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Tales of the Cocktail® New Orleans 2016

Beth D'Addono

Beth D'Addono

https://bethdaddono.contently.com/

Food and travel writer obsessed with New Orleans, animal lover, rabid eater, fearless drinker, curious consumer, never bored

8:00am CDT

Sweat Local: The Sweat Social Running Tour with Novo Fogo Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneNovo Fogo • Sweat Social

9:30am CDT

Registration Royal Ballrooms A & B at the Hotel Monteleone

10:30am CDT

The Art of the Beertail presented by Casa Noble Tequila and Cervezas Modelo Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneFULLHermosillo • Pepe&quot • Jose &quot • Jeff Bell • Aaron Burgu • Ashley Danella • Reza Esmaili • Philip Khandehrish • John Lermayer • Cerveza Modelo • Casa Noble Tequila

2:00pm CDT

Warm Welcome presented by Lillet Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneLillet • Pernod Ricard

3:00pm CDT

Gettin’ Down with the New Brown: Brandy! presented by Torres Master Distillers Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneLynnette Marrero • Javier Reynoso • Torres Master Distillers

5:00pm CDT

Porchjam Distillation TOTC Session Dinner CalcasieuPorchjam Distillery

9:00am CDT

Sweat Local: The Sweat Social TONE with Novo Fogo Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneNovo Fogo • Sweat Social

10:00am CDT

Amaro per Amore: Rare & Modern Amaro Bonnet Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneGiuseppe Gallo • Francesco Lafranconi • Arcoroc • Averna • Cinzano 1757 • Amaro Lucano 1894 • Cynar 70 • Edward Don • Amaro Montenegro • Ditta Bortolo Nardini • Chef & Sommelier • Distilleria Varnelli • Turin Vermouth • Fernet Vittone

11:00am CDT

Booze, Brass & Burlesque presented by Woody Creek Distillers Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta HotelKeith Hemeon • Sean Kenyon • Mark Kleckner • David Matthews • Woody Creek Distillers

2:00pm CDT

Tales of the Cocktail® 2016 Official Cocktail Competition: The Year of the Mule Front Steps of the Hotel MonteleoneBittercube • Co. • Gingeroo • Givaudan • PAMA • Syrups • Giffard Liqueurs &amp • Liber &amp • Sun Dog 130 • Rhum Barbancourt • Barritt's Ginger Beer • Gosling's Ginger Beer • 18.21 Bitters • Bulleit Bourbon • Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon • Owl's Brew • Domaine de Canton • Jack Rudy Cocktail Co. • East Imperial Collection • Hella Company • Wild Hibiscus Flower Company • Royer Corporation • Prichards Distillery, Inc. • Q Drinks • Monin Gourmet Flavorings • Aviation American Gin • The Bitter Housewife • Barrow’s Intense Ginger Liqueur • The King's Ginger Liqueur • Montelobos Mezcal • Bitter Queens • Ancho Reyes • Afrohead Premium Aged Dark Rum • Don Q Cristal Rum • Gosling's Rum • Pusser's Rum • Redemption Rye • RAFT Botanical Syrups • Top Note Tonics • Fever Tree • Perfect Purée of Napa Valley • Absolut Vodka • Aylesbury Duck Vodka • Deep Eddy Vodka • Grey Goose Vodka • Karlsson's Vodka • Reyka Vodka • Smirnoff Vodka • Rittenhouse Straight Rye Whiskey • Jura Single Malt Scotch Whisky • Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Scotch Whisky • Wyborowa Wódka

3:00pm CDT

Herbs, Spices and Secrets: Explore The World Of Amaro Montenegro presented by Amaro Montenegro Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneFULLMarco Montefiori • Sother Teague • Amaro Montenegro Mandarine Napoléon Battle of The Sexes Napoleon HouseRoyal Dutch Distillers • Mandarine Napoleon The Global Future Of Sherry in Mixed Drinks Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleoneCelia Schoonraad • Michael Callahan • Danil Nevsky • Bodegas Williams and Humbert 2016 Masters of Moonshine presented by Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneBohdan Darway • Dana Dixon • Ally Richardson • Bill Whitlow • Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine

4:00pm CDT

New Orleans Cocktail Tour Le BoozeJoe Gendusa

6:00pm CDT

Keynote: Enduring Hospitality: The Creative Process & The Human Experience The Civic TheaterSimon Ford • Grant Achatz • Albert Adrià • Marc Alvarez • Nick Kokonas • Vantguard • The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation • Food Republic

