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Tales of the Cocktail® New Orleans 2016

Olivia Bonner

The Keep
bartender
Detroit, MI

12:00pm CDT

Gender Intelligence: Breaking Through Barriers in the Bartending Industry Queen Anne Ballroom at the Hotel MonteleoneStephane Cotichini • Suzanne Sherkin • 86 Co

2:00pm CDT

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

2:30pm CDT

Welcome to the Bayou presented by Bayou Rum Pool at the Hotel MonteleoneAva Kopieczek • Bayou Rum

3:00pm CDT

A Journey through Sherry Cocktails by Gonzalez ByassFULL Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneGonzalez Byass

4:00pm CDT

New Orleans Cocktail Tour Le BoozeJoe Gendusa

8:00pm CDT

National Daiquiri Day Ace HotelJuan Coronado • Dickie Cullimore • Dan Sabo • Bacardi Rum • Bacardi USA

10:00pm CDT

Jameson Live RepublicJameson • Pernod Ricard

9:30am CDT

Morning Mash presented by Beam Suntory Royal Sonesta ArcadeMegan Breier • Adam Harris • Philip Pepperdine • Beam Suntory

10:00am CDT

Brand Builder: Go deep not wide - getting sales traction in a market presented by Distill VenturesFULL Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneBrooke Arthur • Dan Gasper • John Oliver • Alex Straus • Britt West • Distill Ventures

10:30am CDT

Make Your Own Small Batch presented by Elijah Craig Small Batch BourbonFULL Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneBernie Lubbers • Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon • Heaven Hill Shochu-Discover Japan's #1 Sprit presented by Japan Sake and Shochu Maker Association Hemingway Suite at the Hotel MonteleoneJapan Sake and Shochu Association Tianguis de Bebidas Mexicanas presented by Montelobos, Don Fulano, Fortaleza, Arette, Wahaka, Heavy Metl, Back Bar Project, Ilegal, Pierde Almas, Mestizo Mezcal, Mezcal Tosba and Sotol Hacienda Royal Ballrooms C & D at the Hotel MonteleoneMezcalósfera • Camille Austin &quot • Pierde Almas • Rey Campero • Tequila Fortaleza • Don Fulano • El Jolgorio • La Loba&quot • Gilbert Marquez • Sergio Mendoza • Ilegal Mezcal • Mestizo Mezcal • Montelobos Mezcal • Real Minero • Ricardo Pico • Ancho Reyes • Guillermo Erickson Sauza • William Scanlan • Sotol Por Siempre • Nuestra Soledad • Arette Tequila • Mezcal Tosba • Yira Vallejo • Mezcal Wahaka • Raza Zaidi • Sotol Hacienda de Chihuahua

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

1:00pm CDT

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

2:00pm CDT

Brand Builder: Leveraging your Unfair Advantage – how small independent brands can beat the industry’s big players Presented by Distill VenturesFULL Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneSam Hornsby • Frank Lampen • Distill Ventures 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

3:00pm CDT

Taking the Reins of an Existing Bar Program La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel MonteleoneEzra Star • Jeff Bell • Erik Lorincz • Jillian Vose • Tales of the Cocktail

4:00pm CDT

Brand Builder: Winning the Pitch Presented by Distill VenturesFULL Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneAndrea Barrica • Harry Kohlmann • Shilen Patel • Distill Ventures 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

10:00am CDT

Pay to Play: And What Can You Do For Me? Queen Anne Ballroom at the Hotel MonteleoneDushan Zaric • Bobby Heugel • Craig Miller • Michael Vachon • Angus Winchester • Tequila Cabeza • Bathtub Gin The Perfectly Poured Beer Cocktail La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel MonteleoneElayne Duff • Jacob Grier • Lynnette Marrero • Christian Siglin • Goose Island Beer Company

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

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

4:00pm CDT

Girls With Bols Reunion MeauxbarKate Gerwin • Lucas Bols Sipping History Broussard'sDavid Wondrich • Paul Gustings • Ojen • Peychaud's Aperitivo • Sazerac Company • Sazerac Rye

