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Tales of the Cocktail® New Orleans 2016

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Burj Al Arab
Asst. Bar Manager
United Arab Emirates

9:30am CDT

Cocktail Kingdom Pop-Up Shop Lobby Gift Shop at the Hotel MonteloneCocktail Kingdom Registration Royal Ballrooms A & B at the Hotel Monteleone 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

10:00am CDT

First Sip: So Good When It Hits Your Lips! presented by Woody Creek Distillers Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneKeith Hemeon • Sean Kenyon • Woody Creek Distillers The Corner Bar presented by Russian Standard Vodka Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneTy Izquierdo • Roust • Russian Standard Vodka

2:30pm CDT

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

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 Exotico - A Taste From the Other Side presented by Exotico Tequila Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneTrevor Landry • Javier San Martin • Hannah Pellouchoud • Ashley Ulkus • Exotico Tequila

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

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

11:30am CDT

Brand Builder: Building business plans that win Presented by Distill VenturesFULL Vieux Carre Room at the Hotel MonteleoneRaj Bhakta • Tom Bulleit • Brian Ellison • Simon Ford • Gonzalo de la Pezuela • Distill Ventures

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

3:00pm CDT

Herbs, Spices and Secrets: Explore The World Of Amaro Montenegro presented by Amaro MontenegroFULL Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneMarco Montefiori • Sother Teague • Amaro Montenegro

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

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

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

10:00am CDT

Absentroux Apéritif Experience presented by Absentroux Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneZach Lynch • Absentroux

10:30am CDT

Vermouth- The Renaissance of an Ancient Recipe presented by Antica FormulaFULL Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneDistillerie Branca • Carpano Vermouth

12:30pm CDT

#SEDTalks: Cocktails, Spirits & The Bartender La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel MonteleonePhilip Duff • Summer-Jane Bell • Davin de Kergommeaux • Ian McLaren • Ivy Mix • Dr. Nicholas Morgan • Liza Weisstuch • Tales of the Cocktail • Tropical Foods

3:00pm CDT

Make it Your Own Infusions presented by Everclear Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneTed Kilgore • Everclear

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

7:00pm CDT

South Meets Southwest: A Tale of Two Cocktail Bars Bar ToniqueMark Schettler • Jason Asher • Keifer Gilbert • Azunia 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

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

10:00am CDT

Meet & Peat presented by Jura Royal Ballroom B at the Hotel MonteleoneWillie Tait • Neyah White • Jura Single Malt Scotch Whisky

11:00am CDT

The Barman's Suite presented by Tales of the Cocktail and The Liquor Cabinet Suite #1601The Liquor Cabinet 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

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

Of Grapes & Grains: Mixing Wine and Whiskey presented by High West Distillery and Quady Winery Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneHolly Booth • Dana Fares • David Perkins • Andy Quady • Steve Walton • High West Distillery • Quady Winery Carbon, the Building Block of Spirits and Cocktails Iberville Room at the Hotel MonteleoneIan McLaren • Juan Coronado • Ned Popovic • Bacardi USA

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

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

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

10:00am CDT

Shots of Inspiration: Bitter Makers and Author Signings Lobby of the Hotel MonteleoneJules Aron • Warren Bobrow • Martin Cate • Rebecca Cate • Karen Hoskin • Greg Mays • Duggan McDonnell • Jack McGarry • Jim Meehan • Sean Muldoon • Kara Newman • Gary Regan • Julie Reiner • Leo Robitschek • Matthew Rowley • Ben Schaffer • Amy Zavatto • Pink House Alchemy • Bittered Sling Bitters • Suze Bitters • Winships Small Batch Bitters • Octavia Books • Fee Brothers • Apothecary Bitters Company • Hella Company • Portland Bitters Project

10:30am CDT

500 years of Juniper Distillation - How Genever changed the way we are drinking today presented by Rutte Distillateurs Riverview Room at the Hotel MonteleoneMyriam Hendrickx • Rutte • Royal Dutch Distillers

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

3:00pm CDT

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

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