Category Archives: Cocktail Events Barcelona

Semifinal Tío Pepe Challenge 2017

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On Monday 25th we were part of the jury in the international contest of cocktails with wines of Jerez Tío Pepe Challenge, this contest brings together every year more than 400 professionals from different parts of the world (Germany, Mexico, United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy, Colombia and Chile) with the aim of exploring the diversity and potential of the wines of Jerez in the production of unique, creative and breakthrough cocktails.
The jury was composed of Pedro Rebuelta, Vice President of González Byass, Antonio Flores , Winemaker and Master Blender by González Byass, Boris Ivan , International Brand Ambassador of González Byass, Óscar Guitart, sommelier, François Monti, journalist specialized in cocktail and Josep Maria Gotarda of Ideal Cocktail Bar and president of the Spanish Association of Mixologists.

In the semi-final of monday it was decided to grant the access to the international final, which is going to be held in Jerez on May 17 at the Bodegas González Byass, Eduardo Barrios, from Wine Cocktail Masters, thanks to his cocktail: Jerezade. We want to congratulate him from here! Eduardo is the founder of Wine Cocktail Masters, a cocktail catering where he continues to work to this day developing new forms of consumption of wines and spirits.
As a prize for his victory, in addition to going to the final, he will have a place for V Sherrymaster by Tío Pepe , which will take place in this winery in Jerez on 6 and 7 of September.

This year more than a hundred bartenders have been presented for the Spanish semifinal, among which 10 were the ones who, after passing an online test on the world of sherry and presenting cocktail proposals, agreed to the grand finale where they had to demonstrate their knowledge of these millennial wines through three tests. The first, a recreation of the classic cocktail, Sherry Cobbler ; The second, the elaboration of an own recipe based on the wines of Jerez of González Byass and, finally, the final test: Tío Pepe’s service using the venencia .

Here is the recipe and ingredients to make the Jerezade:

Jerezade

  • 5 cl. of Amontillado Viña AB.
  • 2 cl. of Brandy Lepanto Solera Gran Reserva P.X.
  • 5 cl. of White grape must.
  • 2 cl. of Marie Brizard’s orgeat syrup.
  • 1 dash of chocolate bitter from bitter truth.
  • Garnish with a roasted cinnamon stick and an almond blossom.
  • Mix all the ingredients in the shaker, shake and serve in a glass of double Martini.

Finally we leave here some photos of the event, and now we can only wait for the international final!
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LXIII Catalonian Cocktail Championship

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Next Sunday 7th of May we will be participating in the sixty-third edition of the Catalunya Cocktail Championship in the Terrace of the Hotel Duquesa de Cardona, Paseo de Colón 12 in Barcelona. We are delighted to be participating for another year as part of the jury and we can’t wait to see who will take the awards this year. We look forward to seeing you there on May 7!
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Blue Cocktails thursdays at MACBA

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Barmen of Barcelona shake the bar of the International.
The city’s best mixologist also want to join in the many acts that have been held recently in the legendary New York restaurant that Miralda and Montse Guillén have reproduced inside the Macba exhibition.

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At the end of October, the retrospective that the contemporary art museum of Barcelona has dedicated to the work that the artist produced in the United States opened its doors with the classic Blue Margarita. A cocktail that was born in the bar of this renowned restaurant which now the city’s mixologists want to pay homage.
For this reason, the next Thursday mixologists from Boadas, Caribbean Club, Fizz Bartenders, ESHOB school and Ideal Cocktail bar will offer an original blue cocktail with a tequila base created to pay tribute to the International universe.
The bartenders of the city will happily collaborate every “Thursday of Blue Cocktails”, once again, an event that celebrates the cocktails as an art of sharing ideas, experiences and culture.

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BLUE COCKTAILS THURSDAYS
MACBA – MIRALDA MADEINUSA
EL INTERNACIONAL BAR – 2nd floor
schedule 5 to 7:30 PM

Days:
Thursday 9 march – Escuela ESHOB (Students of the third TGM)
Thursday 16 march – Ideal Cocktail Bar (Josep Maria Gotarda)
Thursday 23 march – Caribbean Club (Juanjo Gonzalez)
Thursday 30 march – FIZZ Bartenders (Héctor Henche Vila)
Thursday 6 april – Boadas (Adal Marquez) – tribute to Maria Dolors Boadas

Merry Christmas from Ideal

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Last tuesday as every year we celebrated at Ideal the already classic, Ideal Cocktail’s Bar Christmas party. One more year we celebrated this season with the best cocktails and cava and besides that we had a fine selection of tapas and meals made specially for the ocasion. We hope you enjoyed the afternoon just as much as we did, here we leave you a selection of pictures, if you want to see the rest go to our facebook. Happy 2017 and as you know, we’ll wait for you at Ideal Cocktail Bar!

