MAIN RULES

• Respect the official Sponsor List
• The Competitor present in the Uniform of the Company who she´s working for or dress code Black & Gold .
The uniform and bar equipment must not carry any spirits industry branding unless it is an official
– only in the event of non-availability by the sponsors may the participant use another product that is not on the list of sponsors
• Homemade Syrups are not allowed
• Homemade ingredient (except of Syrup) is allowed
– only one homemade ingredient is allowed, with a max. quantity of 2 cl
– this ingredient must be professionally labeled and in an anonymous Bottle
– all ingredients of the homemade ingredient must be named and exactly how it was produced (maceration, infusion, etc…)
• Homemade Ice cubes or special Ice forms are allowed, must be brought by yourself and you are responsible for proper storage on site
• Airs, Foams, Spherications, are allowed but needed to prepare in the preparation room & must be explained
• You are responsible of all your fresh fruits you need
• Drink names including rude, shocking, sexual, racist words, words with narcotics and alluding to physical diseases or disabilities, are prohibited

ABOUT COMPETITION

• The Participants must prepare 4 identical portions. 3 for the judges, one for the photo
• using products from the official IBC sponsor list of the International Bar Lady Competition is mandatory
• there will be Competitors working on stage at the same time and presenting their creation, remember to have a story behind your cocktail.

Written test in English; The finalists take a test on specialist knowledge about the bar and spirits

• Time in preparation room is 20 Minutes
• Time on stage is 2 min for set-up and 10 min for Preparation & Presentation
• Time on stage will be stopped by clock

FINAL
The best 5 finalists face a black box task. They have 30 minutes to create a completely new Drink / Cocktail from a basket of spirits, liqueurs, syrups, herbs, non-alcoholic ingredients and other foodstuffs defined by the organizer. Participants may only take their bar equipment with them and nothing else. All ingredients, garnish and/or decoration elements MUST come out from the black box. Using your own glasses is allowed.
* No minimum or maximum ingredients, do whatever you like
* max. 7 cl Alcohol
* no mocktails are allowed
• A technical judge enters their score to the scoring sheet. Points are deducted based on the Technical Judge’s observation. The remaining points will be the final score for the technical performance
• At the end of the performance, each tasting judge will give his personal unquestionable opinion, carefully evaluating each item that is marked on the sheet
• The judging forms will be collected by the secretary, who will make the final calculations considering the results already obtained by the competitors

• After the finals is the award giving ceremony with:
– Certificate for all Participants
– Award Classic Category
– Award National Category
– Award Latino Style Category
– Award Long Drink
– Award Sparkling Category
– Award Barlady of the Year