Face it: you can learn a lot about a bartender by the way they shake a cocktail. And, whether they're hard shakers or more musically inclined, our favorite bartenders all make a face when they shake. So, we set out across this fine nation to capture a few of our favorite Shaker Faces. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-15645008-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}
Congratulations to the Portland Cocktail Week Shaker Face-Off
Winner: Brandon Wise from Irving Street Kitchen in Portland, OR!
Come back soon to hear about where we're going next!
You voted and here are the 5 finest Shaker Faces Portland Cocktail Week has to offer.
The finalist are: Neil Kopplin from Clyde Common, Jenn Hegstrom from Pope House,
Brian Gilbert from Teardrop Lounge, Dave Shenaut from Beaker & Flask,
and Brandon Wise from Irving Street Kitchen.
The winner will be announced Tuesday, November 23rd, so remember to visit and vote often
for your favorite Shaker Face!
Welcome back to Shaker Face-Off for Portland Cocktail Week! This is the last fresh batch
of Shaker Faces, so show your support and vote often for your favorite! We've got a heavy
line up, with Keith Waldbauer from Liberty in Seattle, WA, Brandon Wise from Irving Street
Kitchen, Jim Romdall from Vessel in Seattle, WA, and Esteban Ordonez brand
ambassador for Don Q Rum.
Starting Friday, November 19th, come back for the Finalist round and
A fresh new week and a fresh batch of Shaker Faces! Round Four of Portland Cocktail Week's
Shaker Face-Off brings us Chris Churilla from del Alma Restaurant and Snugbar, Stevi Deter
from TwoattheMost.com, and a duo from Beaker and Flask, Sal Corpuz and Dave Shenaut!
The Finalist Round will be announced on Friday, November 19th! So remember to come back
often to vote for your favorite.
We've made it to the end of the week, and Round Three of Portland Cocktail Week's edition
of the Shaker Face-Off! In this extra-special round we bring you an extra shaker! Our full
roster includes John Hearn from John-the-Bastard.com, Rocky Yeh from Vessel in Seattle,
Ali Tahsini from Bourbon & Branch in San Francisco, Brian Gilbert from Teardrop Lounge
and Ron Dollete from LushAngeles.com. Vote for your favorite Shaker Face until Monday
afternoon when we'll bring you Round Four!
Welcome to Round Two of Portland Cocktail Week's Shaker Face-Off! We've got Jenn
Hegstrom from the Pope House, Lindsay Matteson of Mint and 820, M Quinn Sweeney from
Libation Lab in San Francisco and Evan Martin from Naga Cocktail Lounge. Vote for you
favorite Shaker Face in the next 48 Hours and check back here on November 19th for
the Finalist Round!
Welcome to the Shaker Face-Off from Portland Cocktail Week! Last month, we set up our
Face-Off at the Hotel deLuxe and got a great turnout of amazing shakers! We will have a
Finalist Round Shaker Face-Off on November 19th so be sure to vote for your favorite!
In Round One we have Allan Katz from Caña Rum Bar in Los Angeles, CA, Jade Brown Godfrey
from Greg's Grill in Portland, OR, Jabriel Donohue from Acadia Bistro and Neil Kopplin from
Clyde Common! Best of luck to our Shakers, and remember to vote!
In our second week of Boston, MA Shaker Face-Off, only three remain! Andrew Foster
from Russell House Tavern, Corey Bunnewith from Citizen Public House, and Aaron Butler
also from Russell House Tavern will go for the Shaker Face Gold! Voting will close at
1pm EST on Thursday, October 28th! Good Luck, Gentlemen!
Today is the last of our initial Boston, MA Shaker Faces Rounds! Round Three is
Kitty Amann from LUPEC - Boston, Aaron Butler from Russell House Tavern, Tara
Feely from Boston, and Colin Kiley from Skipjack’s Restaurant! Be sure to
check out your favorite Shaker Faces and give them your vote! This is your last
chance to make your favorite known before the finalist round next week!
Welcome to Round Two of our Boston Shaker Faces Competition! Today we bring you Nicole
Lebedevitch from Eastern Standard, Rebekah Powers from Drink, Andrew Foster of the Russell
House Tavern, and Ben Sandrof of Trina’s Starlite Lounge in Cambridge! Enjoy these
awesome Shaker Faces, Vote for your Favorite and check back tomorrow to see how they did!
Welcome to the Boston, MA round of Shaker Faces! We stopped in at Franklin Southie to
see what Bostons Bartenders have in the way of the Shaker Faces! Check out this
selection of Boston Bartenders this week and remember to vote for your favorite! The
finals round will start this Thursday, October 21st! Round one brings us Corey
Bunnewith The Citizens Public House, Chad Fox from The Franklin Cafe, Tony Makayev
from the Citizens Public House, and Tyler Wang from Drink!
Looks like we made it to the Final Round of San Francisco Cocktail Week's Shaker Faces
Competition with a few very good Men and a lady! Their faces wowed you once, so vote
again for your favorite Shaker Face and check back Monday after 2PM EST for the
winner! Best of luck to our Finalists: Sal Calanni of Elixir Saloon, Josh Harris of The Bon
Vivants, Alicia Walton of Comstock Saloon, and Brandon Josie from 15 Romolo.
The last fresh back of San Francisco Cocktail Week Shaker Faces! And what a batch is it!
We've got Kerry Barber from Comstock Saloon, Shane McKnight from Sea Salt Restaurant
and Bar, Brandom Cummins for the Kansas City Bartenders Alliance, Robert Gonzales
for Tequila Fortaleza, and a pair from 15 Romolo, Brandon Josie and Ethan Terry! Voting will
end for this round at 2PM EST tomorrow.
Shaker Faces San Francisco Cocktail Week is only half way to the finals round! In this
third round we have Gerry Schweizer of Leblon Cachaca, Dominic Venegas of Smuggler's
Cove, Miguel Solari of Barsol Pisco, Alicia Walton from Comstock Saloon, and Lance
Winters, Master Distiller for St. George Spirits. Voting will stay open until Thursday at
2PM EST, so remember to come back and check on your favorite Shaker Face!