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Show Us Your Experimental Side! Want to prove you've got the experimental chops to win a trip to Scotland and impress your guests with a serve the likes of which they've never seen? Enter today for your chance to earn the title of the Most Experimental Bartender in the U.S.— and possibly the world! Email ExperimentalBartender@tastingpanelmag.com or head to www.TastingPanelMag.com/ExperimentalBartender for entry guidelines. The timeline for the competition is below: November 1: Entry deadline to have serves confirmed November 1–January 1: Promote your serve at your account for a minimum of 4 weeks January–February 2018: The Tasting Panel and Glenfiddich teams will visit accounts to experience your serves firsthand and find out what the feedback has been like from your customers March 2018: U.S. finals in Scotland November 2018: Global finals in Scotland The Tasting Panel has been inspired by your serves for years now, and we want to offer up some inspiration of our own! Since we oper- ate in the realm of ink and paper, we'll have to get creative, but we are proud to present our serve to you here. Scratch, Sniff and Serve Step 1: Pour a hearty Glencairn of Glenfiddich 18. Step 2: Nose the glass, observing aromas of rich, warm, baked fruit and oak. Step 3: Scratch here. Step 4: Taste the whisky, allowing the enticing scents of cinnamon to mingle with deep, dried fruit flavors. Step 5: Imagine yourself here, claiming the title of Most Experimental Bartender. Step 6: Finish your dram; you've got some experi- menting to do! Step 4: Taste the whisky, allowing claiming the title of