Join Mezcal Naran at MercBar for PREPWARS, a mezcal cocktail competition highlighting the best preps in the valley - the unsung heroes of every cocktail bar. They are the folks spending hours slicing the citrus, making syrups, trimming the herbs, juicing and batching the cocktails. Without them those cocktails you love wouldn't be so balanced and Instagramable. Judges will be Rick Phillips, owner of MercBar, Keifer Gilbert, Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame Mixologist and owner of Nerds of a Feather, and cocktail writer Christina Barrueta of WriteOnRubee.com. Cheer on these talented competitors!

Drake Davis of Flint By Baltaire
TJ Riley of Second Story Liquor Bar
Presley Aponte of Maple & Ash Scottsdale
Mike Lopez of Clever Koi
Karim Robles of Century Grand