A brand education event and cocktail competition featured award-winning Stellum Rye at Olives and Oil in New Haven on Nov. 13. The event saw distributor Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage welcome Eva Mulcahy, Senior Brand Development Manager, Barrell Craft Spirits, makers of the Kentucky-made American Rye, present an educational tasting session. After, area bartenders gathered to show off their talents and create their best cocktails featuring Stellum Rye for prizes. Judges Alejandro Villacorta, Sherkaan Indian Street Food; Ryan Randolph, Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage; and Carlee Carvalko, Elm City Social, evaluated each entry, resulting in three winners: Ren Wallace, Peachys, Chinatown, NYC; Jacob Failla, Sherkaan Indian Street Food; and Bryce Wade, BAR New Haven. Stellum Rye offers a true 95% Rye Indiana mash bill and is incorporated with small amounts of more barley-forward rye and choice barrels from both Kentucky and Tennessee.
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- Mancini Beverage hosted a cocktail competition featuring Stellum Rye at Olives and Oil in New Haven on Nov. 13.
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- Eva Mulcahy, Senior Brand Development Manager, Barrell Craft Spirits.
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- First-place winner Ren Wallace, Peachys, Chinatown, NYC.
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- First-place winner Ren Wallace, Peachys, Chinatown, NYC.
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- Wallace’s winning cocktail, Figetaboutit.
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- Second-place winner Jacob Failla, Sherkaan Indian Street Food.
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- Third-place winner Bryce Wade, BAR New Haven.
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- Wade smoking a piece of wood with a blowtorch.
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- Competitor Gina Calabrese, The Owl Shop.
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- Competitor Gina Calabrese, The Owl Shop.
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- Competitor Brooke Smith, Mecha Noodle Bar.
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- Smith puts the finishing touches on her cocktail.
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- Competitor Brooke Smith, Mecha Noodle Bar.
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- Competitor Brandon Troche, Barcelona Wine Bar New Haven.
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- A pour of Troche’s cocktail.
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- Troche putting the finishing touches on his cocktail.
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- Competitor Rob Chavez, Barcelona Wine Bar New Haven.
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- Competitor Sean Richard, Mecha Noodle Bar.
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- Richard’s cocktail.
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- Competitor Genna Bestmann, The Owl Shop.
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- Bestmann’s cocktail.
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- Competition judges Alejandro Villacorta, Sherkaan Indian Street Food; Ryan Randolph, Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage; and Carlee Carvalko, Elm City Social.
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- Competition judges Alejandro Villacorta, Sherkaan Indian Street Food; Ryan Randolph, Northeast Beverage; and Carlee Carvalko, Elm City Social.
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- Competition judge Alejandro Villacorta, Sherkaan Indian Street Food.
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- Hosts Deon Ross and Anna Konya, Olives and Oil; First-Place Winner Ren Wallace, Peachys, Chinatown, NYC; and Ryan Randolph, Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage.
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- Eva Mulcahy, Senior Brand Development Manager, Barrell Craft Spirits..
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- Produced by Barrel Craft Spirits’ Stellum Spirits line, Stellum Rye is an award-winning whiskey distributed in the state by Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage.
Photos by Lisa Nichols, Bread & Beast Food Photographer.
