World's 50 Best Bars Brands Report: Brands in cocktails

Published:  11 February, 2014

For the latest instalment of the Brands Report, we quizzed the class of 2013 on the brands they use in cocktails. 

We polled 100 of the top 250 bars that recieved votes in our World’s 50 Best Bars 2013 survey.

We asked which are the best sellers and which brands are catching the imaginations of consumers for the trending list.

Don't forget to check out the results for gin, vodka, rum, Tequila, liqueurs/bitters, Scotch, World Whiskies, Brandy, aperitifs, digestifs,Champagne, beer and cocktails.

Creating new cocktails is part and parcel of being a top bartender, and so is mastering popular and classic drinks.Consumers are comforted by the familiar and the Dry Martini, Mojito, Margarita and Cosmopolitan are like old friends.

As with most cocktails there is more than one story about their creation – just ask Google. The Cosmo is the baby on the list, said to have been created in the 1980s by Miami-based bartender Cheryl Cook.