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Many warm thanks to our Sponsors and Media Partners for their ongoing generosity. If you are in the Licensing Trade, get more information about their products and service by contacting them through their links below.

Sponsoring this world class awards program like the Bar of the Year Awards will provide your business with a cost effective way to reach your target audience and engage directly with your customers and consumers. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to showcase your products, elevate your brand perception with consumers and create an activation that wow the hospitality industry.

For more information on how you can sponsor the Bar of the Year Awards, contact:
Trish Murphy, Sales and Sponsorship Director, Licensing World Phone: 0868379246 or email trish.murphy@ashvillemediagroup.com

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Sponsors.

Excel Recruitment

Proudly Sponsoring Visitor Attraction of the Year

Excel is an award-winning and leading recruitment agency which holds a database of over 1,000 clients, 85,000 candidates and a team of over 80 expert recruiters. With five offices located in Dublin, Kildare, Cork, Galway and Belfast, Excel has rapidly become the largest hospitality recruitment firm in Ireland.

Operating in the areas of both temporary and permanent employment, we can recruit chefs, bar, and waiting staff nationwide. Our team of highly skilled consultants have a wealth of experience from years of working in a variety of diverse hospitality professions. All of our recruiters come from the industries in which they specialise, and we conduct a number of hospitality upskilling courses which are available through our sister companies Future Proof Training and the Irish Barista Academy.

These courses provide the highest level of in-depth training based on decades of experience in the hospitality sector. Our professional service team can hire & train your staff to the highest standards based on the needs and style of your establishment. The success of our company is a reflection of the quality and capability of our people and how they adapt to our clients ever-changing needs. Ultimately, Our role is to help you excel.

Roku Gin

Proudly Sponsoring Outside Space of the Year

Roku – The Japanese Craft Gin

Sakura flower, Sakura leaf, Yuzu peel, Sencha tea, Gyokuro tea and Sanshō pepper: Six Japanese botanicals cultivated over four seasons, carefully selected to create Roku, Japan’s authentic craft gin. Each botanical has been harvested at the peak of its season to extract the best flavour, then distilled to fully embody the blessings of nature. The harvest of the four seasons has been blended to create Roku’s balanced flavour.

Schweppes

Proudly Sponsoring City Bar of the Year

Schweppes was founded in 1783 by Jacob Schweppes. He invented the first ever
process of capturing bubbles, and from this carbonation system, Schweppes Soda water
was born – the world’s first ever soft drink.

Thanks to Jacob we have been enjoying the superior taste of Schweppes mixers for over
200 years and is the No1 branded mixer in Ireland enjoyed with and without alcohol.
With consumers increasingly looking for flavoured mixer options, which deliver on taste
and fizz, Schweppes has the perfect range to meet this demand. The Schweppes 200ml
range is available in Tonic Water, Slimline Tonic Water, Elderflower Slimline Tonic Water,
Soda Water, Pink Soda Water, Ginger Ale & Lemonade.

Sky

Proudly Sponsoring Best Bar To Watch The Match

Sky is the leading provider of entertainment and communication services which is built on over 30 years of market transformation and innovation.

Sky Business is the business-to-business division of Sky, providing a wide variety of commercial premises across the UK and ROI, by connecting and entertaining millions of people every day – from unmissable live sport, unrivalled entertainment and breaking news, to the best drama and comedy, documentaries and films.

Tia Maria

Proudly Sponsoring Hotel Bar of the Year

Tia Maria dates back to the mid-17th Century when a beautiful young Spanish aristocrat fled the turmoil that colonial war brought to the island of Jamaica. Her maid saved one family treasure, a small jewellery box with black pearl earrings and an ancient manuscript with the recipe for a mysterious liqueur. The recipe was named after the courageous woman. Tia Maria was born. The recipe lay dormant for many years before being rediscovered in the 1940s by Dr Kenneth Leigh Evans who began to produce and market it. From this day forward Tia Maria has been a favourite for coffee cocktail lovers the world over and it was even used in the very first Espresso Martini recipe over 40 years ago.

