The first ever Martin Miller’s Gin Masters Competition brought together the best mixologists from UK and the US at Death & Co for a head-on clash to see who could mix the most creative cocktail and steal the coveted trophy – a 1930’s silver cocktail shaker, used during Prohibition.

In a fun-spirited competition UK legends such as Jake Burger, Giles Looker and Ben Reed pitted their skills against the likes of US bartenders Jamie Boudreau, Daniel Shoemaker, Thad Vogler and Guiseppe Gonzales. Each contestant had to create an original recipe using Martin Miller’s gin and were judged by a veritable who’s who of cocktail experts.

The winner with the Best Original Cocktail was Sam Ross from New York’s famous Milk and Honey Bar, but perhaps the most popular prize of all – the Best Bar Banter award – went to Team UK for their chat behind the bar. Now why isn’t that a surprise?

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