HOME IS WHERE THE BAR IS

VIRTUAL BARTENDER COMPETITION

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Please Join Us for the Home is Where the Bar Is Cocktail Competition - April 21, 2020

Eastside Distilling and its portfolio of brands want to give back to our friends in the hospitality and service industry with a 3-week cocktail competition. Each week, entrants will have a chance to win $250 cash. A winner will be chosen each week by Eastside’s panel of judges.

At the end of 3 weeks, Eastside will choose the Grand Prize Winner from the 3 semi-finalists to receive another $250. The Grand Prize Winner will be the People's Choice Winner, with audience members voting on their favorite cocktails on the Eastside Distilling Instagram page.

In the spirit of giving back, the Grand Prize Winner will also have the opportunity to choose one of the non-profits below for Eastside to make a donation to in the winner’s name.

How to Enter

  1. Create a cocktail with a qualifying Eastside Product

  2. Record a video (spoken, graphics, get creative!) of yourself making the cocktail*

    • Must include recipe

    • Mention where you work and general location

    • Post video on Instagram

  3. TAG @eastsidedistilling and include the hashtag #HomeIsWhereTheBarIs in your 1-minute-or-less video and make sure to set your profile to “public”

  4. Weekly Deadlines:

    • Week 1: Monday, 4/27

    • Week 2: Monday, 5/4

    • Week 3: Monday, 5/11

  5. Winners announced every Tuesday (4/28, 5/5, 5/12); Grand Prize Winner announced Friday, 5/15.

Cocktail Requirements

  • The cocktail creation must include a minimum of 30 ml or 1 oz. of one of the participating Eastside Distilling brands, including Azuñia Tequila, Burnside Whiskey, Hue-Hue-Coffee Rum, Portland Potato Vodka, or Redneck Riviera Whiskey.

  • Bartenders may use multiple brands.

  • The cocktail creation shall contain no more than 5 ingredients – Excluding garnish, sprays, and zests.

  • Cocktail recipes using readily available ingredients, commonly found at home are preferred.

  • Cocktail recipes including a “homemade ingredient” can be used but the recipe of the “homemade ingredient” must be included. Please consider that an easily executed “homemade ingredient” is preferred.

  • Hot cocktails and shooters are not permitted.

  • Cocktail names using rude, lurid, sexual words or associated with narcotics or engine vehicles is not permitted.

  • You can enter a recipe for each brand, each week, but once you become a weekly semi-finalist you cannot enter again.

  • Each week, one (1) cocktail will be chosen from all submissions.

  • Video must be 1 minute or less to be considered.

  • Entries must be submitted by Monday at 11:59pm EST

Approved Non-Profits for Donation:

Another Round, Another Rally

Core Gives

The James Beard Foundation Food and Beverage Industry Relief Fund

World Central Kitchen

USBG National Charity Foundation

Judging Criteria:

Tier One (to qualify)

  • Does the Video fit w/in the 60-second time limit? Yes/No

  • Does the cocktail recipe include at least one of the qualifying spirits? Yes/No

  • Does the cocktail contain 5 or fewer ingredients? Yes/No

  • Are any copyrighted materials used in the Video? Yes/No

  • Is any portion of the Video inappropriate? Yes/No

Tier Two (to judge; up to 12 points)

Cocktail/Appearance

  • 4 Points Cocktail is original, creative, and unique. All neat and controlled pours. Impressive garnish/glassware game. Little details considered.

  • 3 Points Cocktail has some original thought and is moderately creative. Some neat and controlled pours. Bringing some garnish/glassware game.

  • 2 Points Cocktail has little innovative thinking. Some sloppy pour or messy presentation. Not much or nothing on the garnish front.

  • 1 Point Cocktail has no creative thinking for recipe or presentation.

Creativity/Originality

  • 4 Points Video is original, creative, and unique.

  • 3 Points Video has some original thought and is moderately creative.

  • 2 Points Video has little original thinking.

  • 1 Point Video has no original thinking.

Production

  • 4 Points Video is well planned with smooth transitions and edits. Sound is expertly balanced and easy to hear. All sound and visual elements coincide with the Video’s message.

  • 3 Points Video is well planned with competent edits. Sound is well balanced and easy to hear. Most sound and visual elements blend with Video’s message.

  • 2 Points Video was somewhat planned. Transitions and edits are rudimentary. Sound is reasonably balanced. Some sound and visual elements are distracting.

  • Point Video is not well planned and has poor edits. Sound is of poor quality. Many sound and visual elements distract from the Video’s message.

Grand Prize Winner Selection:

During the final round, the 3 semi-finalists’s submissions will be put to the test by the people. The 3 semi-finalists’ videos will be reposted to Eastside’s Instagram profile on Wednesday, May 13th and will be ranked (3,2,1) based on the number of Views. The video with the most views on Friday, 5/15 will be declared the Grand Prize Winner.

OFFICIAL RULES - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.  OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE CONTIGUOUS 48 UNITED STATES AND D.C., 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. VOID IN ALASKA, HAWAII, AND WHERE PROHIBITED.

1. How to Enter: Beginning at 11:01 a.m. Pacific Time (“ET”) on April 21, 2020 until 11:59 p.m. PT on May 15, 2020 (the “Promotion Period”), you may enter the “Home is Where the Bar Is Bartender Competition” (the “Promotion”) by visiting the Eastside Distilling Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/eastsidedistilling/) (“Eastside Instagram”) and following the rules outlined in the official competition post. Incorrect and incomplete entries are void. These official rules are also available on https://www.eastsidedistilling.com/ (“the Website”.)  