Tia Maria is a sweet liqueur with a strong coffee character and a complex aromatic structure. Made with Madagascar vanilla, Jamaican rum, and 100 percent Arabica coffee, Tia Maria has a classic roasted, full-bodied, and rich taste. An exclusive cold brew extraction process gives it its distinctive intense coffee aroma, which is followed by notes of chocolate and pipe tobacco, caramelised cane sugar and vanilla.

Click Here to learn how to make the perfect Espresso Martini!

Cointreau

Proudly Sponsoring Outstanding Customer Service Award

A key ingredient in some of the worlds most famous cocktails, Cointreau has unmistakable individuality. The unique orange liqueur is produced according to a secret recipe that has remained unchanged for 150 years.

Originating from France, Cointreau is produced from sweet and bitter orange peels to create a crystal-clear premium spirit.

However you drink it, Cointreau promises a fascinating journey of the senses. Take the trip and discover for yourself the subtle aromas of sweet and bitter oranges, the refreshing bite of ice and the smouldering chemistry of them combined.

The London Essence Company

Proudly Sponsoring Five Star Hotel Bar of the Year

Introducing the London Essence Company, a collection of exquisite mixers from distilled botanical essences.
At the London Essence Company, we continue a tradition established towards the end of the 19th century. Inspired by our predecessors, we are specialists in the art and alchemy of taste. Distilling the true flavour of fine fruits and botanicals, we carefully calibrate mixers of rare quality. Each contains a distilled botanical essence delivering aromatic signature notes. Acknowledging our secondary, supporting role, we aim to flatter the all-important spirit. To celebrate the complexity of premium spirits, our range of mixers is designed to bring out the best in particular gins, vodkas and dark spirits. In this way, we spark the sense of occasion when spirits and mixers – and people – come together.
We select the finest botanicals and gently distill them to capture their true essence, and so create drinks with the purest flavours. This enables us to craft an elegant collection, always light in sugar and low in calories, enabling premium spirits to shine through. A breadth of range designed with champagne style bubbles, to entice the palate and deliver versatility in drinks creation.

Maker's Mark

Proudly Sponsoring Cocktail Bar of the Year

The Number 1 Bestselling American Whiskey Brand in Drinks International Annual Brands Report 2023

This one changed the way we think of bourbon, all because one man changed the way he thought about making it. Bill Samuels, Sr., simply wanted a whisky he would enjoy drinking. Never bitter or sharp, Maker’s Mark® is made with soft red winter wheat, instead of the usual rye, for a one-of-a-kind, full-flavored bourbon that’s easy to drink. To ensure consistency, we rotate every barrel by hand and age our bourbon to taste, not time. Each and every bottle of Maker’s® is still hand-dipped in our signature red wax at our distillery in Loretto, Ky., just like Bill, Sr., would have wanted.

Classic Drinks

Proudly Sponsoring Gastro Bar of the Year

It’s been nearly two decades since we began our journey as Classic Drinks – driven by a desire to pair great wine with top-class service for our customers. And while so much has changed since then, we are still dedicated to supporting our customers in the hospitality sector whose passion for great service is recognised throughout the world.

Roe & Co

Proudly Sponsoring Whiskey Bar of the Year

Roe & Co is a new premium Blended Irish Whiskey, named in honour of George Roe, a true pioneer of Irish Whiskey. Refined, elegant, and with remarkable depth, a masterful blend of rich malt whiskey and the smoothest of grain whiskey aged in bourbon casks.

O'Drsicolls Irish Whiskey

Proudly Sponsoring Innovative Bar of the Year

O’Driscoll’s Irish Whiskey is a Pitch Perfect Irish whiskey, for people who always seek the best.

