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Tales of the Cocktail® New Orleans 2016

Iva Lee

First time to the event, interested in the industry and dream of being the proprietress of a fine establishment.

9:30am CDT

Registration Royal Ballrooms A & B at the Hotel Monteleone

10:00am CDT

Amor Amaretto presented by Luxardo Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneMatteo Luxardo • Luxardo • Anchor Distilling Company Rye Not Pre-Game presented by Wyborowa Wódka Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneZach Lynch • Wyborowa Wódka

10:30am CDT

Shochu-Discover Japan's #1 Sprit presented by Japan Sake and Shochu Maker Association Hemingway Suite at the Hotel MonteleoneJapan Sake and Shochu Association O Canada presented by Crown Royal Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneEwan Morgan • Lauren Mote • Todd Richman • Stephen Wilson • Crown Royal

11:00am CDT

A Great British Discussion on Gin presented by William Grant & Sons and UK Government Conti Corner Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelIain Griffiths • Charlotte Voisey • Sons • William Grant &amp • UK Trade & Investment 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

1:00pm CDT

Ice Cream Social presented by Maker's Mark Royal Sonesta ArcadeRob Samuels • Maker's Mark

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 Toast to Tales: Tales is headed in new directions. Find out where. Front Steps of the Hotel MonteleoneAnn Tuennerman • Paul Tuennerman

2:30pm CDT

Redemption Rye Rocks the Pool presented by Redemption Rye Pool at the Hotel MonteleoneAmy Fisher • Ira Koplowitz • Nicholas Kosevich • Russ Meredith • Tyler Ridgeway • Joe Riggs • David de Rinzy • Eric Rosentreter • Christopher Wilkins • Zach Wilks • Redemption Rye • Deutsch Family Wine and Spirits

3:00pm CDT

The Bartender Spy: Frank Meier Queen Anne Ballroom at the Hotel MonteleoneNoah Rothbaum • Fernando Castellon • David Wondrich • Tales of the Cocktail 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 How Do You Take Your Coffey? presented by Nikka Whisky Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneKevin Diedrich • Emiko Kaji • Naoki Tomoyoshi • Anchor Distilling Company • Nikka Whisky Passport to Port-au-Prince presented by Rhum Barbancourt Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneZach Lynch • Rhum Barbancourt Shhh...There’s a New Rum in Town presented by Plantation Rum Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleonePlantation Rum

3:30pm CDT

BULLEIT ON BOURBON – AN OPEN HOUSE Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta HotelHollis Bulleit • Tom Bulleit • Bulleit Bourbon Taste of the Nations presented by A. Hardy USA Conti Corner Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelDeMontal Armagnac • Hardy Cognac • Joseph Cartron Liqueur • David Ortiz • Tim Rita • PIto Rodriguez • Jeff Rogers • Loch Lomond Scotch • Mathias Simonis • Kai Spirits • Thatcher’s Organic Spirits • Mariangela Urquizo • Hyde Irish Whiskey • Hardy USA

TBA

Tales Restaurant Week Various LocationsThe New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation

9:00am CDT

Rejuvenation Smoothie Bar by The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley Carousel Lounge at the Hotel MonteleoneNatalie Bovis • Perfect Purée of Napa Valley Tanqueray No. TEN Gin and Green Juice Bar presented by Tanqueray Carousel Lounge at the Hotel MonteleoneRachel Ford • Tanqueray No. 10 Gin

9:30am CDT

Cocktail Kingdom Pop-Up Shop Lobby Gift Shop at the Hotel MonteloneCocktail Kingdom Tales Bookstore by Octavia Books Lobby of the Hotel Monteleone The Bitter Market Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneBittercube • Sodas • Cecil &amp • Crude Bitters &amp • Pink House Alchemy • 18.21 Bitters • Angostura Bitters • Bittered Sling Bitters • The Bitter End Bitters • Bitter Girl Bitters • Bittermens Bitters • Brooklyn Hemispherical Bitters • Dale DeGroff's Pimento Aromatic Bitters • Dashfire Bitters • The Drunken Crane Bitters • El Guapo Bitters • Embitterment Bitters • Merl Bitters • Mr. Bitters • Peychaud's Bitters • Regans' Bitters • Scrappy's Bitters • Shoots and Roots Bitters • Suze Bitters • Winships Small Batch Bitters • Octavia Books • Fee Brothers • Rare Botanical Bitters Co. • Apothecary Bitters Company • Hella Company • Wild Hibiscus Flower Company • Berg & Hauck's • The Bitter Housewife • Portland Bitters Project • Cocktail Punk • Bitter Queens • Wilks & Wilson • Boy Drinks World Morning Mash presented by Beam Suntory Royal Sonesta ArcadeMegan Breier • Adam Harris • Philip Pepperdine • Beam Suntory

