Note: Spoilers ahead!

In the last episode of Netflix’s mixology competition show Drink Masters, judge Frankie Solarik crowns the inaugural “Ultimate Drink Master” by saying the winning three-course drink menu came down to “the tiniest of details.” And one contestant got those details just right: D.C. bartender and mixologist Lauren “LP” Paylor O’Brien, who won the new show’s top prize.

While she doesn’t work at one specific bar, O’Brien owns LP Drinks Co., hosting mixology classes, one-on-one trainings, and private events around D.C. and elsewhere. She also advocates for health and wellness for service industry workers through her other company, Focus on Health. O’Brien plans to host pop-up events in D.C. soon, she wrote on her Instagram account.

Upon being named the winner of the $100,000 grand prize, the D.C.-based mixologist was left speechless in the episode — besides letting out a “holy shit” and whispering to herself, “that’s fucking wild.” While she may have been surprised, it’s clear why O’Brien won. She dazzled the judges with her technical abilities and a final dessert cocktail, “A Spoonful of Sugar,” made with date-infused cognac, milk punch, and earl grey dry ice “sugar.” The judges were wowed by the presentation, as well; O’Brien added scented candles and paired the cocktails with mac-n-cheese and Baked Alaska dishes. The judges called her cocktails “elegant” and “delicious.”

“I tried my best to approach creating cocktails for the judges and on television the same exact way that I would take care of a guest at my bar,” she told NBC4 about her Netflix experience.

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This wasn’t her first time in the spotlight. O’Brien was tapped to make craft cocktails for the 2022 Emmy Awards in Hollywood.

Speaking with NBC4’s Tommy McFly, O’Brien said the Netflix win was humbling and that she plans to uplift the entire beverage community with her newfound fame.

“I really want to take this opportunity for folks who look like me to be a bit inspired and know that they can do this as well,” O’Brien said.

D.C. had additional representation on the show with Kapri Robinson, a bartender at Eaton DC‘s speakeasy Allegory. While she was eliminated in the fifth round, Robinson made the region proud by crafting a gin rickey — the “national drink of Washington, D.C.” — on the show. She founded Chocolate City’s Best, a non-profit organization and cocktail competition that promotes hospitality workers of color.

The show’s entire first season is streaming on Netflix now.