All entries must be received by the end of the Promotion Period to be valid. There is no limit on the number of times a person may enter. For purposes of this Competition, a “day” begins at 12:00 a.m. PT and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT unless specified otherwise.  Potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized Instagram account holders.

2. Eligibility: This Promotion is open only to legal residents of the contiguous 48 United States and D.C. who are 21 years of age or older as of the Promotion start date, except employees and members of their households and immediate families (spouses, parents, siblings, children and each of their respective spouses) of the Promotion Entities (as defined below) and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their advertising and promotion agencies and all local sponsors. Void in Alaska, Hawaii, and where prohibited.

3. Privacy:  Any information you submit as part of the Promotion will be treated in accordance with the Privacy Policy. Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes your consent to Sponsor's use of your name, likeness, entry, and state of residence for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration.

4. Limitations of Liability:  Eastside Distilling (“Sponsor”) and other participating sponsors (collectively with Sponsor, the “Promotion Entities”) their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, parent, advertising and promotion agencies, and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents, and any and all Internet servers and access provider(s) are not responsible for: any incorrect or inaccurate entry information; human error; technical malfunctions; failures, omission, interruption, deletion, or defect of any telephone network, computer online systems, computer equipment, server providers, or software, including any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Promotion; inability to access the Website or Instagram application; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries; transactions that are processed late or incorrectly or are incomplete or lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site; printing or human or other errors; and any entries which are late, lost, incomplete, misdirected, stolen, or any combination thereof. Online submission is not considered proof of delivery or receipt. All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. By entering, you agree to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Promotion Entities, and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, their respective representatives and agents, advertising and promotion agencies, promotion partners and prize suppliers, and all of their respective affiliated companies, employees, officers, directors and shareholders, from and against all claims and damages or liability arising in connection with your participation and/or entry in the Promotion and/or their receipt or use of any prize awarded in this Promotion or due to any injuries, damages or losses to any person (including death) or property of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any prize or participation in any Promotion-related activity or participation in this Promotion. Any and all warranties and guarantees are subject to the respective manufacturer’s terms. Except where prohibited by law, the winner's entry and acceptance of the prize constitutes permission for the Promotion. No more than the advertised number of prizes will be awarded.  You further understand and agree that all rights under Section 1542 of the Civil Code of California (“Section 1542”) and any similar law of any state or territory of the United States that may be applicable with respect to the foregoing release are hereby expressly and forever waived.  You acknowledge that Section 1542 provides that: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.”  The releases hereunder are intended to apply to all claims not known or suspected to exist with the intent of waiving the effect of laws requiring the intent to release future unknown claims.

5. How Winner will be Determined: The three (3) weekly semi-finalists (the “Semi-Finalists”), and one (1) grand prize winner (the “Grand Prize Winner”) will be selected by the judges (the “Judging Panel”) on the weekly deadlines (April 27th, May 4th, May 11th) for the Semi-Finalists by Eastside Distilling’s Instagram Followers (the “People’s Choice”) on the Promotion deadline (May 15th) for the Grand Prize Winner, and will be contacted by Instagram Direct Message within 3 days of the winner decision being made. Decisions of Sponsor and Judging Panel with respect to Semi-Finalist and Grand Prize Winners and other matters pertaining to the Promotion shall be final. If Sponsor or Administrator is unable to contact the prospective Semi-Finalist and Grand Prize Winners within three (3) days from first notification attempt, his/her prize will be forfeited and an alternate prospective Semi-Finalist or Grand Prize Winner shall be selected.

6. Conditions of Entry: Should the Promotion be terminated prior to the stated expiration date, notice will be posted on the Website and Eastside Instagram profile. CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY YOU TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE THE WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES) FROM YOU TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.

7. Prize: The three (3) weekly Semi-Finalists will receive $250 in Cash; the one (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive $250 cash and the opportunity for the Sponsor to donate $250 to the non-profit of the Grand Prize Winner’s choice, approved by the Sponsor.

The specifics of all aforementioned elements of the Semi-Finalist and Grand Prizes in the Promotion shall be solely determined by Sponsor. All costs, taxes, fees, and expenses associated with any element of the Prizes not specifically addressed above are the sole responsibility of the Winners. All federal, state and local taxes on the Prize are the Winner’s responsibility.

Prize is non-transferable and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute the Prize (or a component thereof) for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason.  Some restrictions may apply.

8. Disputes/Governing Law: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these rules, or the rights and obligations of any entrant or the Promotion Entities in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions which would cause the application or the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Oregon. Any action or litigation concerning this Agreement shall take place exclusively in the federal or state courts sitting in Portland, Oregon, and you expressly consent to the jurisdiction of and venue in such courts and waive all defenses of lack of jurisdiction and inconvenient forum with respect to such courts. Any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. You agree to service of process by mail or other method acceptable under the laws of the State of Oregon. ANY CLAIMS, JUDGMENTS AND/OR AWARDS SHALL BE LIMITED TO ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING THIS PROMOTION. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS OR CLAIMS TO ATTORNEY'S FEES, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ENTRANT, IDENTIFIABLE PERSONS, OR THIRD PARTY PARTICIPANTS, WHETHER FORESEEABLE OR NOT AND WHETHER BASED ON NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE.

10. Sponsor: EASTSIDE DISTILLING, 1001 SOUTHEAST WATER AVENUE, SUITE 390, PORTLAND, OR, 97214

Good luck and may the best bartender win! Follow @EastsideDistilling on Instagram to make sure you don’t miss a thing!