Cocktails were shaken, music was played & memories were made on Wednesday, August 21 at the fourth annual Summer Cocktail Social!

We’d like to take a minute to thank all of the amazing people that came out to the event. Thanks to our co-host Diageo, which included brands like Ketel One Botanicals, Johnnie Walker Black, Captain Morgan Spiced Rum, and Don Julio Blanco Tequila, and to all of the amazing bars and bartenders that participated—we couldn’t have done it without you!

We would especially like to thank all of the talented and creative bartenders for whipping up some absolutely incredible cocktails, including:

a.kitchen+bar - Damian Langaria-Araque
ITV - Maria Polise
R&D - Resa Mueller
Attico - Yuriy Bryhidyr
The Olde Bar - Michael Bryant
Rouge - Kevin Hoagland
Village Whiskey - Frank Pusateri & Tom Foy
Tria Taproom - Michelle Cudia
Alimentari at DiBruno Bros - Andrew Yoast
Bloomsday - Lindsey Evans
Royal Boucherie - Benjamin Pozar 
Alpen Rose - Nathan Weigert
Ranstead Room - Hannah Phillips

We would also like to thank the beautiful Arts Ballroom for hosting and creating the perfect atmosphere for us, the Tom Razler Trio for providing great live music, and thanks to anyone else involved in making it such a great event.

Last but not least, we'd like to thank all of our attendees! Aaron Raysor took incredible shots of the crowd and guests - check our Facebook page for more - and Andrew Gormley created our amazing video recap below.

Photos by Aaron Raysor, Video by Andrew Gormley