We’re thrilled to announce the legendary Dale DeGroff will be gracing this year’s Chilled 100 Elevate Event as our esteemed keynote speaker joined by Ted Breaux, world-renowned absinthe expert. Prepare for an unforgettable evening of mixology mastery and inspiration from these industry legends.
Celebrated for sparking the classic cocktail revival in New York’s famous Rainbow Room in the 1990s, Dale DeGroff reinvented the bartending profession, igniting a global cocktail renaissance that continues to this day. Dale’s contributions are credited with two James Beard awards, the Tales of the Cocktail Lifetime Achievement Award, Wine Enthusiast’s 2019 Cocktail Legend Award, and many others.
T.A. (Ted Breaux) is a research scientist and world-renowned absinthe expert, who carefully reverse engineered vintage absinthes. He worked diligently with the TTB to get a 95-year ban lifted, and in 2007, Lucid became the first genuine absinthe to be available in the United States. Distilled in strict accordance with traditional French methods in the historic Combier Distillery in the Loire Valley of France, his award-winning absinthes are made with whole European herbs free of artificial flavors or colors.
Here’s What to Expect from Breaux and DeGroff at ELEVATE:
The evolution of big flavor in American Cocktails and Spirits. Ted and Dale will explore how American palates have changed from simple and sweet mixes of the 90s to strong flavors in classics, tropical drinks, and aperitivo and digestivo that are taking over cocktail hour.
DeGroff and Breaux recently collaborated on a new line of spirits, DeGroff New World Amaro and DeGroff Bitter Aperitivo, produced in partnership with Oregon’s Clear Creek Distillery, a subsidiary of Hood River Distillers. best known for their fruit brandies. DeGroff’s amaro and aperitivo were developed with T.A. Breaux. The elegant 700 ml bottles made by Italian glassmaker Bormioli resemble the “square to round” champagne flutes once used at the Rainbow Room, where DeGroff led the revival of using fresh fruit juices in mixology during the 1980s.
Prepare for an unforgettable evening of mixology mastery and inspiration from these industry legends. Join us in Louisville, this November and ELEVATE your spirits.
ELEVATE Tasting Room and Dinner Sponsorships Still Available!
Opportunities include sponsored brand sections in the tasting room with an opportunity to network with all 150 Chilled 100 ELEVATE attendees.
Seize this exceptional chance to engage in one-on-one networking with some of the industry’s foremost professionals in an ELEVATED setting.
Logo recognition will be featured throughout the event and on all promotional materials as an Official Sponsor.
For more information, contact Jeff Greif at jeff@freeagentmedia.com
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