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CONTENTS

CONTENTS

5HOWWEDIDIT

6DEFININGACLASSIC

9BESTSELLINGCLASSICS

32UNDERTHENUMBERS

36BESTSELLINGSPIRITS

38THELISTATAGLANCE

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EDITOR

AGAINSTTHEFANTASTICALnatureof

today’smenus,youcouldeasilyunderestimatethe

importanceofclassiccocktailsinthemodernbar.

esetime-honouredrecipesmightnotbewhat

moderncocktailcultureissoldon,buttheycertainlymakeupasigniicantchunkofitssales.

Butclassicsarejustclassics,right?Notnew,not

novel,justaconstant.Well,notentirelyso.Look

closelyandthissupposedlyfrozenlandscapeis

actuallymoving–bothintermsofwhatcocktailsareconsideredclassics,theclassicsthatareinfashion,andthewaytheyaremadetoo.

Andthat’swhereDrinksInternational’sCocktailReportcomesin.We’vesurveyedtheworld’sbestbars(moreonthemethodologyonp5)toindoutwhichclassicsbarsareservingrightnow.Andifthat’s

usefulinformationtobartenders,baroperatorsandbrands,we’realsoabletoshowyouhowit’schanged.We’vebeentrackingcocktail-makingbehaviourattheworld’sbestbarsforthebestpartofadecade.

Inthattime,we’veseenhowtheOldFashioned

hasmadewayfortheNegroniasthemost-made

cocktailintheworld’sbestbars.We’veobservedtherecentmeteoricrisesofcocktailssuchastheEspressoMartiniandPaloma.

Astrendsmovetolighterserves,wecanseehowstirred-down-and-brownclassicsaren’taspopularastheyoncewere,butalsohowtheseboozyfavouritesarefarmorepopularthantoday’strendanalysis

mighthaveyoubelieve.Whenonetrendmakes

landing,theexistingtrenddoesn’timmediately

disappear.Moreonthechangingworldofclassicsonp6andananalysisofthisyear’slistonp34.

eCocktailReportdoesn’tendthere.Wealso

delveintothemost-usedspirits