Launched in 2023, the Cocktail Report captures an annual picture of which classic cocktails are most popular in the world’s most influential and respected bars. The 100-strong invitation-only panel rotates each year and features bars that have appeared in recent additions of The World’s 50 Best Bars, Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirited Awards, Top 500 Bars, and regional awards such as North America and Asia’s 50 Best Bars and the Mixology Bar Awards (which cater to the German-speaking world); and countrywide awards: the Class Bar Awards, Australian Bartender Awards and the Time Out Awards from various markets around the world. We ask each bar to name their top 10 bestselling classic cocktails to give a snapshot of the moving fashions in top-end bars.

The Cocktail Report 2026

The bestselling classic cocktails at the world’s best bars 2026

Also featured in this year’s report are recipes for those bestselling classics from those award-winning bars.

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