Speed Rules BSD2024

Speed Competition Rules

The Speed Contest will test a Bartender’s skills in speed, recipe knowledge, bartending technique and cleanliness. The bartender will free pour or use a jigger from the correct bottles and make the correct cocktails using the correct techniques to the recipe specifications.

Bartenders can rearrange the items on the front bar any way they want as long as the items starts/finishes on the front bar and bartenders can rearrange the items on the back bar anyway they want as long as they start on the back bar.

Items on the front bar have to start/finish on the front bar. Items from the back bar have to start on the back bar and can finish anywhere

No pre-icing tins or glassware.

Glassware and tins starts face down.

Bartenders will start with their hands on the timer and time will start when they lift their hands and begin their round. Bartenders will then complete the round as accurately and quickly as possible without spilling.

You can make the cocktails in any order.

Only 1 bottle of each brand is allowed for the round.

Sodas will be in cans unless specified differently.

Once you complete all of the designated cocktails using the correct recipes and procedures, you will then stop the same timer you started with both hands to end your base time.

Each cocktail needs to be served on its own bevnap.

The Speed judge will then take your base time and add up all of the deductions to get your actual time. Your actual time will determine your score for this contest with the fastest times winning.

DEDUCTIONS

-Spilled on pours: 2 secs

-Breakage: 15 secs

-Wrong glass: 2 secs

-Wrong portion: 5 secs

-Wrong / Missing ingredients/ bevnap: 5 secs

-Wrong Procedures: 10 secs

-Wrong garnish / straw: 2 secs

-Missing Drink (3 or more missing ingredients): 1 min

-Each Drink not placed on a bevnap: 2 secs

-Each item not returned to the proper spot: 5 secs

-Each bottle/mixer/item from the front bar not returned to the front bar: 5 secs

You may use any free-flowing pour spout you like for the spirit bottles except the Finest Call bottles which has a pour spout built in that flows very similar to a Spill-Stop #285-50. We will have Spill-Stop #285-50 metal pour spouts available if you choose to use for the other bottles. You may jigger pour if you like as well.

Items starting on the front bar must be returned to the front bar. Items starting on the back bar can be returned either on the front or back bar.

There is no throwing off to a barback.

You will be competing on a Flairco Portable Bar.

The Cocktails for the Speed Round are…

MARGARITA
1 1/2oz Tequila
1/2oz Finest Call Triple Sec
2oz Finest Call Single Pressed Lime
1/2oz Reàl Agave
Procedure: Combine all ingredients in a mixing tin with ice. Shake & Strain.
Garnish: Salt Rim, lime wedge & large straw.
Glass: Tall: Barconic 14oz Alpine Tall / Beverage Glass – Case of 12 SKU GW-15244-C

OLD FASHIONED
2oz Whiskey
1/4oz Finest Call Sugar Syrup
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
Procedure: Combine ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir & strain.
Garnish: Orange peel and NO straws.
Glass: Tall: Barconic 8oz Rocks AlpineTM Rocks Glass – 8 ounce – Case of 36 SKU GWW2009-C

SPANISH LONG ISLAND ICED TEA
1/2oz SKYY Vodka
1/2oz Gin
1/2oz Rum
1/2oz Tequila
Splash of Presidente Brandy
2oz Finest Call Sweet & Sour Mix
Top with Cola
Procedure: Combine all ingredients (except Cola) in a mixing tin with ice. Shake & Strain. Top with Cola.
Garnish: Lemon wedge & tall straw.
Glass: Tall: Barconic 14oz Alpine Tall / Beverage Glass – Case of 12 SKU GW-15244-C

CUBA LIBRE X 2 (You are making two of these)
1 1/2oz Rum
2oz Cola
Procedure: Build over ice in rocks glass.
Garnish: Lime wedge & 2 sip stix.
Glass: Rocks: Barconic 8oz Rocks AlpineTM Rocks Glass – 8 ounce – Case of 36 SKU GWW2009-C

STRAWBERRY TOM COLLINS
1 1/2oz Gin
2oz Finest Call Sweet & Sour Mix
1/2oz Strawberry Reàl
1oz Club Soda
Procedure: Combine all ingredients (except Club Soda) in a mixing tin with ice. Shake & Strain. Top with Club Soda.
Garnish: Cherry.
Glass: Tall: Barconic 14oz Alpine Tall / Beverage Glass – Case of 12 SKU GW-15244-C

MUNYON’S PAW PAW & GINGER ALE
1 1/2oz Munyon’s Paw Paw
2oz Ginger Ale
Procedure: Build over ice in rocks glass.
Garnish: Lemon wedge & 2 sip stix.
Glass: Rocks: Barconic 8oz Rocks AlpineTM Rocks Glass – 8 ounce – Case of 36 SKU GWW2009-C

BOTTLED BEER
Bottled Beer
Procedure: Open Beer & pour into pint glass.
Garnish: None.
Glass: Pint: Barconic 16oz Pint/Mixing Glass – 16 ounce – Case of 12 SKU GW-PINT-16-C

To help with your training, here is the video of the Qualifying Speed round from Naty Peralta at the Bartenders’ Shakedown 2023 below…

Good Luck!

All rules are subject to change without notice and it is the competitor’s responsibility to check this page daily for updates as well as attend the Competitor Meet & Greet on Sunday October 6th at 9pm for any updates.

All competition questions will be answered from REGISTERED COMPETITORS by emailing “contact@barwars.info” with the subject “BSD Question” and then the answer will be posted at the bottom on the Bartenders’ Shakedown Main Page.

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