Who can participate?

You are a Canadian resident aged 19 and over;

You must work in a Canadian professional establishment (an hotel, restaurant or bar);

You cannot be a direct partner, a supplier or an employee of NOA or Monsieur Cocktail inc.;

You must meet all the following registration criterias and answer to all mandatory questions of the submission form.

is this comp a popularity contest?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

We will not ask you to post your recipe on social media, nor ask of you that you shoot a video of you and your cocktail.

Everything will be submitted in a anonymous online form and the initial panel of judges will not know the identity of the bar/restaurant and the bartender when they will evaluate your cocktail submission.

There will be no points for the quality of the picture you submitted for your entry.

There will be no points for posts, shares or likes, though you are allowed to post your cocktail online if you want to share it with your followers and are proud of your work.

At any given time before, during and after the competition (except for competition related posts and video recaps), we will ask your permission to use your recipe, your cocktail photo or your pictures in all other contexts.

Your recipe is yours and yours alone, and we do not reserve the right to use it on our end, though we may ask permission in the future for special projects if the case arises.
 

Registration criterias

The non-alcoholic cocktail submitted will respect the following criterias :

1. Use a minimum of 1,5 oz (45 ml) of one or a combination of NOA’s products;

2. Develop and use a minimum of one homemade ingredient inspired by Canadian terroir (fermentation, infusion, tincture, solution, bitter, etc…);

3. The cocktail contains a maximum of six (6) ingredients (the garnish does not count toward this limit);  
(For example, (1) NOA spirit - amaro + (1) NOA spirit - dry gin + (1) homemade ingredient + (1) lemon juice + (1) cocktail bitters + (1) soda.)

4. The cocktail must be non-alcoholic (less than 0,5% abv).

If one of those four (4) rules are not respected, the contestant will be automatically disqualified.

Judging criterias

These criterias are for the original online submissions only. The regional and national finals will use a different evaluation sheet that take into account the tasting of the cocktail.

The judging criterias for the regional and national finales will be communicated with the finalists weeks in advance.

INSPIRATION AND STORY - 20 points

(10) The inspiration and the story behind the cocktail brings creativity to the non-alc category and inspire bartenders to use and promote their terroir

(10) The inspiration behind the cocktail bring the NOA spirit(s) forward and explain why they spark creativity in their craft

THE COCKTAIL - 60 points

(20) The visual components of the cocktail (the glass, the ice, the garnish, the look)

(20) The ingredient list and their quantity show a balance in acidity, taste and texture

(10) How the use of NOA product(s) bring something solid to the cocktail proposition

(10) Originality of the cocktail overall, and how it pushes the non-alc category in a novel direction

HOMEMADE INGREDIENT - 20 points

(10) The homemade ingredient has a purpose in the cocktail, and it’s presence contribute to its function (texture, complexity, balance or taste)

(10) Originality of the homemade ingredient

TOTAL : 100 points

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* All communication will be held via email and will not be public. During submission, we will ask for your personal and restaurant IG account only in order to tag you if you are one of our finalists. If you do not have an account or you do not wish to share it with us, please simply enter "N/A" in the form questions, and we will communicate with you only by email.