Amaro di ANGOSTURA®, the award-winning herbal liqueur from the House of Angostura®, has announced the UK winners of its third annual cocktail competition ‘VERSUS’, hosted in London last week. World renowned tropical cocktail bar, Laki Kane, hosted the competition after winning last years London crown, but it was the outstanding performance of The Wigmore, Steve Georgiou and Jordan Sweeney who bagged themselves an all-expenses paid trip to the Athens Bar Show 2019 on the 5th and 6th November, courtesy of the House of Angostura®.
The UK final was hotly contested with some extraordinary talent competing from The Wigmore, The Mandrake Hotel, Trailer Happiness, Murder Inc and Genuine Liquorette. This years competition was hosted by Georgi Radev of Laki Kane and judged by Amaro di ANGOSTURA® Global Brand Ambassador Daniyel Jones, Adam Wilson of Manchester’s Liar Club, and Patrick O’Reilly, MD of Lightbox Brands – UK distributor of Amaro di ANGOSTURA®.
Daniyel Jones, Amaro di ANGOSTURA® Global Brand Ambassador says: “VERSUS is all about bartenders and team work! The competing UK bars brought exactly that to the table, taking on rounds challenging their speed, technique and creativity – with a focus on tropical cocktail concoctions and delicious punches using Amaro di ANGOSTURA®. Congratulations to our winners, Steve and Tom of the Wigmore!”
The next VERSUS competitions will take place in France (Paris) and Italy. Follow the global Facebook page @amardodiangosturaversus for all of the VERSUS 2019 action and live updates.