Do you fancy
trying Andrew Lennie's Talisker Race To
Skye winning cocktails.
 Diageo Reserve has named Andrew Lennie
of The Printing Press Bar & Kitchen in
Edinburgh as the winner of their
inaugural Talisker ‘Race to Skye’
Competition following an intense final
in the whisky’s homeland, the Isle of
Skye.
Launched earlier this year, the regional
heats for the ‘Race to Skye’ competition
invited bartenders from Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Manchester, Bournemouth,
Bristol and London to create a cocktail
that embodied Talisker’s ‘Made by the
Sea’ campaign. The ten best from each
region were selected to compete in the
semi-finals before the final six were
chosen to go head-to-head in the two-day
final on the Isle of Skye..
On Skye, Andrew Lennie competed against
fellow finalists: Rebecca Bevvy of The
Laundrette Group in Manchester; Dave Ali
of The Finneston in Glasgow; Daniel
Bovey of Be at One in Bristol; Mike
Pendergast of East London Liquor Company
in London; and Charles Roche from Scout
also in London, during a series of
challenges.
Day one started with the Loch Ness Mixer
challenge. Each bartender was given five
minutes to mix a long drink using a
Talisker variant with two ingredients
and a garnish of choice and present
their creation to the panel of Diageo
Reserve judges including David Sinclair,
Ali Reynolds and Colin Dunn. Challenge
two, Talisker Brainstorm took place
during the journey to Skye, in which
each contestant had two minutes to
answer as many questions about Talisker
as possible, testing the bartenders’
knowledge of the brand’s history and the
Scotch category.
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