody float, add a short straw and the lemon zest, cut into a shark fin.

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