BarWars IV
Boyton Beach ,Florida USA
April 21st & 22nd 2003

"BarWars IV" Flair / Specialty Drink Round

- A NEW BARTENDER JEDI IS BORN -

OFFICIAL COMPETITION GUIDELINES

Round Two - Flair / Specialty Drink Round 400 Points

Each contestant will be responsible for preparing the same three drinks and pour one Bud Light and produce a Specialty Drink within a five minute (Four minutes for Qualifying) time limit. Within this time, the contestants will be judged on accuracy and showmanship. The primary focus of the judging , however , will be on Flair and Showmanship , with a maximum of four hundred ( 400) points awarded. For Qualifying there will only be a maxium of three hundred and seventy-five ( 375 ) points awarded!

-The Drinks for the Flair / Specialty Drink round do not have to be placed on Bevnaps but are optional.

-The Working Flair drink must be finished before attemting to make any of the exhibition drinks.

The drinks for round two are as follows:

Working Flair Drink -

Multiple Liquor Drink -

Shooter -

Bottled Beer -

Specialty Drink - ( For Finals Night Only ! )

Sex In The Shower

Jedi Juice

Shot In The Mouth

IceHouse

You Pick your own

-Each drink completed

-Working Flair

-Overall Flair

-Smoothness and Variety of Moves

-Originality and Crowd response

-Specailty Drink Name and Taste - ( For Finals Night Only ! )

20pts. / 25pts. for Qualifying Day

100pts.

100pts.

50pts.

25pts.

25pts.

Each Drink Completed

-The bartender will receive 20pts for each drink completed. Any variations to drink standards must be discussed and approved by the judges prior to the Flair round.

Working Flair

-The Bartender will recieve points for there working flair ability. This score will be based on the bartenders overall working flair on the first drink in the round. You will be judged on all areas of working flair. Working flair is the things you can do while you work, that entertain and more importantly Don't slow down service.To qoute one of the masters Ken Hall "You should not have an entire series of moves without working towards the drink building process". Overall Working Flair Score will be determined with one summed up score determined by: Technical Working Flair ,Creative Working Flair ,Showmanship and Overall Performance.

Overall Flair

-The bartender will receive points for making drinks with some style of Flair. The more degree of difficulty the more points will be awarded.

Smoothness and Variety of Moves

-The bartender will receive points for showing total control of their tricks. Their angles being tight rather than sloppy. Regardless of the difficulty level , do you "Nail" the moves or do you fumble through it? -The bartender should be able to do some sort of Flair with everything behind the bar. Demonstrate mastery of your equipment by using as many different objects as possible. A little bit of everything will get you a high score! Be creative!

-Garnishes and Straws

-Full shaker

-Ice

-Ice scoop

-Different ways to pour

-Tin and Bottle

-2 Bottles

-2 or 3 tins

-1Bottle

-Tin and 2 Bottles

-Tin

-Glassware

-Beer Bottle / Bottle cap

-2 tins and 1 Bottle

- etc .

-Three Bottles

-Four Bottles

-Five Bottles

-Strainer

Specailty Drink Name and Taste

- Does the drink taste good or is it repulsive and make you want to puke and Is the Name creative or just run of the mill..... Originality and Crowd Response -The bartender will receive points for an original move that is new or hasnÕt really been seen yet. Let your own style shine through. -A bartender who can bring in a crowd is a more valuable employee. We are looking for cheering , yelling , hooting ,laughing , chanting , singing , clapping , etc.

HINT: Stack the deck in your favor by inviting family and friends to cheer you on !

Flair Deductions

( Deductions for the Working Flair Drink will be twice as much ! )

-Spilled on pours

-Breakage

-Wrong glass

-Wrong portion

-Wrong / Missing ingredients

-Wrong procedure

-Wrong garnish

-Dropped items

5pts.

15pts.

2pts.

2pts.

2pts.

10pts.

2pts.

5pts.

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