tales of the cocktail 2016 event recap
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1. United States2. Canada
3. United Kingdom4. Sweden5. Australia
Top 5 States Represented
Top 5 Countries Represented
Occupational Breakdown
Tales VeteransVS.
Tales Virgins
Economic Impact
2016 recap78% of Attendees hear about
Tales by Word of Mouth
HOW Do Attendees hear about Tales?
1. California
2. New York
4. Texas
3. Louisiana
5. Florida
TALES VETERANS: 52.8%
TALES VIRGINS: 47.2%
Industry Professionals: 39.9%
Cocktail Enthusiasts: 21%
Media: 2.4%
78%
Working Bartenders: 26.6%
Bar Owners: 10.1%
$101.2 million Total economic impact since 2008
$15.8 million Total economic impact in 2016
$1.2 million of state and local tax revenues
Sustainability AwardsWhite Lyan (London)Jimmy’s American Restaurant & Bar (Aspen)Tin Roof Drink Community (San Francisco)Mario Batali’s Carnevino Italian Steakhouse (Las Vegas)Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) (Guyana)
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Site Traffic Success(July 1 - 31, 2016)
• Sessions: 219,167 (up 123%)*• Pageviews: 425,537 (up 34%)*• Users: 153,198 (up 131%)*
4,246 DOWNLOADS56% INCREASE (SINCE 2015)*
Tales App
DIGITAL SPOTLIGHTSocial Media
74.5k+ Instagram Followers (Up 195% from 2015)*
178k+ Facebook Fans (Up 27% from 2015)*
40k+ Twitter Followers (Up 14% from 2015)*
Tales launched its Snapchat account in May 2016. During the week of Tales of the Cocktail, the official TOTC and Spirited Awards Snapchat Geofilters were used 1,500 times, and Snaps using the Geofilters were viewed by over 74,000 people.
Email Subscribers - 29k+ (Up 16% from 2015)
In 2016, NOCCPS spent over $206,000 to support the Cocktail Apprentice Program.
8 B.A.R. Scholarships were awarded to: Samuel Gauthier, Dean Hurst, Juyoung Kang, Leo Robitschek, Berit Jane Soli-Holt, Joann Spiegel, Hannah Waters and Ciaran Wiese
Samuel GauthierBerit Jane Soli-Holt
Cocktail apprentice Program
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Tales of the Cocktail® Events
318 Total Events
78 Dining & Drinking
Events77 Tasting Rooms
49 Complimentary
Events 17 SpecialEvents
12 Brand
EducationEvents
31 SpiritedDinners
29 Dynamic
Duos
18 Tales Restaurant Week Partners
1 Spirited Awards Ceremony
*Compared to July 1 - 31, 2015 stats.
1,376 Unique Viewers
1,010 People in the live audience
42 Countries Represented
26 Spirited Awards
1 Official Viewing Party in London
(approx 200 guests)
Top 5 CountriesLivestream presented by Bacardi USA
United StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaFranceGreece
3790 lbs of compost187,500 Recycled Tasting Cups
COCKTAIL APPRENTICE PROGRAM
Tales of the Cocktail® Team Spirit
200 Presenters77 Fellows 72 Cocktail Apprentices49 Festival Staffers
11 Interns11 Hotel Partners7 Full Time Staffers3 Juicers
Golden Spirit award winner
Dave Broom
385 Members 70 Archived Podcasts
32 Archived Seminars20 Countries Represented
Over 930 Volunteer hours
206 Volunteer hours by the Tampa Bay Chapter
77 Fellows
The Education Fellowship Program
Additional Media Outlets
Media Information205 Credentialed Media
Chicago TribuneChilled Magazine EsquireFood RepublicForbes
Houston ChronicleImbibe MagazineLiquor.comPunchSeattle Times
Today ShowUSA TodayWall Street JournalWashington Post
A MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
AmsterdamAustraliaBulgariaCanadaChinaDenmarkEngland
NorwayRomaniaSingaporeSouth KoreaSwitzerlandUnites States of America
Federated States of MicronesiaFranceGermanyIrelandItalyMexico
Shopping List25,800 bottles of Mountain Valley Spring Water
20,000 lbs of Kold Draft Ice
9,258 bottles of spirits
2,900 limes
2,660 lemons
2016 Dame Hall of Fame® InducteesLaura Cullen
VP / Sales Manager Pacific Wines and Spirits San Francisco, California
Cris Dehlavi Head Bartender M Restaurant and Bar
Cocktail Apprentice Program Manager, Columbus, Ohio
Lauren Mote Co-Owner & Operator Bittered Sling Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Angie Salame CEO of Drink Company
Washington, District of Columbia
Pioneer Award Recipient: Audrey Saunders
Proprietor & Beverage Director Pegu ClubNew York, New York
Tales of the Cocktail® Ambassadors
Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon
Agostino Perrone
A selection of 2016 Spirited Awards® Recipients
Best American Cocktail BarSmuggler’s Cove (San Francisco)
Best New American Cocktail BarSweet Liberty (Miami Beach)
Best International Bar TeamAmerican Bar at the Savoy (London)
Best International Cocktail Bar Happiness Forgets (London)
Best New Cocktail & Bartending BookThe Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual: Secret Recipes and Barroom Tales
from Two Belfast Boys Who Conquered the Cocktail World by Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry and Ben Schaffer
World’s Best Cocktail Bar The Connaught Bar at the Connaught (London)
Top 5 Sellers at Octavia Books1.Bitterman’s Field Guide to Bitters and Amari by Mark Bitterman
4.Cannabis Cocktails, Mocktails and Tonics:
The Art of Spirited Drinks and Buzz-Worthy Libations by Warren Bobrow
2.Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails,
Rum, and the Cult of Tiki by Martin Cate and Rebecca Cate
5.Cocktails on Tap: The Art of Mixing Spirits and Beer by Jacob Grier
3.The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual: Secret Recipes and Barroom Tales from Two Belfast Boys Who Conquered the Cocktail World by Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry and Ben Schaffer
Top 5 Selling Bitters in the Bitters Market(34 Suppliers & 189 Flavors)
1.Peychaud’s
Aromatic Bitters
3.Wild Hibiscus Flower Co.
b’Lure Butterfly Pea Flower Extract
2.Peychaud’s
Barrel Aged Bitters
4.Suze Bitters Red Aromatic Bitters
5.Bittered Sling Bitters
Gift Pack
Save the Date
Tales of the Toddy®December 8, 2016
Tales on Tour EdinburghApril 1 - 4, 2017
Tales of the Cocktail®July 18 - 23, 2017
Daiquiri SeasonSeptember 1 - 30, 2017