Internet, Unite: NY Distilling Co. Needs Your Help!
It’s not every day Leisurely gets to play detective, so we’re taking this opportunity to share an amazing opportunity with you to crack a case. Allen Katz and our friends at NY Distilling Co. are in the process of turning their distillery into a makeshift hand sanitizery - but still making alcohol you can drink at the same time. However, in order to make hand sanitizer that can legally be distributed - FOR FREE - the team needs to find two ingredients in mass quantity.
Glycerin
Hydrogen Peroxide
Win your own barrel by supporting NY Distilling Co. Photo: NY Distilling Co.
If anyone has the hook up, make sure to email Allen Katz at allen@nydistilling.com. He’s not a snitch, so don’t worry about sharing details. Need some extra incentive to help a local distillery but don’t have the ingredients needed. Are you a bartender in NY State? Then consider a cocktail competition with prizes, including the chance to select a private SINGLE BARREL of Ragtime Rye (Cask Strength 112, Bottled in Bond 100) which yields six cases complete with your own personalized label. Details are listed
How To Enter
If you’re a bartender in NY State, you can do this. Or if you have a friend who is a bartender, tell them about this and demand you split the prize.
Post a cocktail making video to your Instagram with the hashtag #TogetherWithRye, tag @nydistilling, & make sure your profile is public. Or, send the video entry (5 minutes or less) to Allen Katz at allen@nydistilling.com by Monday, April 13.)
Rules
Create an original cocktail featuring Ragtime Rye - New York Straight Whiskey. If you do not have Ragtime Rye - use another whiskey (no joke).
Ingredients should be readily available at any grocery store in these chaotic times.
If you can’t find or don’t have ingredients you can still enter by sending a video with the story & recipe of your cocktail.
Your original cocktail may contain up to 5 ingredients plus a garnish.
Judging
We will evaluate all submissions & select 5 Finalists.
Allen Katz will batch the submissions of the Five Finalists & safely deliver them to Julie Reiner (@mixtressnyc), Robert Simonson (@robertosimonson), and Dave Wondrich for evaluation on Taste, Originality of Name & Concept, Creativity of Concept & Presentation
Winners will be announced on May 15 or as quickly as it is safe to do so. Bottling the Winner's Whiskey is TBD.
Time to make your business legit? Consider making hand sanitizer.