10:00am CDT

Shots of Inspiration: Bitter Makers and Author Signings Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneBrooke Bell • Warren Bobrow • Natalie Bovis • Jared Brown • Ryan Chetiyawardana • Jeff Cioletti • Paul Clarke • Daniel Dunn • Adam Ford • Philip Greene • Brian Hart Hoffman • Davin de Kergommeaux • Jack McGarry • Fred Minnick • Sean Muldoon • Jeffrey Nichols • Jonathan Pogash • Noah Rothbaum • Ben Schaffer • Robert Simonson • Sodas • Crude Bitters &amp • Pink House Alchemy • Bittered Sling Bitters • Embitterment Bitters • Suze Bitters • Winships Small Batch Bitters • Octavia Books • Fee Brothers • Portland Bitters Project Absentroux Apéritif Experience presented by Absentroux Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneZach Lynch • Absentroux 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

Interview Lounge presented by Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Hemingway Suite at the Hotel MonteleoneWayne Ballard • Javier Reynoso • Torres Master Distillers • Ste. Michelle Wine Estates • Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte 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. Charity Cocktail Challenge Finals and Tasting presented by Four Roses Bourbon Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneFour Roses Bourbon 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 The Explorer’s Lounge presented by Martin Miller’s Gin Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta HotelDavid Bromige • Brendan Drewniany • Jacob Ehrenkrona • Kelly Magyarics • Mike Pulvertaft • Jaki Winkles • Martin Miller's Gin

1:00pm CDT

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

2:30pm CDT

Austin Hope's Splish Splash Whiskey Bash by Highspire Whiskey Pool at the Hotel MonteleoneAustin Hope • Ovide Matte • Jonathan Pogash • Pamela Wiznitzer • Highspire Whiskey

3:00pm CDT

Actor & Artist Influences on Cocktails presented by AlambiQ & Boiron Freres Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneFreddy Diaz • Philip Khandehrish • AlambiQ • Les Vergers Boiron Island Hopping presented by Blue Chair Bay Rum Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneMaggie Rubenstein • Rowdy Vass • Blue Chair Bay Rum Taste an Italian Icon for Today's Cocktail Market presented by Liquore Strega Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneJulio Cabrera • Tatiana Columbus • Ricardo Rodriguez • Daniele Taccone • Strega Alberti Tasting Room and Bruto Americano Launch Party presented by St. George Spirits Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneNatasha Bahrami • Andie Ferman • Chris Hannah • Tyler Hudgens • Marissa Huth • TJ Palmieri • Dan Sabo • Dave Smith • Lucinda Sterling • Kellie Thorn • Casey Wallin • Ryan Williams • St. George Spirits The World of Fratelli Branca presented by Distillerie Branca Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneDistillerie Branca

5:00pm CDT

Nacho Libre Part Duo Tiki ToltecaBryan Canales • Caitlin O'Brien • Avión Tequila

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

Rejuvenation Smoothie Bar by The Perfect Purée of Napa Valley Carousel Lounge at the Hotel MonteleonePerfect Purée of Napa Valley Tanqueray No. TEN Gin and Green Juice Bar presented by Tanqueray Carousel Lounge at the Hotel MonteleoneRachel Ford • Tanqueray No. 10 Gin

9:30am CDT

The Bitter Market Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneBittercube • Sodas • Cecil &amp • Crude Bitters &amp • Pink House Alchemy • 18.21 Bitters • Angostura Bitters • Bittered Sling Bitters • The Bitter End Bitters • Bitter Girl Bitters • Bittermens Bitters • Brooklyn Hemispherical Bitters • Dale DeGroff's Pimento Aromatic Bitters • Dashfire Bitters • The Drunken Crane Bitters • El Guapo Bitters • Embitterment Bitters • Merl Bitters • Mr. Bitters • Peychaud's Bitters • Regans' Bitters • Scrappy's Bitters • Shoots and Roots Bitters • Suze Bitters • Winships Small Batch Bitters • Octavia Books • Fee Brothers • Rare Botanical Bitters Co. • Apothecary Bitters Company • Hella Company • Wild Hibiscus Flower Company • Berg & Hauck's • The Bitter Housewife • Portland Bitters Project • Cocktail Punk • Bitter Queens • Wilks & Wilson • Boy Drinks World Morning Mash presented by Beam Suntory Royal Sonesta ArcadeMegan Breier • Adam Harris • Philip Pepperdine • Beam Suntory

10:00am CDT

Shots of Inspiration: Bitter Makers and Author Signings Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneMarvin Allen • Mirella Amato • Jules Aron • Brooke Bell • Jeff Cioletti • André Darlington • Tenaya Darlington • Philip Greene • Jacob Grier • Brian Hart Hoffman • Davin de Kergommeaux • Duggan McDonnell • Julie Reiner • Colin Spoelman • Tristan Stephenson • David Wondrich • Sodas • Crude Bitters &amp • 18.21 Bitters • The Bitter End Bitters • El Guapo Bitters • Suze Bitters • Octavia Books • Apothecary Bitters Company • Wild Hibiscus Flower Company • Bitter Queens Meet & Peat presented by Jura Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneWillie Tait • Neyah White • Jura Single Malt Scotch Whisky The Recharge Lounge presented by Tia Maria Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneDisaronno • Tia Maria

