/R E P E A T -- Media Alert - Media Invited to Mix a Mean Martini Like the
Pros/

TORONTO, July 9 /CNW/ -

    
    What: Beefeater and Plymouth gins are hosting a Gin Symposium in Toronto
    where media can learn alongside some of Canada's best bartenders

    Why: The Gin Symposium features sessions with Beefeater's world-renowned
    Master Distiller Desmond Payne, a global mixologist, among others

    Photo/Interview Opps: Some fabulous cocktails and some serious cocktail
    mixing!

    When: Monday, July 12, 2010 (media can attend full afternoon, or choose
    individual session(s), see below for details)

    Where: Archeo Trattoria, Distillery District, 55 Mill Street, Toronto,
    M5C 3C4

    AGENDA:
    MONDAY, JULY 12, 2010
    12:30 PM SHARP
    Introduction

    12:45 PM
    History of Gin
    Speaker: Desmond Payne, Master Distiller

    1:30 PM
    BREAK

    1:45 PM
    How to Taste
    Speaker: Desmond Payne, Master Distiller, Beefeater

    2:00 PM
    English Gins
    Speaker: Desmond Payne, Master Distiller, Beefeater

    2:30 PM
    Worldly Gins
    Speaker: Desmond Payne, Master Distiller, Beefeater

    3:00 PM
    BREAK

    3:30 PM
    Beefeater Dry Introduction
    Speaker: Dan Warner

    3:35 PM
    Beefeater Dry: Myatt's Mistake & Earl 75

    3:55 PM
    Beefeater Dry: Canadian Cocktails

    4:05 PM
    Beefeater 24 Introduction
    Speaker: Dan Warner

    4:10 PM
    Beefeater 24: Deviation & Oscar Wilde
    Speaker: Nick Strangeway

    4:30 PM
    Beefeater 24: Canadian Cocktails
    Speaker: Ryan Powell

    4:40 PM
    Plymouth Introduction
    Speaker: Dan Warner

    4:45 PM
    Plymouth: Monks Gimlet & Marguerite Cocktail
    Speaker: Nick Strangeway

    5:05 PM
    Plymouth: Canadian Cocktails

    5:15 PM
    Q&A/Conclusion

    5:30 PM
    Break

    6:30 PM
    Dinner

    9:00 PM / TBD
    End
    

For further information: Space is limited. To RSVP or for more information, contact: Laura Cochrane, LexPR Canada, 416-542-9140 x3361 (w), 416-702-9140, [email protected]