O’Driscoll’s is a beautifully blended Irish Whiskey and is currently the only Irish owned Irish Whiskey in the standard blend category. Inspired by Michael Stafford’s Grandfather Diarmuid O’Driscoll the O’Driscoll’s were a famous pirate clan from Baltimore, West Cork.

Madri

Proudly Sponsoring Bar Manger of the Year

Madrí Excepcional is a World Beer with a difference. El Alma de Madrid or The Soul of Madrid is in all of us. It’s a movement. It’s the life that happens in between the hands of a moving clock.

It’s how you “movida” to the rhythm of life. From Molson Coors, developed in collaboration with the La Sagra brewery in Toledo, Madrí is the traditional way of pronouncing Madrid. La Sagra doesn’t have hundreds of years of brewing history, nor a family tradition in beer. What they have is a young, innovative brewery, that do things different and inspire others to do the same.

Join us at madriexcepcional.com.

Musgrave Marketplace

Proudly Sponsoring Late Night Bar of the Year

The Musgrave MarketPlace On-Trade beverage team was formed in 2021 in response to customer demand for a one-stop-shop for all their On-Trade needs.  The company has invested in additional resources across the business to service On-Trade customers.  From Beer, Premium Spirits, and an exclusive On Trade Wine range, to Soft Drinks, Equipment, and Snacks; we are making business easier by having everything in one place. Offering support on industry trends like cocktails and premiumisation, as well as advice and expertise, our highly experienced team has over 300 years combined experience in the on-trade.

The company has invested in new trucks and recruited drivers across its nationwide branch network to form part of the dedicated team to service on-trade customers. For their convenience, Musgrave MarketPlace customers can also shop via click and collect or get a top up shop using their account in their local Musgrave MarketPlace branch, which is open 7 days a week.

One of the teams’ areas of expertise is Wine, with Wine Specialist Conor O’Brien on hand to support customers. The team are passionate about working with customers, and we will work closely with you to create a tailored solution to grow your wine business, and can provide one-on-one wine tasting sessions, wine menu development and training for staff.

Disaronno

Proudly Sponsoring Best Newcomer

The World’s Favourite Italian Liqueur Disaronno is an Italian style icon: smooth taste, unmistakable aroma, unique and distinctive design of the bottle, original square cap and the golden label that adds a sense of contemporary elegance and style.

Disaronno’s style enhances the pleasure of sharing moments together. Disaronno is the proud ambassador of the ENDLESS DOLCEVITA, telling a story through the iconic postcards of the Italian beauty, thanks to a new world of reference. La Dolce Vita, the endless pursuit of pleasure, is an attitude, a lifestyle ascribed to the Italians.

The “contemporary dolce vita” lifestyle is full of worldly immersive pleasures. Nowadays it is suspended between the new and the ancient, tradition and contemporary. Disaronno captures the senses with its amber colour, rich aroma and incomparable taste which has made it the world’s favourite Italian liqueur.

Key cocktails include the Disaronno Sour, the Irish Godfather and the Disaronno Fizz. View all recipes here: Mix with style – Disaronno

New Payment Innovation

Proudly Sponsoring Outstanding Customer Service

New Payment Innovation (NPI) is a leading Irish provider of payment services. Proudly a Guaranteed Irish business, our multifaceted team focuses on the development, marketing, sales, and customer service of innovative card payment solutions, tailored specifically to cater to diverse business requirements.

At NPI, we understand that the heart of any successful business is its ability to offer seamless payment experiences. That’s why we take pride in delivering a diverse range of payment solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of your business. Whether you operate Face to Face, Online, Over the phone, or require fully integrated EPOS payment options, we have you covered!

With NPI, you can bid farewell to cumbersome payment processes and embrace a new era of efficiency and convenience. Our advanced technologies ensure secure and lightning-fast transactions, allowing you to focus on what truly matters – your customers.
Join the ranks of thriving businesses that have already benefited from partnering with NPI. As pioneers in the payment industry, we remain dedicated to staying ahead of the curve, providing you with unparalleled support and innovation.