Hilton barman Damian Muscat placed second at the International Bartenders Association World Cocktail Championship in Warsaw, Poland.
Using his original recipe ‘Highway to Heaven’, Muscat won the silver medal in the Fancy category. He was also proclaimed the overall silver medallist.
Fifty seven countries participated. The overall winner was Takafumi Yamada of Japan.
Muscat was accompanied by a delegation from the Maltese Bartenders Guild, including its president Joe Farrugia and Manwel Magro.