Sip and vote, summer cocktail/mocktail contest goes live July 1

PCARA's cocktail and mocktail kicks off on Saturday, July 1. Pictured above are Alpine Distilling's entries: Spotted Dragon Cocktail and Peach Cobbler Boba Mocktail. Photo: Alpine Distilling.

PARK CITY, Utah — Grab a drink and cast your votes in the annual Park City Area Restaurant Association (PCARA) summer cocktail contest. Online voting opens Saturday, July 1, through Monday, July 31, for imbibers to try brand new locally-sourced craft cocktails from Park City’s talented community of bartenders and mixologists.

“This year’s cocktail contest challenges participants to submit recipes featuring at least two ingredients sourced from local Wasatch back purveyors,” said PCARA Executive Director Ginger Wicks. “We mean it when we say ‘drink locally’ and encourage locals and visitors to safely try as many contest cocktails as possible throughout the month of July to support our community of restaurants and small businesses.”

The bartender or mixologist with the winning cocktail will each earn a $500 cash prize, city-wide recognition, and will be featured in a marketing campaign leading into PCARA’s popular fall “Dine About” event following the contest.

Twenty-two bars and restaurants are competing in this year’s contest. One vote may be cast per email address per day online at parkcityrestaurants.com. You must be 21 years of age to participate in the cocktail contest.

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Entrants for Best Cocktail include:

Alpine Distilling: Spotted Dragon Cocktail

Après Pendry: Lavender Haze

Blind Dog Restaurant & Raw Bar: Park City Sour

The Boneyard: Ric Flair

Butcher’s Chop House Berry Persuasive

Collie’s Sports Bar: Miner’s Gold Rush

Courchevel Bistro: Chèvre Folle

Dos Olas Cantina: Strawberry Guava Mezcalita

Flanagan’s on Main: Dorcha Iced Coffee

Handle: Gin Cocktail

Hearth and Hill: Peaks & Peaches Cocktail

High West Saloon: King’s Peak

KITA: Itameshi on 10

Park City Roadhouse: Treasure Mountain Cocktail

Red Tail Grill: Midnight Mocha

Riverhorse on Main: Alpin Bird

Stein Eriksen Lodge -Troll Hallen Lounge: P.C. Last Word

The 7880 Club: Ser Breeze

The Eating Establishment: Fuego Beach

The Pool House Bar & Grille: Silver Rush

Tupelo Park City: Nightly Ritual

Twisted Fern: Green Acres

Entrants for Best Mocktail include:

Alpine Distilling: Peach Cobbler Boba Mocktail

Handle: Mocktail #4

Hearth and Hill: Chai Blossom Mocktail

High West Mixologist Julio Chavarria won last year’s contest with the Sweet Agony Cocktail, which featured High West Double Rye, Jamaican Rum, Amaro Montenegro, Amontillado Sherry, cucumber and basil syrup, pineapple juice, lime juice, and Hop Tincture club soda. Last year’s contest also featured a mocktail category, which crowned Mixologist Zack Rhoades of Après Pendry for his Midsomer mocktail, a fresh mix of strawberry, mint leaves, lemon juice, and honeydew shrub club soda.