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Hospitality Coalition Your premier hospitality partner
🥂 Servicing Restaurants, Bars, Lounges, Nightclubs, Hotels
🍹 Home of the Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition

10/09/2026

SIX YEARS IN THE MAKING. AND YOU HAVEN’T SEEN EVERYTHING YET. 🍸🔥

Six years of competition. Six years of culture. Six years of putting women behind the bar at the forefront.

The 6th Annual Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition was more than an event. It was a reminder of what happens when talent, opportunity, and community come together.

And we’re just getting started telling the story.

🎬 Consider this your sneak peek.

The OFFICIAL recap premieres TOMORROW.

Trust us. You’re going to want to see this one.

Great cocktails start with great spirits. 🥃A huge thank you to our beverage partners for backing the 6th Annual Battle o...
10/02/2026

Great cocktails start with great spirits. 🥃

A huge thank you to our beverage partners for backing the 6th Annual Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition: Moët Hennessy along with Pronghorn' Edmond's Honor, ISLANDJON VODKA , and Humano Tequila

Your bottles gave 8 of Charlotte’s most talented women bartenders the tools to create 8 original cocktails, and the room tasted every bit of it.

Women behind the bar deserve partners who show up. You did. 🍸

Behind every great event is a team that makes it look easy. 💛To the vendors who brought the 6th Annual Battle of the Bab...
10/02/2026

Behind every great event is a team that makes it look easy. 💛

To the vendors who brought the 6th Annual Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition to life: Too Amazin Jewelry & Boutique, Heartbutter Bar by Dre, Triston Dimery, youneedvie, and Pretty Lit and the entire team at and , thank you.

From the setup to the last pour, you took care of 195 guests and 8 competing bartenders like family. We noticed every detail, and we’re so grateful for each of you.

Here’s to building year six together. ✨

Our event partners didn’t just show up for Battle of the Babes 2026: they showed OUT. 📣 They pushed this event on every ...
09/30/2026

Our event partners didn’t just show up for Battle of the Babes 2026: they showed OUT. 📣 They pushed this event on every feed, in every group chat, and to anyone who would listen, then turned around and worked the floor all day to make sure 250 guests had the best Sunday in Charlotte. That’s what real partnership looks like.

Qulture Studio • Micki Blendz | DJ + Music Curator • BERTO | Charlotte Photographer & Videographer • Brianna Cunningham • Two11 Mobile Bar Co. | CLT Mobile Bar • BLK in Bloom | Connecting Black Women in CLT • What's Good, Charlotte? • Asha Ellison | Strategic Communications • Kiya | Content Strategist + Creator • Latrice James | Influencer & Creator

Thank you for putting your name, your hustle, and your people behind the 6th annual. We don’t take it for granted. 🖤

Our event partners didn’t just show up for Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition 2026: they showed OUT. 📣 They pushed...
09/30/2026

Our event partners didn’t just show up for Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition 2026: they showed OUT. 📣

They pushed this event on every feed, in every group chat, and to anyone who would listen, then turned around and worked the floor all day to make sure 150+ guests had the best Sunday in Charlotte. That’s what real partnership looks like.

Micki Blendz | DJ + Music Curator • Brianna Cunningham • Two11 Mobile Bar Co. | CLT Mobile Bar • BERTO | Charlotte Photographer & Videographer • BLK in Bloom | Connecting Black Women in CLT • What's Good, Charlotte? • Asha Ellison | Strategic Communications • Kiya | Content Strategist + Creator • Latrice James | Influencer & Creator

Thank you for putting your name, your hustle, and your people behind the 6th annual. We don’t take it for granted. 🖤

Six years in and the talent keeps getting sharper. 🍸 To every home bar that stepped up at Battle of the Babes Cocktail ...
09/30/2026

Six years in and the talent keeps getting sharper. 🍸

To every home bar that stepped up at Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition 2026: thank you for the creativity, the late-night R&D, and the cocktails that had 150+ guests talking all afternoon. You didn’t just compete, you raised the standard for what women behind the bar look like in Charlotte.

✨YOUR 2026 LINE UP🥂
Bug • Bug Frost representing The Crunkleton
Mikyia • Mikyia Rivers Moore representing Dram & Draught Charlotte
Baily • Baily Bullock representing Dōzo Japanese-American Kitchen
Daija • Daija🩵 representing Pins Charlotte
Justina • Justina representing Meals. Liquors. Specialties.
Aniah • Aniah Rose representing Fumee
Haja • Haj 🧘🏾‍♀️ representing Barcelona W**e Bar
Lauren • Lauren Hughey representing Merchant & Trade

We already can’t wait to see what you shake up next. 💋

Your 6th Annual Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition champion: Bug Frost 🏆Bug took first place with ISLANDJON VODKA ...
09/28/2026

Your 6th Annual Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition champion: Bug Frost 🏆

Bug took first place with ISLANDJON VODKA and a cocktail our judges couldn’t stop talking about. The standout cocktails this year won by using the spirit well, by making the complexity, the flavors, and every ingredient easy to pick out, and by telling a story in the glass. Bug’s cocktail did all of that and more.

Thank you to our judges, Jess Jess Nsiah Rush , Kareem of BRÜ , and Markela Markela Tarrance | Content Creator and to Pronghorn for putting IslandJon behind the bar.

Who was team Bug?! Let us know below!👇🏾

Taking second place at the 6th Annual Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition: Mikyia Rivers Moore 🥈Mikyia put Moët He...
09/28/2026

Taking second place at the 6th Annual Battle of the Babes Cocktail Competition: Mikyia Rivers Moore 🥈

Mikyia put Moët Hennessy Hennessy V.S at the center of her cocktail and let the Cognac shine. The judges could taste every layer and pick out every ingredient, and the story behind her cocktail brought it all together.

Thank you to Moët Hennessy our Official Cognac Partner, for making this moment possible.

Were you team Mikyia? Let us know in the comments below 🥃

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