Trent Simpson's "Hexa"

I love Brasil, I love futebol, I love to bartend and I love Cachaça and Caipirinhas.  Here is my "Creative Entry" or Audição for the Maison Leblon 2014 World Cup Bartender Team.  If I win, I will be part of 11 bartenders that will go to Brasil to represent team Leblon during the 2014 World Cup in Brasil!

My Official Entry, "Rumo ao Hexa"

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Leblon Cachaça Contest Video:

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I hope to see you in Brasil for the 2014 World Cup, where I'll be shaking it up behind the bar!!!!

Saude!!

Trent

Cocktail 1: Brandy Cocktail

Brandy Cocktail
(Use small bar-glass.)
Take 3 or 4 dashes of gum syrup.
2 dashes of bitters (Boker's or Angostura).
1 wine-glass of brandy.
1 or 2 dashes of Curacoa.

Fill the glass one-third full of shaved ice, shake up
well and strain into a cocktail glass. Twist a small
piece of lemon rind in it and serve.

A Cocktail A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Here is a blog dedicated to publishing a cocktail a day. Its as simple as that, but will hopefully contribute more depending on the laziness/motivation of the authors. Such inquiries and add ons may include but are not necessarily limited to: where to drink the cocktail, how much the cocktail should cost, history behind the cocktail, jovial libation literature excerpts about the cocktail, directions how to make the cocktail, what to expect after drinking the cocktail, who else likes to drink the cocktail and sometimes, maybe a small note on why the author drank the cocktail, prepared the cocktail or won't drink the cocktail ever again.

The goal of this blog being to better expand the knowledge and craft of the bartending industry to the eyes of the curious and drinking public, while maintaining a once-a-day blog post furthering my knowledge of spirits, libations and cocktails as a professional bartender.