2004
We go back to the year 2004:
In this year the RMS Queen Mary 2, at the time the largest ocean liner ever built, is christened by its namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. 2 of NASA's MER-A (Spirit) and MER-B (Opportunity) spacecrafts lands on the surface of Mars. Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site Facebook (for Harvard University only at this time).
In the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam the 46th Nationale Cocktail Competitie on 26 september were held and on 27 september the 34th Natonale Longdrink Competitie was held: this time both were won by the one and only Mikael Ekman long time NBC member and making him the first ever winner of both Cocktail & Longdrink competition!
1st Prize 46th Nationale Cocktail Competitie 26 september 2004
Wild Flower
1,5cl Nikolski Passion
1,5cl Caram'Bola
1cl Ponch Caballero
0.5cl Monin Mandarine (we prefer Mathieu Teisseire)
2,5cl Riedel DubbelDrank Sinaassappel / Mandarijn
Shake
Garnish with Starfruit, Bayleave, and Cinnamon stick
1st Prize 34th Nationel Longdrink Competitie 27 september 2004
Stargate
3cl Sour Apple Pucker
1cl El Dorado (we prefer Don Papa)
1cl Soho
2cl Monin Canelle (we prefer Mathieu Teissere)
Top up with Hero Apple/Forest Fruit
Shake all except for Hero and top up
Garnish with Apple, Bayleave,, starfruit and cinnamon stick