7:30pm CDT

Absolut Welcome Reception Ace HotelPernod Ricard • Absolut Vodka

10:00pm CDT

Party on Your Palate Orpheum TheaterSCOTT BAIRD • Lorne Cousin • Tim Herlihy • Struan Grant Ralph • Jonathan Wingo • Camille Austin &quot • David Allardice • Mitch Bechard • Dean Callan • Sebastien Derbomez • Josh Harris • Vance Henderson • David Laird • La Loba&quot • Duncan Macrae • Jane Maher • Freddy May • Paul Monahan • Fred Parent • Gemma Paterson • David Piper • Ashela Richardson • Allan Roth • Jim Ryan • Jaime Salas • Trevor Schneider • Han Shan • Mark Stoddard • Charlotte Voisey • Jennifer Wren • Sons • William Grant &amp

10:00am CDT

Getting Lit at the Hotel Monteleone - Literary Libations Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleonePhilip Greene • Dolin Vermouth de Chambéry • Papa's Pilar Rum • Sazerac Rye The Perfectly Poured Beer Cocktail La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel MonteleoneElayne Duff • Jacob Grier • Lynnette Marrero • Christian Siglin • Goose Island Beer Company Eat, Drink and Be Wild with our All Natural crafted cocktails and hors d'oeuvres presented by Gubba Rum and Wild Hibiscus Flower Company Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneAnthony DeSerio • Jocelyn Etherington • Steven Gubb • Igor Zukowiec • Wild Hibiscus Flower Company • Gubba Rum

10:30am CDT

Sound Advice - Better Bar Music Fleur de Lis Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelJacob Briars • Nick van Tiel • Vishal Vasan • Bacardi USA Booze Revolution: Taste of the DMV, II presented by Lyon Distilling Co. Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneEmbitterment Bitters • New Columbia Distillers • One Eight Distilling • Don Ciccio & Figli • Element Shrub • True Syrups • Lyon Distilling Co. Cream of the 'CRAFT' Crop presented by The Liquid Projects and ADI Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneVodka DSP CA 162 • Distillery No. 209 • Craft Distillers • Montanya Distillers • Woody Creek Distillers • Yahara Bay Distillers • Cedar Ridge Distillery • Balcones Distilling • Coppersea Distilling • Russell Henry • Spirits of Maine • Ironroot Republic • Bayou Rum • Wicked Dolphin Artisan Rum • New Holland Artisan Spirits • Two James Spirits • American Distilling Institute • The Liquid Projects

11:00am CDT

From Beehive to Bar: The Buzz About Honey Cocktails presented by National Honey Board Conti Corner Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelNational Honey Board

12:30pm CDT

Members Only: Club Cocktails in History Queen Anne Ballroom at the Hotel MonteleoneJeff Berry • David Wondrich • Pierre Ferrand Cognac • Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao • Citadelle Gin • Plantation Rum

1:00pm CDT

Liquipedia Acadia Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelTristan Stephenson • Jake Burger • Ali Dedianko • Jeff Kluger • Belvedere Vodka

3:00pm CDT

Make it Your Own Infusions presented by Everclear Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneTed Kilgore • Everclear Citrus Complexity: From Grove to Glass Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleoneRonaldo Fierro • Bryan Bruce • Iain Griffiths • Jim Hassel • Tracy Kahn • Givaudan Actor & Artist Influences on Cocktails presented by AlambiQ & Boiron Freres Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneFreddy Diaz • Philip Khandehrish • AlambiQ • Les Vergers Boiron

8:00pm CDT

The Spirited Dinner® Series Various LocationsTequila Fortaleza • New Holland Artisan Spirits • Disaronno • Hennessy • Leblon • Rutte • Sons • William Grant &amp • Singani 63 • Sazerac Company • The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation • Royal Dutch Distillers • Torres Master Distillers • High West Distillery • Absolut Elyx • Angel's Envy • Domaine Select Wine Estates • Tequila Fortaleza • Fords Gin • Heaven Hill • Diageo Single Malts • La Niña del Mezcal • Trade Commission of Peru • Sandeman Port • Pernod Ricard • Sazerac Rye • Bombay Sapphire • New Holland Artisan Spirits • Terlato Artisan Spirits • Beam Suntory • Don Julio Tequila • Milagro Tequila • Patrón Tequila • Bacardi USA • Diageo USA • Aylesbury Duck Vodka • Smirnoff Vodka

9:00am CDT

Sweat Local: The Sweat Social TONE with Novo Fogo Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneNovo Fogo • Sweat Social

10:00am CDT

Juniper Ascending! The Epic Tale of Gin: Part 1 La Nouvelle Orleans East at the Hotel MonteleoneKeli Rivers • Philip Duff • Myriam Hendrickx • Tess Posthumus • Anthony Pullen • Rutte

10:30am CDT

Barista meets Barman: Coffee Cocktail Culture Fleur de Lis Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelGiuseppe Gallo • Samuel Lewontin • Joe McCanta • Tristan Stephenson • Grey Goose Vodka

