Spirited Victory for Holland America Line | Cruise News – Mar. 27, 2015

Spirited Victory for Holland America Line

Cruise News – Mar. 27, 2015

The clash of the cruise cocktails has been decided. The winner of the Bacardi Cruise Competition 2015 is Gerome Firmalo, bartender aboard ms Oosterdam and creator of the Passion Blossom 13 – a drink that defeated more than 2,500 other cocktails to rise to the top.

His floral martini is made of equal quantities Bombay Sapphire gin and St-Germain elderflower liqueur combined with passion-fruit syrup, lemon sour, and cranberry juice.

“The Passion Blossom 13 embodies what we look for in a cocktail,” says Zachary Sulkes, Regional Manager Bacardi Travel Retail Americas. “It achieves the perfect mix of ingredients, a well-balanced flavor, and simplicity that will appeal to cruise vacationers. This was a close battle, and Gerome is a worthy winner. Each year the standard of entries gets higher.”

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