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“Make it Exotico” Cocktail Competition Seeks Submissions

March 23, 2017

Think you’ve got what it takes to be the next great mixologist? Time to prove it! Entries are now being accepted for the USBG “Make It Exotico” Cocktail Competition. Mixologists from across the U.S. are invited to submit their best cocktail recipe using Exotico Blanco or Reposado Tequila as the base spirit for a chance to win a trip to Tales of the Cocktail 2017 in New Orleans and the Grand Prize, an all-expense paid trip to Jalisco, Mexico, to visit Exotico Tequila’s distillery, Destiladora González y González, and its agave fields.

Online applications are now being accepted for semifinal event consideration. Entrants can submit their Exotico Tequila cocktail recipes until April 7, 2017. Semifinalists will be contacted between April 10-21. Click to read full competition rules and regulations.


Important Dates

Semifinal Competitions

  • Nashville, TN: April 18
  • Philadelphia, PA: May 9
  • Denver, CO: May 16
  • Portland, OR: June 6
  • Seattle, WA: June 13
  • Charleston, SC: June 27

Final Round

  • Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, LA: July 19

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