Listening to the demands of bartenders, premium mixer brands have become increasingly experimental with their flavour combinations. To reflect this greater variety, the tonic water table of previous reports has been broadened to encompass all mixer brands.

High-end bars rarely allocate bar-top space to draught systems, meaning the bestselling list is a battle of the bottles.

The glow up that the tequila category has undergone in recent years must be the envy of the wider spirit world.

Barsol reigns supreme in the pisco category. The Peruvian brand took a whopping 31% of the first-choice votes and 23% of the top-three pours in the World’s Best Bars.

No brand has had a more dominant performance over the 13 years of the Brands Report than that of Hennessy.

Suntory has ended Nikka’s six-year reign as the most popular world whisky in the Brands Report.

Just as Ketel One was on the precipice of completing the perfect 10, in swoops Grey Goose to snatch the vodka crown.

The previously unassailable Johnnie Walker could be showing signs of weakness, finds Hamish Smith

The growing Irish Whiskey category gets its first page to itself this year. Hamish Smith explains why