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2016 Spanish Mixology Championship

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Last sunday October the 9th it was held in Madrid the 2016 Spanish Cocktail Competition now in its 63rd edition and whose organization is in charge of the Federation of Spanish Barmans (FABE) and the Association of Barmen of Madrid. Sergi Sànchez of Ideal Cocktail Bar and Josep Maria Gotarda were there participating in it, here we leave you with a few pictures of the event

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With Alícia Barcos, Concha de Marie Brizard, Pepe Dioni president of the Spanish barmans, Javier de las Muelas and Josep María Gotarda

Ideal Master Class

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Last 20th of May we had the pleasure of directing a masterclass for the Girona’s School of Hostelry students. The masterclass was conducted by our barmans Manel Roldán and Sergi Sánchez and it consisted of teaching the students the elaborations of some classic cocktails as well as the history of such cocktails. We leave you here a selection of photos from the class and the history of the origins of the classic Manhattan cocktail.
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The Manhattans cocktail Origins

The mother of Winston Churchill is credited with its invention in the New York City’s Manhattan Club, which was before the Empire State Building was actually build, the day celebrating the election of his friend, Samuel Jones Tilden, as governor of New York. Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie Jerome) was born in Broooklyn and was a woman of remarkable beauty, with a very intense and hectic life: he married three times and had a significant influence on the political career of his son. He died after falling over a ladder because of some high heels that were quite unsuitable for walking.
In the book Valentine’s Manual of New York (1923), the bartender of New York’s Hofftman House mentions a man named “Black”, the supposedly owner of a gambling den on Broadway, as its inventor.
Another story, according to an article in a journal of Winconsin, puts its creation in 1899 on a ship that sailed the Mississippi River. Colonel Joe Walker, who was traveling with friends from New York, mixed whiskey and vermouth, which were the only drinks they had, and came to New Orleans, and once perfected the mix, he named it “Manhattan” in honor their friends.

LXII Catalonia’s Mixology Championship

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Las 15th of May we had the pleasure of being part of the LXII Catalonia’s Mixology Championship jury in the Barman and Young Barman categories. The championship took place at the Terraza del Duquesa and the jury was formed by professionals of the mixology world as well as professors of the Hostelry School of Catalonia.
The winners were Sergi Sánchez (from our very own Ideal Cocktail Bar) in the Young Barman category and Julio Montero (from the Torre Rosa cocktail bar) in the Barman category, congratulations to the winners, we’d like to thank all the participants and people who came to enjoy this event and a special thank you to the sponsors for the help!
Here we leave a selection of photos from the day, to see the rest go here

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Arrels & Ideal

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Last thursday we had the pleasure of going to the inauguration event for the new shoe collection of Arrels Barcelona in which lots of creatives such as Neil Harbisson, Catalina Estrada, Hey Studio or Yoshi Sislay. have collaborated.

We are really glad to have participated in this celebration with the creation of our very own cocktail inspired by the creations of Javier and Pepe Llaudet whom day after day struggle to make real a new brand of high quality and sustainable fashion as well as (like they say) radical shoes. Here we leave you some of the pictures of the party and the recipe for the cocktail Arrels:

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Christian Escribà made this incredible cake inspired by the new collection of Arrels.

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Cocktail Arrels:

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  • 5cl gin
  • 2cl cherry brandy
  • 2cl of wild berries mash
  • 1cl lemon juice
  • >Fill with ginger Bier
  • Garnish with wild berries

2015 Christmas

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Last thursday the 10th as every year we celebrated the traditional Christmas party at Ideal Cocktail Bar, the Gotarda family and his team wanted to share with customers a moment of festivity surrounded by the best company with snacks and drinks for all guests. One more year, we want to thank all the attendees for your company and we wish you a happy 2016!

Here we leave you a selection of pictures, the rest of them can be viewed in our facebook page, cheers!

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2016 year of gastronomy and wine tourism

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This past Sunday 27th the very same day that the catalan elections to the parliament in the MNAC (the National Museum of Art of Catalunya) was taking place the presentation of the year of gastronomy and wine, there we went along with Josep Roca from El Celler de Can Roca, the deudeveu choir and all the winners of the Tourism Awards of Catalunya.

The event was chaired by the highest Catalan authorities in addition to the participation of over 600 people, the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, apart from delivering the Tourism Awards of Catalunya declared 2016 as the year of the Food and Wine Tourism .

This event is one of the initiatives that are part of Catalunya Regió Europea de la Gastronomía (CREG), a distinction promoted by the departments of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (DARP) and Business and Employment (DEMO) through Catalan Tourism, together with other authorities, actors and personalities of the country, they work to promote local products of Catalonia, including wine, cuisine and Catalonia’s territories.

During the celebration Catalan cuisine was exalted through the speech of Josep Roca and there was offered a tasting menu made by the School of Hostelry of Barcelona, made entirely of Catalan products and harmonized with wines from all the Catalan territories.

Here you have a photo of the event, Josep Maria Gotarda with the boys and girls from the School of Hostelry of Barcelona:

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