11:00am CDT

On the Geaux The Chart RoomET • Erica Fry • Jack Daniel's • Dirty Sue Suite Silencio presented by Mezcal El Silencio Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneStar Hodgson • Leann Kruger • Federico Lozano • Carlos Ochoa • Anthony Parks • Torrence Swain • Brandon Turner • Mezcal El Silencio

12:15pm CDT

A Spirited Salon: Conversations with 6 Legendary Authors Restaurant R'evolutionNoah Rothbaum • Dave Broom • Wayne Curtis • Heather Greene • Philip Greene • Reid Mitenbuler • Matthew Rowley

12:30pm CDT

Juniper Ascending! The Epic Tale of Gin: Part 2 La Nouvelle Orleans East at the Hotel MonteleoneKeli Rivers • Jared Brown • Martin Cate • Desmond Payne • Beefeater Gin • Bulldog Gin • Plymouth Gin

1:00pm CDT

Elevating the Dive Bar Acadia Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelMichael Neff • Alastair Burgess • Mike Miller • Damian Windsor • Brooklyn Gin • Heaven Hill

3:00pm CDT

Juniper Ascending! The Epic Tale of Gin: Part 3 La Nouvelle Orleans East at the Hotel MonteleoneKeli Rivers • Simon Ford • Alexandre Gabriel • Arne Hillesland • christian krogstad • Distillery No. 209 • Aviation American Gin • Citadelle Gin • Fords Gin The Cocktail Crystal Ball: Drinking in 2116 Queen Anne Ballroom at the Hotel MonteleonePaul Clarke • Dave Arnold • Jennifer Colliau • Alexander Rose • Dave Smith • St. George Spirits

3:30pm CDT

Guilty Pleasure: Drink Better, Feel Better Acadia Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelClaire Smith-Warner • Zoe Cormier • Iain Griffiths • Ron Siegel, PsyD • Belvedere Vodka A Spirited Celebration of the Americas presented by Diageo USA and Bittered Sling Conti Corner Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelUrban Bar • Walter Caesar • Jonathan Chovancek • Sabrine Dhaliwal • Katie Ingram • Lauren Mote • Grant Sceney • Bittered Sling Bitters • World Class • Tanqueray No. 10 Gin • Zacapa Rum • Don Julio Tequila • Diageo USA • Ketel One Vodka

4:00pm CDT

New Orleans Cocktail Tour Le BoozeJoe Gendusa

5:00pm CDT

Yacht Rock in the South of France The Country ClubNeal Bodenheimer • Chris Patino • Pernod Absinthe • Pernod Ricard

6:00pm CDT

Friends With Benefits: The 86 Edition Ace HotelTequila Cabeza • 86 Co • Fords Gin • Caña Brava Rum • Aylesbury Duck Vodka

9:00pm CDT

2016 Diageo Games Warehouse at the Contemporary Arts CenterJeff Bell • Charles Joly • Tyson Buhler • Hollis Bulleit • Ricky Gomez • Diageo USA

10:00am CDT

The Seven Pillars of Classic Cocktails Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleoneNicholas Kosevich • Ira Koplowitz • Matthew Rowley • Marco Zappia • Bombay Sapphire

12:30pm CDT

The Spirit of Italy presents The Cocktail Brunch Italiano Patrick's Bar VinCocchi • Luxardo • Amaro Lucano 1894 • Strega Alberti • The Spirit of Italy • Distillerie Moccia • Ditta Bortolo Nardini • Pallini S.p.A. • Distilleria Varnelli • Toschi Vignola

3:00pm CDT

Ride the Rails to Patrón's Virtual Reality Experience The Patrón Tequila ExpressPatrón Tequila

3:30pm CDT

Mexican Flavor Beyond Frontiers Fleur de Lis Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelIván Saldaña Oyarzábal • SCOTT BAIRD • Rick Bayless • Ancho Reyes

6:30pm CDT

One for the Ages: The 10th Annual Spirited Awards® Sheraton New OrleansSimon Ford • BarSmarts • Chivas • Luxardo • Ramazzotti • Rutte • Sons • William Grant &amp • Pernod Absinthe • House of Angostura • 86 Co • Pierre Ferrand Cognac • Anchor Distilling Company • Goose Island Beer Company • Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte • United States Bartenders' Guild • Pernod Ricard • El Dorado Rum • Beam Suntory • Bacardi USA • Parlor Lounge at the Mirage Hotel Las Vegas • The Cromwell Las Vegas • Gazela Vinho Verde • Nikka Whisky

9:00am CDT

Irish Goodbye Erin RoseNapkin Killa