5:30pm CDT

Meet the Distillers Happy Hour Sheraton New OrleansArvero • Balsam • Brenne • CH-Dogma • Laird's • Maraska • Polugar • Sibona • Distillery No. 209 • A. Smith Bowman • Topo Chico • Rhum Clément • Graton Distilling Co. • Lyon Distilling Co. • Lasserre Honey Cognac • US Medallions Custom Coins • The Walter Collective • Copper & Kings American Brandy Company • Rhum Damoiseau • New Columbia Distillers • Black Dirt Distillery • Cathead Distillery • Corsair Distillery • De Borgen Distillery • Michter's Distillery • Prohibition Distillery • Rebecca Creek Distillery • Prichards Distillery, Inc. • Cardrona Distillery, Ltd • Balcones Distilling • Catoctin Creek Distilling • Coppersea Distilling • HPS Epicurean • Don Ciccio & Figli • Tropical Foods • Beefeater Gin • Four Pillars Gin • Master's Selection Gin • Plymouth Gin • Whitley Neill Gin • Greenhook Ginsmiths • Paris Gourmet • Preiss Imports • Mezcal Viejo Indecente • Rhum JM • Douglas Laing • Vias Imports Ltd. • Mezcal Marca Negra • Sandeman Port • BATCH, Hyatt French Quarter • El Dorado Rum • Gosling's Rum • Old New Orleans Rum • Papa's Pilar Rum • Plantation Rum • Pusser's Rum • Mizu Shochu • New Holland Artisan Spirits • Tuthilltown Spirits • Two James Spirits • Vision Wine and Spirits • Glencairn Crystal Studios • Château du Tariquet • Azunia Tequila • Ledger's Tonic • Bitter Truth • Black Cow Pure Milk Vodka • California Walnuts • Lot 40 Canadian Rye Whisky • J.P. Wiser's • Gooderham and Worts

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

10:00am CDT

Creating Cocktail Culture In Small Cities La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel MonteleoneShawn Soole • Brendan Brewster • Bradford Knutson • Oron Lerner • Hammer & Son and Sacred Micro Distillery

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

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

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

Milk Punch Technique & History: Let's Clarify Together! Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleoneEamon Rockey • Nicholas Edward Alexander • Gareth Howells • Leblon • Macchu Pisco • George Dickel Tennessee Whisky What’s in my Drink…Beyond Flavors & Tastes La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel MonteleoneDerek Elefson • John Baughman • Ryan Chetiyawardana • Iain Griffiths • MANE Flavors

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

#SEDTalks: Bars & Brands Edition La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel MonteleonePhilip Duff • Rebekkah Dooley • Audrey Fort • Oron Lerner • Naomi Levy • Sarah Lohman • Carin Luna-Ostaseski • Tales of the Cocktail • Tropical Foods

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

6:00pm CDT

The Dame Hall of Fame Ruth's Chris Steak HouseAudrey Saunders • Hollis Bulleit • Laura Cullen • Angie Fetherston • Lauren Mote • Cris Dehlavi • Ruth's Chris Steak House • Infinium Spirits

10:00am CDT

An Exclusive Tasting of Rare Pierre Ferrand Cognacs Bonnet Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneDoug Frost • Alexandre Gabriel • Arcoroc • Pierre Ferrand Cognac • Edward Don • Chef & Sommelier The Seven Pillars of Classic Cocktails Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleoneNicholas Kosevich • Ira Koplowitz • Matthew Rowley • Marco Zappia • Bombay Sapphire

12:30pm CDT

Braintending: Cognition Across the Bar La Nouvelle Orleans East at the Hotel MonteleoneNick Kennedy • Gary Regan • Adam Rogers • Andrew Toplack • Tales of the Cocktail Slap it! Pour it! Crush it! Swizzle it! Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleoneDaniyel Jones • Jeff Berry • Ian Burrell • David Delaney Jr. • House of Angostura

1:00pm CDT

MMA2 'The Rematch' Fleur de Lis Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelDave Broom • Simon Brooking • Gregor Cattanach • Lorne Cousin • Ewan Morgan • Johnnie Mundell • Struan Grant Ralph • Diageo Single Malts • William Grant & Sons • Beam Suntory The Aperitif-A Drink and a Way of Life Acadia Suite at the Royal Sonesta HotelCamille Vidal • Francois Monti • Carina Soto Velasquez • Naren Young • St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur

3:00pm CDT

Online & Offline Branding For Bartenders La Nouvelle Orleans East at the Hotel Monteleonems. franky marshall • Audrey Fort • Charles Joly • Jeremy JF Thompson • After6

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