COMPETITION RULES
Good, Clean Fun is a speed- and precision-based Espresso Martini competition. Competitors participating in the championships will wear an event-provided white jersey and compete in two rounds, the first of which tests their efficiency, cleanliness, and service chops and the second that tests their ability to roll with the punches.
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For both rounds, all competitors will be expected to:
Wear their white Good, Clean Fun jersey at all times while actively competing.
Use the provided 2:1:1 Dry Espresso Martini recipe for all cocktails.
Use the provided bar tools to participate in Good, Clean Fun.
Hold their hands above their shoulders during a countdown until time is started, and again when they have finished their round to stop the time.
Limit themselves to making a maximum of two drinks per shaker tin.
Make drinks entirely on/above the provided white towel (building & pouring, adding ice, garnishing, etc.); the only exception to this requirement is active shaking time.
Shake all cocktails with ice!
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For round one, competitors will be called up one at a time by their emcee and be expected to:
Step behind the bar and confirm they have all required tools.
Set up their station and tools on the white towel, in three minutes.
Raise their hands above their heads for a countdown.
Make four Dry Espresso Martinis as quickly and cleanly as possible.
Load their drinks onto a tray covered with a fresh white towel.
Carry drinks down a marked path from obstacle to obstacle, back to the judges’ table.
Place their drinks on a designated surface over a fresh white towel.
Raise their hands above their head upon completion to stop the clock!
For round two, competitors will be called up one at a time by their emcee and be expected to:Step behind the bar and confirm they have all required tools.
Set up their station and tools on the white towel, in three minutes.*
Raise their hands above their heads for a countdown.
Make four Dry Espresso Martinis as quickly and cleanly as possible, in accordance with the challenge from the Wheel of Misfortune.
Raise their hands above their head upon completion to stop the clock!
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Each venue will provide all competitors with a full set of tools, ingredients, cheater bottles, product, and glassware to make their Dry Espresso Martinis. Every competitor will also receive fresh gridded white towels to lay tools out on, make drinks over, and deliver drinks to, and a fresh white Good, Clean Fun jersey to wear while competing.
Competitors are not required to use all the equipment provided; free pouring is permissible, so long as competitors are pouring no more than 1.5 oz. of Absolut and 0.75 oz. of Kahlúa per cocktail.
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Each championship’s judge(s) will record every competitor's time from when the countdown ends to when they raise their hands above their head to indicate they're done competing. From there, performance will be assessed on additional criteria on a standardized scorecard:
Are there three espresso beans per cocktail to garnish?
Are there stains on the white towels?
Are there stains on the white clothing?
How low is each drink’s washline?
Is there a head of foam on the cocktails?
How many drinks are left standing? (Round one only)
Does it taste like a good Espresso Martini?
Penalties will be issued as time additions to your final recorded time if any of the criteria are not met. The three competitors with the lowest overall times will win their championship for a grand prize of a trip to the Absolut Akademi experience in Åhus, Sweden!