Top 10 Cocktail Trends

Top 10 Cocktail Trends

Wake-up calls

While bloody marys and mimosas are the default brunch drinks—often served in shareable pitchers for the table—other cocktails are making more frequent appearances.

Top 10 Cocktail Trends

Earls Kitchen + Bar

At Earls, the vessel for the chain’s signature tiki drink is a selling point.

The fast casual found a way to serve brunch cocktails without a bar.

Boozy frozen drinks have moved beyond the margarita and pina colada to cool off today’s novelty-seeking customers.

At the Black Tap location in Las Vegas’ Venetian Hotel, customers can order Crazyshakes with a shot of liquor.

The chain serves its version of frose on its spring cocktail list.

Even special effects such as smoke and color-changing liquids are coming out of the more experimental bar programs.

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

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.

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