Competition - Novo Fogo Bar Strength Cachaça Challenge

BAR STRENGTH CACHAÇA CHALLENGE

WITH NOVO FOGO ORGANIC CACHAÇA

As a messenger of cleaner business practices in our industry, Novo Fogo Organic Cachaça seeks to sustainably produce its line of Brazilian sugarcane spirits while inspiring others to drink better for the earth. Novo Fogo challenged bartenders nationwide to answer the question: What do environmentally friendly cocktails mean to you? Out of hundreds of entries, bartenders created unique cocktails inspired by the theme of environmentally friendly drinking featuring Novo Fogo’s Bar Strength Cachaça. Bar Strength is the world’s first truly carbon-neutral spirit. Check out the top five winning cocktail entries. (*For full recipes, please visit chilledmagazine.com).

MAXWELL BERLIN Grand Prize Winner of the Novo Fogo Bar Strength Challenge Trip to Brazil Libélula Rosa: My Pink Dragonfly

INGREDIENTS 1 ½ oz. Novo Fogo Bar Strength Cachaça 2 oz. red wine waste 2 oz. white wine waste 1 oz. caramelized spiced honey scrap syrup* 6 soured watermelon juice ice cubes** 2 dash orange bitters

PREPARATION Blend all ingredients together until smooth. Pour into chilled stemmed glass. *Caramelized spiced honey scrap syrup. Bring 1 cup of honey and ¼ cup of water to boil. Add bar scraps and spices such as used cinnamon sticks, cloves, dried hibiscus buds, dried orange peels, and ginger peelings till thick and sticky syrup. Let cool before blending. **Soured watermelon juice ice cubes: Freeze watermelon juice with small sprinkle of citric acid in ice cube trays, Freeze till hard. Garnish with watermelon jerky dehydrate—thin slices of watermelon with light sprinkle of salt till crisp. Cut with dragonfly shape cookie cutter or fun shape. COLLEEN HUGHES Grand Prize Winner of the Novo Fogo Bar Strength Challenge Trip to Brazil

Extra-Curricular Activities

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Novo Fogo Silver Cachaça Bar Strength 1 ½ oz. acidified strawberry cordial* ¼ oz. lemon oleo sacrum ¼ vegan egg white

PREPARATION

Combine all ingredients in shaker and dry shake to combine. Then add ice and quick chill. Pour into an 8 oz fizz glass. *Acidified Strawberry cordial: 1000g strawberry juice strained, 500g hot water, 1000g raw sugar, pinch salt. Heat. Combine sugar, water, and salt to boil. When sugar has completely dissolved, cut heat and cool. Add strawberry juice. Acidify by total weight 1.5% citric acid 1.5% malic acid. Blend in acids. Store refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. Garnish with paper butterfly.

GABRIELLA HOLTZER Runner Up Winner of $500

The Protégé Effect

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Novo Fogo Bar Strength Cachaça ½ oz. Seedlip Garden 1 oz. Red Bell Pepper Cordial* ¾ oz. Lime "Super Juice"** 2 dashes Cardamom Bitters Bell Pepper Lime Fruit leather (for garnish)

PREPARATION

Combine ingredients in a Collins glass with pebble ice and swizzle. Top with more ice and garnish with fruit leather. *Red Bell Pepper Cordial: Blend entire pepper (2-3) minus the stem. Strain solids and set them aside for fruit leather. Combine the pepper liquid with white sugar at a 1:1 ratio and let simmer for about 10 minutes. A.J. GOODRICH Runner Up Winner of $500

More Bounce to the Ounce

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ oz. Novo Fogo Bar Strength Silver Cachaça 1 ½ oz. pineapple juice ¼ tsp. citric acid ½ oz. Amaro Angeleno Pineapple strawberry tepache* ¾ oz. Strawberry date syrup**

PREPARATION

Shake and strain into Collins glass with regular block ice. Top with homemade *Pineapple Strawberry Tepache: Cut tops of strawberries off wash thoroughly and add to a large pot Juice strawberries (2 cartons) in a centrifugal juicer (save juice for syrup later). Take leftover pulp and add to large pot, along with the stems. Cut top of pineapple, about 2 inches below the stem (save for later). Cut off bottom, sides, wash thoroughly, and add to large pot. Cut pineapple into chunks, juice pineapple chunks in a centrifugal juicer (save juice for cocktail recipe). Put core into the large pot. Save a few strawberry and pineapple slices for garnish. LANCE BOWMAN Runner Up Winner of $500

Everything with Purpose

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Novo Fogo Bar Strength Silver Cachaca 2 oz. Acid Adjusted and Fortified Spiced Pineapple, Clementine, and Chamomile Honey cordial* Lime stuice** 2 dashes Bittermen's Elemakule Tiki

PREPARATION

Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin, add crushed ice and briefly shake, pour cocktail and crushed ice directly from the tin into a double Old Fashioned glass. Top with fresh crushed ice, garnish with a reusable cocktail pick of candied pineapple and clementine reserved from making cordial, and a reusable straw