If you missed the last one, you don’t want to miss this one. If you were part of the last one, you’ll want to be part of this one too. On Sunday, September 15th, Ryan & Wood Distilleries will be sponsoring the Biennial GMG Bloody Mary Competition during Mug Up at Khan Studio & the GMG Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., Gallery 3. Mug Up starts at 9:30 and judging begins at 10:00. Bring on a batch of your most creative Bloody Mary mix. We will add the Beauport Vodka here so that all Bloody Marys contain the same high quality locally distilled vodka, and are of a consistent, acceptable strength (so no one stumbles out of here afterwards).
Speaking of judges, we are looking for a few good men and women with discriminating palates who know and love good Bloody Marys. Ed Collard has already committed, but we need another 3 or 4 judges. If you are interested in being a judge, please email me at khanstudio@comcast.net with your Bloody Mary judging credentials. Fred, you’re already vetted, as is Maureen Malloy, if either of you are interested. Paul Morrison, you’re a shoe-in. We’re always looking for new blood for judgeships, so don’t be shy about applying – James Eves.
If you are interested in entering your amazing Bloody Mary mix in the competition, please email me and let me know, so we’ll know how many entrants there will be. Ryan & Wood will be providing great prizes on top of the world renown you will receive as the best Bloody Mary mixologists in the known GMG universe. Kathy Chapman, Richard Rosenfeld, Talitha Jackson – you need to come back and defend your titles.
If you just want to come to Mug Up for the great comraderie and fun, feel free to bring along some Mug Up type fare to share. There will be coffee and deviled eggs, per usual.
UPDATE: We now have Ed Collard, Fred Bodin, James Eves and Karen Ristuben confirmed as judges. It would be great to have another female judge.
BREAKING NEWS 4:12pm: Kathy Downer of Long Beach is now our final judge for the competition. She has impressive experience as a bartender trainer for 7 years and she ran a bartending school, and on rainy days when she used to be on the other Cape, she and her friends would barhop to find the best bloody mary.
Now we just need some blood mary makers to enter the competition.
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 
I love Bloody Marys. (hints for the mixologists: Fresh, Spicy and Lots to Eat)
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There’s always lots to eat at Mug Up – or were you referring to garnishes in the Bloody Marys? Last time Jeff Cluett used crispy bacon strips for his garnish.
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Garnishes. For me, they’re a key to a good Bloody Mary.
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I so want to make this.
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You know it won’t be an official GMG Bloody Mary Competition Mug Up without you!
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I absolutely LOVE Kathy Downer! She and I have a surprise event comiing up in early October. The funniest thing ever uttered in my presence came from the lips of Wendy Demuth: “I should be a judge because I’m a Professional Drinker!” Hat’s off to you Wendy.
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Good one, Wendy!! I was going to post something similar, but couldn’t think of a similar phrase that didn’t make me seem like a total lush. 🙂
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I would have LOVED to be a judge, but just saw this now, so alas, am too late. 🙂
I will be there anyway, though! Not sure if I will enter again after the soul-crushing loss last time, but I will certainly think about it. If I do, I will definitely ignore the official rules this time (or suggest that the official rules be updated) and do like everyone else did and submit 5 complete glasses with garnishes. 🙂
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Jenn, you definitely should enter again. There will be three new judges (Ed and Fred will be repeat judges, and you don’t know – they may have liked your’s best last time) and the excitement of competition is good for you. There are no real official rules, except to bring a gallon of your best Bloody Mary mix and alot of garnishes, if you want to get James’ vote. Ryan & Wood’s Beauport Vodka gets added in the kitchen before the entries go to the judges, so better to plan to add your garnishes at the last minute. That is what most contestants did last time. If you want to bring special glasses to add the overall effect of your entry, of course that is allowed. The only rule is that all entries will be made with Beauport Vodka added on site. Anything else anyone wants to do to ensure a win is allowed (except bribing the judges).
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Ok, you have me convinced, now I just have to figure out if I have time on Saturday to make it, let me look again at my schedule and see if there’s any bandwidth, I’ll get back to you asap.
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This is great stuff. I hope you’ll share some photos of the entrants. Cheers!
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Thanks Greg! You have some great sounding Bloody Mary recipes on your site. Entrants, do check out Greg, the bloody Mary Recipe Guy for some different ideas.
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Devilled Eggs with bacon bits will be there right? Rubber Duck will not miss it and will be bringing Monkey Bread if Lattof Farm is baking.
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Deviled eggs will definitely be there. Monkey bread would be a great accompaniment.
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