Chicago bartenders in 'On the Rocks'

Watch the first of three webisodes of LXTV's bartender competition "On the Rocks" to see two familiar faces: Crimson Lounge's Todd Appel and Mercadito and Double A's Jennifer Contraveos, who is also featured in today's drinking with the pros story.

We're psyched that a quarter of the eight-person cast is from Chicago. The rest of the cast includes three Miami 'tenders and one each from Vegas, L.A. and New York.

The show's first task challenged the contestants to face off creating 8 common cocktails in 6 minutes. Jennifer and Vegas contestant Darby got the short end of the stick, no question, when they randomly drew a lineup of some of the most complicated cocktails in the hat. We'll let you watch to find out what happens.