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08/26/2025

Friends! I won 2nd place! With the ingredients I was given, I am very happy to have come up with such a tasty cocktail and placed 2nd. 🤓 My cocktail for the 2025 O'Riley's Irish Pub Downtown Cocktail Competition. I present - Cocktail Reggiano
My Ingredients to compete with: Casa Amigos Reposado & Parmesan Cheese
Cocktail:
- 1oz Casa Amigos Reposado
- 1oz Parmesan Cheese Fat-washed Esprit de Krewe Cane Vodka (details below)
- 1oz Basil Simple (details below)
- 1oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
- 1/8th ounce savory tomato water (details below)
Top:
- Savory Tomato Water Foam (details below)
- Fresh Grate of Black Pepper
- a light grating of Parmesan Cheese
- Season Parmesan Cheese Crouton
- Chive
Esprit de Krewe Parmesan Cheese Fat Wash:
- 12 hour sous vide of a blend of 4 Parmigiano Reggiano (grated) and a handful of Parmigiano cheese rinds at 115 degrees. Strained and filtered through cheese cloth and coffee filters.
Basil Simple Syrup:
- a 1.5/1 (sweet/water) with 1 cup of fresh basil leaves for every cup of sweet. Muddled in a pot with the sugar. Then add water. Heat to dissolve sugar. Finally steeped for about 30-45 minutes.
Savory Tomato Water (Foam):
- blended vinegar ripened tomatoes, basil, thyme, lemon zest, garlic, shallots, salt, and a touch of sugar. Strained all the water off the solids. Added gelatin and foamed it with a whipped cream siphon.
🍸 🍹

08/23/2025

Let’s see if I can win it again 😅 Wish me luck
If you’re keen, come watch me compete this Sunday (Aug 24th) at O'Riley's Irish Pub Downtown at 2:30pm for a fun competition and some tasty (hopefully, haha! Cocktails. 🤓❤️🥃🍹🍸🧉

Patrick Rollins is coming back to compete in the Bartender Championship!

Grab your ticket at the door to come support him!

11 Bartenders from Pensacola are coming to O’Riley’s Irish Pub to compete in the Bartender Championship on August 24th at 2:30 PM! Sample the cocktails, cast your vote, and enjoy some friendly competition!⁠

08/21/2024

08/16/2024

Friends!! Come Support me Sunday August 25th!! 👇
I will be competing in the Bartender Cocktail competition Sunday August 25th!! Be sure to come out and support me!! 3 First Places, 1 Second Place…(and one prototype) let’s bring the title back!!
(Photos of my competition cocktails. What recipes? DM me 🤓) from left to right: Sunset Glow, Prototype, Garden Party, Apple of my Rye, Tropical Bloody Mary

08/15/2024

Black Tot day is the observance of the last official issuing of the daily rum ration to sailors aboard the vessel of the British Royal Navy (July 31st, 1970) which consisted 1.5 Gills (about 2.4oz) of 54.5% blended rum from Trinidad, Guyana, Barbados, and sometimes Australia.
Aside from honoring the tradition and enjoying some expertly blended rums with a dear friend, it is my personal mission to bring awareness of this day to our local region and to hopefully make a celebration out of it, possibly putting Pensacola, FL on the Rum Map for a place to enjoy a Tot (so this I swear)
We enjoyed the samples from left to right (not shown was Black Tot Last Consignment which we enjoyed at a different location).
- Keen on tasting tasting notes and thoughts? Message me and let’s chat rum!! -
is an excellent resource to deep dive into the history of the tradition, should you be so keen!