{"id":21743,"date":"2025-08-24T15:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=21743"},"modified":"2025-08-24T15:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:44:06","slug":"monkey-shoulder-kicks-off-the-8th-edition-of-the-ultimate-bartender-championship-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/?p=21743","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Shoulder Kicks Off the 8th Edition of the Ultimate Bartender Championship in Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monkey Shoulder Kicks Off the 8th Edition of The Ultimate Bartender Championship in Pune\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U1r6dytEWRE?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pune:\u00a0<\/strong>After seven successful editions, Monkey Shoulder, the free- spirited blended malt by William Grant &amp; Sons, kicked off the eighth edition of the &#8216;Ultimate Bartender Championship (UBC). The\u00a0<strong>fifthcity-round\u00a0<\/strong>of this year\u2019s championship took place in\u00a0<strong>Pune<\/strong>, culminating at\u00a0<strong>Pimlico.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250819_134102-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250819_134102-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250819_134102-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250819_134102-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250819_134102.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pune leg saw a high-energy turnout with over&nbsp;<strong>135 talented bartenders<\/strong>&nbsp;showcasing their skill, speed, and craft across five mixology challenges. Despite an&nbsp;<strong>orange alert in Pune due to heavy rains<\/strong>, the community\u2019s unwavering spirit and passion for the craft shone through, underscoring the strong love for the brand. With the Bartender Rumble format, participants were tested on essential bartending skills\u2014from pouring and nosing to mixing techniques, product understanding, and crafting the perfect serve\u2014all designed to evaluate real-world agility and bar expertise. The&nbsp;<strong>top 2 finalists from Pune, Tanish from Cobbler &amp; Crew and Dinesh from Quora,<\/strong>&nbsp;emerged with flying colors and will now compete with other city-round finalists at the India finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, the championship is being&nbsp;<strong>hosted by Pankaj Balachandran<\/strong>, a respected name in India\u2019s bar community and a friend of the brand. Pankaj brings deep industry insight and energy to the UBC stage as this edition\u2019s special guest host.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNskzSiWjBE\/?igsh=MXMwengzMDY4emFjNw==\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNskzSiWjBE\/?igsh=MXMwengzMDY4emFjNw==<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pune:\u00a0After seven successful editions, Monkey Shoulder, the free- spirited blended malt by William Grant &amp; Sons, kicked off the eighth edition of the &#8216;Ultimate Bartender Championship (UBC). The\u00a0fifthcity-round\u00a0of this year\u2019s championship took place in\u00a0Pune, culminating at\u00a0Pimlico. The Pune leg saw a high-energy turnout with over&nbsp;135 talented bartenders&nbsp;showcasing their skill, speed, and craft across five mixology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,56,107,138,24,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drink","category-entertainment","category-hotel","category-india","category-international","category-pune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21746,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21743\/revisions\/21746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesofpowerandvoice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}