El Dorado Rum, one of the world’s leading rum brands, produced by Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), hosted the global finals of the inaugural El Dorado Rum Heritage Cocktail Competition, in Guyana from Tuesday, August 20 to Thursday, August 22.
This announcement was made in a DDL release yesterday. It also informed that there was a first round of the competition which provided bartenders from the United States, United Kingdom, Ontario Canada, and Guyana, with the opportunity to capture their journey and interpretation of the brand’s heritage, which dates back to 1670.
Following regional heats conducted in these countries, five outstanding finalists emerged and they competed in the global cocktail finals, showcasing their exceptional creativity and mixology skills with El Dorado Rum. These bartenders are Mike Dojcsak (Ontario, Canada), Flavio Francis (Georgetown, Guyana), Jonathan Sierra (Bristol, UK), Jamie Wolfe (California, USA) and Daniel Reiger (New York, USA).