10:30am CDT

Oregonasm... for your tastebuds presented by Ransom Wine Co. & Distillery Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneElixir, Inc. • Tom Burkleaux • Bull in China • Oregon Spirit Distillers • Clear Creek Distillery • House Spirits Distillery • New Deal Distillery • Brad Irwin • christian krogstad • Andrea Loreto • Daniel Osborne • Lucas Plant • Jeanine Racht • Andy Ricker • Tad Seestedt • Art Tierce • Ransom Wine Co. & Distillery Texas Swing Canteen presented by Deep Eddy Vodka Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneDeep Eddy Vodka

11:00am CDT

Citrus Complexity: From Grove to Glass presented by Givaudan Flavors Conti Corner Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelJim Hassel • Tess Martin • Stacey Podell • Natalie Taake • Givaudan Storytelling: Letters to a Young Bartender presented by Bacardi USA Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta HotelLetters To A Young Bartender • Bacardi USA 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

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

2:30pm CDT

Angostura Orange Bitters Pool Party presented by House of Angostura Pool at the Hotel MonteleoneSummer-Jane Bell • Raymond Edwards • Daniyel Jones • David Delaney Jr. • House of Angostura

3:00pm CDT

3 Badge Mixology, AGAVE NATION presented by Pasote Tequila and Bozal Mezcal Lobby of the Hotel Monteleone3 Badge Mixology Team • 3 Badge Mixology Indie Spirits Keep Rocking presented by Distilled Events Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneBrother Cleve • Byrrh Grand Quinquina • Dave Schmier • Distilled Events Partly Peated, Wholly Uncommon presented by Jura Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneWillie Tait • Neyah White • Jura Single Malt Scotch Whisky The Taste of Gold: El Dorado Demerara Rum's Finest Aged Rums presented by El Dorado Rum Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneShaun Caleb • El Dorado Rum

3:30pm CDT

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 Chilcano Chill Out presented by Trade Commission of Peru in Miami Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta HotelBrother Cleve • Nathan Dalton • Alba Huerta • Jim Kearns • Ivy Mix • Charlie Moore • Trade Commission of Peru

9:00am CDT

Tanqueray No. TEN Gin and Green Juice Bar presented by Tanqueray Carousel Lounge at the Hotel MonteleoneRachel Ford • Tanqueray No. 10 Gin

10:30am CDT

'Shochu'- Discover Japan's #1 Spirit presented by Japan Sake and Shochu Association Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneJapan Sake and Shochu Association Rising Anchors presented by Anchor Distilling Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneBrian Butler • Matt Freerks • Shaher Misif • Bonnie Wilson-Coetzee • Lacy Hawkins • Emiko Kaji • Matteo Luxardo • Diego Loret de Mola • Naoki Tomoyoshi • John Troia • BarSol • HINE • Luxardo • Hirsch Small Batch Reserve Bourbon • Anchor Distilling Company • Westland Distillery • Tempus Fugit • Junipero Gin • The King's Ginger Liqueur • Karlsson's Vodka • Nikka Whisky

11:00am CDT

Beignets on the Balcony presented by William Grant & Sons Conti Corner Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelCharlotte Voisey • Sons • William Grant &amp 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 The Zucca Experience presented by Zucca Rabarbaro Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta HotelPaul Sevigny • Disaronno • Zucca

3:00pm CDT

Portfolio Speed-Review presented by 3 Badge Mixology Lobby of the Hotel Monteleone3 Badge Mixology Team • 3 Badge Mixology The Boilermaker presented by The High End Orleans Room at the Hotel MonteleoneMirella Amato • Blue Point Brewery • 10 Barrel Brewing Co. • Elysian Brewing Co. • Goose Island Beer Company • The High End The Taste of Gold presented by The Liquid Projects and ADI Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneOppidan • Polugar • Thumb Butte • Graton Distilling Co. • Backwards Distilling Company • Myerfarm Distilleries • Oregon Spirit Distillers • Anchorage Distillery • New Liberty Distillery • Rebecca Creek Distillery • Kimo Sabe Mezcal • Lost Spirits Santeria Rum • Lost Spirits Technology • Spirit of Texas • Turin Vermouth • American Distilling Institute • The Liquid Projects

3:30pm CDT

The Renaissance Brand presented by Disaronno International Irvin Mayfield's Jazz Playhouse at the Royal Sonesta HotelPaul Sevigny • Disaronno William Grant & Sons' Pre Awards Celebration presented by William Grant & Sons Conti Corner Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelCharlotte Voisey • William Grant & Sons