drinksint.com JANUARY 2016 DRINKS INTERNATIONAL 41


1 HAVANA CLUB


DAIQUIRI


2 BACARDI


3


PLANTATION MOJITO


2 BACARDI


3


PLANTATION MAI TAI


1 APPLETON


2 BACARDI 3


PLANTATION


RUM COCKTAILS


1 HAVANA CLUB


he Daiquiri and Mojito are the rums of Cuba so it was always going to be a punch up between Havana Club and Bacardi. In the end bartenders at the 100 elite bars we polled backed the currently Cuban brand over the used-to-be Cuban brand. For Daiquiri, 32% said Havana Club and 28% Bacardi, while for the Mojito 36% said Havana Club, 25% Bacardi. Plantation has gained a few followers while the big boys slog it out.


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For the Mai Tai, the consensus is for a stronger style and the Jamaican Appleton is just that. A third of our bars opt for the brand above any other with only a handful vouching for Bacardi, even fewer Plantation, despite it offering the range of island styles.


MARGARITA DON JULIO


1


2 CALLE 23


3 OLMECA ALTOS PISCO SOUR


1 BARSOL


2 MACHU PISCO


3 CAMPO DE ENCANTO


CAIPIRINHA L1EBLON


2 VELHO BARREIRO S3AGATIBA


tequila’s main carrier cocktail, the Margarita, would be made more with the brand than any other. But it wasn’t a thunderous victory for the Diageo brand, which took just 18% of the vote. Calle 23 was the choice in 11% of bars and Olmeca Altos in 9%.


TEQUILA, PISCO, CACHAÇA COCKTAILS D


on Julio is tequila’s best seller at the world’s best bars, so it makes sense


If you’re wondering where to go with your Pisco Sour, the world’s best bars say Peruvian brands, rather than Chilean – and the number of quality-oriented brands from Peru is hard to argue with. Barsol, which was used in a third of our 100 bars, Machu Pisco, 19, and Campo de Encanto, nine, are just three of them. The Caipirinha is a simple drink


of lime and ice. That makes the cachaça all the more important. Choose Leblon, as 26% of our polled bartenders did. Velho Barreiro and Sagatiba do the job too.


The world’s best bars


say Peruvian pisco brands, rather than Chilean


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