- Every year the New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society holds a premier cocktail festival — called the "Tales of the Cocktail" — to determine the best bars, bartenders, and products in the business.It's basically a five-day schmooze-fest, "education event," and showcase for the brightest minds in the business, from bar owners to mixologists.So they know their stuff.This year they handed out awards for categories ranging from World's Best Drink Selection to Best American Hotel Bar.We've collected those winners for you here, so check out their offerings for yourself.
Best International Hotel Bar: The Artesian at the Langham
Where is it: LondonCocktails that caught our eye:- Langham Martini (Tanqueray No, Ten, Artesian Vermouth); Between the Sheets (Remy Martin VSOP, Plantation 3 Stars, Triple sec, lemon)
- Love & Death (Bulleit Rye, Verjus, vermouth, bitters)
- What is Agugu?! (Don Julio, mezcal, chipotle, xocolatl, Golden Nugget)
Price range: $14.22 to $27.60 (£8.50 to £16.50)Best International Restaurant Bar: The Bon Vivant
Where is it: Edinburgh, ScotlandCocktails that caught our eye:- The Front Page Cocktail (Buffalo Trace Bourbon, Campari, Créme de Cacao, amaro, chocolate)
- Death Lends A Hand (RinQuinQuin Peach Aperitif, Orange Colombo Aperitif, Peychaud's Bitters, Champagne)
- A Woman of Paris (Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth, Kirsch, Kümmel, homemade Grenadine)
- The Forgotten Diaspora (Monkey Shoulder Whiskey, Myers's Rum, Amer Picon, Cocchi Americano)
Price range: $10.04 to $14.22 (£6 to £8.50)Best International High-Volume Cocktail Bar: Schumann's
Where is it: MunichCocktails 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: LondonCocktails that caught our eye:- Lyan Club Cocktail (Mr Lyan Gin, tumeric and red apple shrub, soda)
- Lada Lada (Tequila, smoke, elderflower, lager syrup)
- Moby Dick Sazerac (Mr Lyan Rye, Peychaud's Bitters, ambergris, absinthe rice)
Prices: $10.04 to $15.06 (£6 to £9)Best International Cocktail Bar: 28 HongKong Street
Where is it: SingaporeCocktails that caught our eye:- Whore's Bath (42 Below Manuka Honey vodka, Umeshu plum wine, fresh lemon, pear liquor)
- Corpse Reviver #2 (Lillet Blanc, Cointreau, lemon, absinthe)
Price range: $18 to $19 (but no menu on their official site)World's Best Cocktail Menu: The Aviary
Where is it: ChicagoCocktails that caught our eyes:- El Diablo (Créme de cassis, ginger beer, tequila)
- Truffle (campari, sweet vermouth, gin)
- Ginger (Peychaud's Bitters, shiso, fingerlime, vodka)
Prices: $14 to $28World's Best Drinks Selection: The Dead Rabbit
Where is it: New York CityCocktails 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: $14Best American Bar Team: Trick Dog
Where is it: San FranciscoCocktails 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: $12Best American Hotel Bar: Clyde Common
Where is it: Portland, OregonCocktails 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 to $12Best American Restaurant Bar: The NoMad
Where is it: New York City
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, grapefruit bitters)
Price: $8 to $16Best American High-Volume Cocktail Bar: Polite Provisions
Where is it: San DiegoCocktails 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, cinnamon)
- Casual Encounter (London dry gin, organic strawberries, housemade rose petal soda)
Prices: $8 to $10Best New American Cocktail Bar: Three Dots and a Dash
Where is it: ChicagoCocktails 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, Angostura bitters)
Price range: $13Best American Cocktail Bar: The Dead Rabbit
Where is it: New York CityCocktails 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: $14World's Best Bar: The Artesian at the Langham
Where is it: LondonCocktails 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 to $27.60 (£8.50 to £16.50)But if you're looking for something a little less high-end, you can check out ...
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/cocktail-2014-spirited-award-winners-2014-8?op=1#ixzz3ArkS0YYf
2014/08/19
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