14 Bars That Every Cocktail Lover Needs To Visit At Least Once
Best International Hotel Bar: The Artesian at the Langham
Best International Restaurant Bar: The Bon Vivant
Where is it: Edinburgh, Scotland
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- The Front Page Cocktail (Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Campari, Créme de Cacao, Amaro, Chocolate)
- Death Lends A Hand (RinQuinQuin Peach Aperitif, Oragne Colombo Aperitif, Peychaud's Bitters, Champagne)
- A Woman of Paris (Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth, Kirsch, Kümmel, Homemade Grenadine)
- The Forgotten Diaspora (Moneky Shoulder Whiskey, Myers's Rum, Amer Picon, Cocchi Americano)
Price range: $10.04 - $14.22 (£6 - £8.50)
Best International High-Volume Cocktail Bar: Schumann's
Where is it: Munich, Germany
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Swimming Pool (Vodka, light rum, coconut cream, pineapple juice, Blue Curacao) - which was created here
- Flying Kangaroo (similar except Galliano and orange juice, instead of Blue Curacao)
Price range:
Menu not listed online, but reviews say "pricey".
Best New International Cocktail Bar: White Lyan
Where is it: London
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Lyan Club Cocktail (Mr Lyan Gin, tumeric and red apple shrub, soda)
- Lada Lada (Tequila, smoke, elderflower, and lager syrup)
- Moby Dick Sazerac (Mr Lyan Rye, Peychaud's ambergris, absinthe rice)
Prices: $10.04 - $15.06 (£6 - £9)
Best International Cocktail Bar: 28 HongKong Street
Where is it: Singapore.
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Whore's Bath (42 Below Manuka Honey vodka, Ume shu plum wine, fresh lemon, and pear liquor)
- Corpse Reviver #2 (Lillet Blanc, Cointreau, lemon and absinthe)
Price range: $18 - $19 (but no menu on their official site)
World's Best Cocktail Menu: The Aviary
Where is it: Chicago, Illinois
Cocktails that caught our eyes:
- El Diablo (Creme de cassis, ginger beer, tequila)
- Truffle (campari, sweet vermouth, gin)
- Ginger (Peychaud's, shiso, fingerlime, vodka)
Prices: $14 - $28
World's Best Drinks Selection: The Dead Rabbit
Where is it: New York City, New York
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Cross Punch Bowl (pineapple-infused Pisco Portón, lemon, chamomile, nutmeg)
- Childhood Nemesis (Hop-infused dark rum, oloroso sherry, ginger, vanilla, lemon, Dead Rabbit Orinoco Bitters)
- Independence Day (Mordain Poitín, Pernod Absinthe, mint, vanilla, pistachio, eucalyptus, fresh cream)
Price: $14
Best American Bar Team: Trick Dog
Where is it: San Francisco, California
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Mission Dolores (Atlantico white rum, Amaro Montenegro, cocoa butter, basil, plum, lime, tonic)
- City Lights (Ford's gin, Dolin blanc vermouth, Linie aquavit, strawberry, shortbread)Alcatraz (Four Roses small batch bourbon, apple, lavender, kombu, horseradish)
Price range: $12
Best American Hotel Bar: Clyde Common
Where is it: Portland, Oregon
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Old Brixton (Jamaican rum, lime, pineapple, Demerara, grapefruit peel)
- Barrel Aged Negroni (gin, sweet vermouth, Campari, aged for two months in a bourbon whiskey barrel)
Price range: $8-12
Best American Restaurant Bar: The NoMad
Where is it: New York City, New York
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Sons of Liberty (Bourbon, apple brandy, earl grey, luzardo amaro abano, lemon, black pepper)
- Red Light (Nicaraguan rum, aquavit, campari, velvet falernum, vanilla, grapefruit, lime, wormwood bitters)
- All Betz Are Off (London dry gin, black pepper, Demerara, celery bitters and grapefruit bitters)
Price: $8-16
Best American High-Volume Cocktail Bar: Polite Provisions
Where is it: San Diego, California
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Scottish Breakfast (Scotch, apple brandy, cream, maple & cinnamon)
- Rye Maple Fizz (Rye whiskey, fresh lemon juice, maple, bitters, egg white, seltzer and cinnamon)
- Casual Encounter (London dry gin, organic strawberries and housemade rose petal soda)
Prices: $8-10
Best New American Cocktail Bar: Three Dots and a Dash
Where is it: Chicago, Illinois
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Three Dots And A Dash (Aged rhum agricole, Guyanese rum, honey, Falernum, lime, allspice, Angostura bitters)
- Jet Pilot (Dark jamaican rum, Gold Dominican rum, Overproof rum, lime, cinnamon, grapefruit, Falernum, Absinthe, Angostura bitters)
- Don't Touch My Bikini (Genever, coconut, lime, hellfire shrub, Angostrua bitters)
Price range: $13
Best American Cocktail Bar: The Dead Rabbit
Where is it: New York City, New York
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Cross Punch Bowl (pineapple-infused Pisco Portón, lemon, chamomile, nutmeg)
- Childhood Nemesis (Hop-infused dark rum, oloroso sherry, ginger, vanilla, lemon, Dead Rabbit Orinoco Bitters)
- Independence Day (Mordain Poitín, Pernod Absinthe, mint, vanilla, pistachio, eucalyptus, fresh cream)
Price: $14
World's Best Bar: The Artesian at the Langham
Where is it: London
Cocktails that caught our eye:
- Time, Space & Honey (Grey Goose, Parsnip, Honey, Champagne)
- Missionary Downfall (Banks Rum, pineapple, peach, lime, mint, honey)
- Between The Sheets (Remy Martin VSOP, Plantation 3 Stars, Triple Sec, lemon)
Price range: $14.22 - 27.60 (£8.50 - £16.50)
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