Aidan Beaumont, from Leeds-based bar group Arc Inspirations won the title following an impressive performance at the 2024 Classic Cocktail Competition. Advertisement Advertisement The bartender, among the country’s best, was given a task to put his own unique twist on six classic cocktails including a negroni, margarita, long island iced tea, classic highball, old fashioned and pornstar martini. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
If you’d like to receive more stories like this and the latest news from Leeds, click here to subscribe to our free daily newsletter. Recalling the event on Local TV , Aidan said: “I came out on top in two of the categories, so I won Pornstar of the Year and Negroni of the Year, and then my overall score across all six drinks got me the top prize.” Advertisement Advertisement He continued: “The reaction that I had on the day from the judges was brilliant, of people coming up to me saying that [the drinks] were really well-made and I should be proud of them anyway.
Going into it, that was all I really wanted. “I wanted someone to come up to me at some point and say, I really liked your drink because then that whole process of creating them didn't go to waste.” Aidan oversees all aspects of cocktail creation and drink quality across Arc Inspiration’s Manahatta , .