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

"BarWars IV" Tandem

- A NEW BARTENDER JEDI IS BORN -

TANDEM OFFICIAL COMPETITION GUIDELINES

Tandem Round 400 Points

Each team will be responsible for preparing the same six drinks and pour two Icehouse beers within a five minute time limit. Within this time, the contestants will be judged on Teamwork , Working Flair , Exhibition Flair , Accuraccy , Showmanship and Overall Performance . The primary focus of the judging , however , will be on Flair Showmanship , with a maximum of four hundred ( 400) points awarded.

-The Drinks for the Tandem round do not have to be placed on Bevnaps but are optional and the same rules for the Flair/Specialty round apply to the tandem round as well.

The drinks for the Tandem round are as follows:

Working Flair Drink -

Multiple Liquor Drink -

Martini -

Bottled Beer -

2 Sex in the Shower

2 Jedi Juice

2 Polar Bear Martinis

2 Icehouse Beers

-Teamwork

-Working Flair

-Exhibition Flair

-Showmanship

-Accuraccy

-Overall Performance

100pts.

50pts.

100pts.

50pts.

25pts.

75pts.

Teamwork

-Did the Bartenders look fluid and comfortable behind the bar or did they look awkward as a team? How was their choreography? How was the teams timing? Did one bartender know what the other bartender was doing at all times and did they know where they were supposed to be at all times? Did one bartender feed off of the other's strengths?

Working Flair

-The Bartenders will recieve points for there working flair ability as a team. This score will be based on the bartenders overall working flair on the first drink in the round. They 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: Difficulty ,Creativity , Smoothness and Variety and also Showmanship.

Exhibition 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. 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!

Showmanship

-Did the bartenders have a theme , customes , props or a special entrance or ending? Did they use there music to there advantage to compliment there routine?

Accuraccy

- The Tandem teams will be judged on accuraccy as well. The two martinis will be made using water in marked tins with no ice and then measured using an Exacto Pour to see how accurate they are.

Overall Performance

-Was the routine entertaing and memorable or did they just show up? Overall were you impressed or just waiting until the next group to come on?

-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

Martini Accuraccy Pour

- The Tandem teams will be judged on accuraccy as well. The two martinis will be made using water in marked tins with no ice and then measured using an Exacto Pour to see how accurate they are.

Tandem Deductions

-Spilled on pours

-Breakage

-Wrong glass

-Wrong portion

-Wrong / Missing ingredients

-Wrong procedure

-Wrong garnish

-Dropped items

-Over / Under Pours ( every 1/8 oz ) / for Martini Pour Only!

5pts.

15pts.

2pts.

2pts.

2pts.

10pts.

2pts.

5pts.

2pts.

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