Top 10 Cocktail Trends

Top 10 Cocktail Trends

Retro drinks return

The Old-Fashioned, Manhattan, sidecar and other 19th- and 20th-century staples are making a comeback on cocktail lists.

Top 10 Cocktail Trends

Zero waste

There’s a growing movement among bartenders to recycle used citrus halves, fruit pulp, mint stems, avocado pits and other ingredients back into cocktails

Handcrafted elements distinguish the modern cocktail movement.

At this New York City restaurant, the Sufferin Succotash featured coffee grounds steeped in cognac, gin, lime stock and fresh ginger pulp.

Muddled blackberries and pomegranate juice—both high in antioxidants—are the base for the Blackberry Pomegranate Margarita.

To save time and labor, some operators are batching cocktails and serving them on draft from taps similar to those used for beer.

Modern Market makes several cocktails by using its draft beers as mixers, including the lightened-up Brewmosa, a mix of beer and orange juice.

Winetails and beertails—cocktails crafted with those lower-proof libations—are gaining ground on menus.

Aperol is an Italian aperitif that is similar to the more widely known Campari, but its alcohol content is about half that at 11%.

The tropical wave continues to crest, with tiki drinks such as mai tais and pina coladas turning up in new iterations.

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