Post #537623 by Mo-Eye on Sat, Jun 19, 2010 12:48 PM

Not sure about the type of drinks that were competing. I remember that the winner was a smoke infused mai tai.

I would just throw out a word of caution for anyone who is seriously considering traveling to Hawaii to compete for this contest. I know someone who competed and did very well, but told me the whole contest was pretty shady. He had said that the guy who won had no real experience or interest in mai tais, and was actually given the recipe by Joey Gottesman. So, it sounds like Gottesman organized the contest, was one of the judges, and provided the wining drink recipe. So who knows what actually happened to the $10,000.

I don't have any info to back this up - just passing on what a good friend had told me in case someone is thinking of traveling from the mainland....