Tales of the Cocktail has whittled down more than 1,000 nominations to name the top 10 longlisted entries in each of its Spirited Awards categories.

Following a rigorous evaluation of the nominees, a committee of judges selected 10 top nominees for each of the 24 categories in the 2017 Spirited Awards, which have been divided into American, International, Writing, and Global sections.

“Every year the nomination and judging process shows just how rich and talented our industry is and continues to be,” said Charlotte Voisey, chairperson of the Spirited Awards.

“With literally thousands of nominations received, huge congratulations go out to all of the bars, people, products, and publications represented in the Top 10 lists.”

A total of 24 awards will be handed out to the industry’s best bars, bartenders, writers, distillers, and more.

At 2pm CST on Friday 16 June, Tales of the Cocktail will announce the top four nominees in each category during a Facebook Live event. Each of the finalists will be invited to attend the 2017 Spirited Awards ceremony in New Orleans during Tales of the Cocktail, where the winners will receive a Riedel Crystal trophy.

This year, the Spirited Awards ceremony will take place on Saturday 22 July at the Sheraton Hotel as part of the 15^th annual Tales of the Cocktail event.

Click through the following few pages to see the nominees for the Tales of the Cocktail 2017 Spirited Awards.

American categories

Best American Bar Team
Anvil Bar and Refuge (Houston, TX)
Attaboy (New York, NY)
Columbia Room (Washington, DC)
Eastern Standard Kitchen & Drinks (Boston, MA)
Herbs & Rye (Las Vegas, NV)
PDT (New York, NY)
Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Company (Miami, FL)
The Dead Rabbit (New York, NY)
The NoMad Bar (New York, NY)
Williams & Graham (Denver, CO)

American Bartender of the Year
Ezra Star of Drink (Boston, MA)
Jeff Bell of PDT (New York, NY)
Jillian Vose of The Dead Rabbit (New York, NY)
John Lermayer of Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Company (Miami, FL)
Kevin Diedrich of Pacific Cocktail Heaven (San Francisco, CA)
Masahiro Urushido of Saxon + Parole (New York, NY)
Micah Melton of The Aviary (Chicago, IL)
Ms. Franky Marshall of Le Boudoir (New York, NY)
Ran Duan of The Baldwin Bar (Woburn, MA)
Yael Vengroff of The Spare Room (Los Angeles, CA)

Best American Brand Ambassador
Andie Ferman (St. George Spirits)
Anne Louise Marquis (Campari USA)
Jessamine McLellan (Pernod Ricard)
Johnnie the Scot (Beam Suntory)
Lynn House (Heaven Hill)
Misty Kalkofen (Del Maguey)
Robin Nance (Beam Suntory)
Ryan Maybee (J. Rieger & Co.)
Tim Cooper (The 86 co.)
Trevor Schneider (Reyka)

Best American Cocktail Bar
Anvil Bar and Refuge (Houston, TX)
Attaboy (New York, NY)
BAR GOTO (New York, NYC)
canon: whiskey and bitters emporium (Seattle, WA)
Columbia Room (Washington, DC)
Cure (New Orleans, LA)
PDT (New York, NY)
Pouring Ribbons (New York, NY)
The Walker Inn (Los Angeles, CA)
Trick Dog (San Francisco, CA)

Best American High Volume Cocktail Bar
Best Intentions (Chicago, IL)
Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour (Phoenix, AZ)
Blackbird Ordinary (Miami, FL)
Clover Club (New York, NY)
Drink (Boston, MA)
Harvard & Stone (Los Angeles, CA)
Honeycut (Los Angeles, CA)
Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Company (Miami, FL)
The Esquire Tavern (San Antonio, TX)
The NoMad Bar (New York, NY)
Three Dots and a Dash (Chicago, IL)

Best American Hotel Bar
Compere Lapin at Old No. 77 Hotel (New Orleans, LA)
Libertine Social at Mandalay Bay (Las Vegas, NV)
Proof on Main at 21c Museum Hotel (Louisville, KY)
Regent Cocktail Club at Gale South Beach Hotel (Miami, FL)
Roof at Park South at Park South Hotel (New York, NY)
Sternewirth Bar & Clubroom at Hotel Emma (San Antonio, TX)
The Berkshire Room at Acme Hotel (Chicago, IL)
The Hawthorne at The Commonwealth Hotel (Boston, MA)
The Spare Room at The Roosevelt Hotel (Los Angeles, CA)
Vesper Bar at The Cosmopolitan (Las Vegas, NV)

Best American Restaurant Bar
27 Restaurant & Bar (Miami, FL)
Beaker & Gray (Miami, FL)
Cane & Table (New Orleans, LA)
Dante NYC (New York, NY)
Gramercy Tavern (New York, NY)
Otium (Los Angeles, CA)
Redbird (Los Angeles, CA)
Spoon and Stable (Minneapolis, MN)
The Baldwin Bar (Woburn, MA)
The Rieger (Kansas City, MO)

Best New American Cocktail Bar
Bar Clacson (Los Angeles, CA)
BlackTail (New York, NY)
Coup (New York, NY)
Downstairs at The Esquire Tavern (San Antonio, TX)
False Idol (San Diego, CA)
Fresh Kills Bar (Brooklyn, NY)
Jupiter Disco (Brooklyn, NY)
Tongue-Cut Sparrow (Houston, TX)
UnderTow (Phoenix, AZ)
Wildhawk (San Francisco, CA)

International categories

Best International Bar Team
Black Pearl (Melbourne, Australia)
Boadas Cocktails (Barcelona, Spain)
Dandelyan (London, UK)
El Copitas Bar (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Happiness Forgets (London, UK)
Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
Le Calbar (Paris, France)
Lost + Found Drinkery (Nicosia, Cyprus)
Swift (London, UK)
The Connaught Bar (London, UK)

International Bartender of the Year
Chris Hysted-Adams of Black Pearl (Melbourne, Australia)
Erik Lorincz of the American Bar (London, UK)
Iain Griffiths of Dandelyan (London, UK)
Jennifer Le Nechet of Café Moderne (Paris, France)
Joe Schofield of Tippling Club (Singapore)
Marcis Dzelzainis of Sager + Wilde Paradise Row (London, UK)
Nico de Soto of Danico (Paris, France)
Shingo Gokan of Speak Low (Shanghai, China)
Steve Schneider of Employees Only (Singapore)
Tess Posthumus of Door 74 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Vasilis Kyritsis of The Clumsies (Athens, Greece)

Best International Brand Ambassador
Camille Ralph Vidal (St~Germain)
Dickie Cullimore (Bacardi)
George Nemec (Becherovka)
Ian Burrell (Rum Ambassador)
Joe McCanta (Grey Goose)
Konstantin “CoCo” Prochorowski (Hendrick’s Gin)
Meimi Sanchez (Havana Club)
Raj Nagra (Bombay Gins)
Richard Neil Irwin (Bacardi Ltd)
Sebastian Hamilton-Mudge (Beefeater Gin)

Best International Cocktail Bar
1862 Dry Bar (Madrid, Spain)
Black Pearl (Melbourne, Australia)
Bramble (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Le Lion • Bar de Paris (Hamburg, Germany)
Le Syndicat, organisation de défense des spiritueux français (Paris, France)
Licorería Limantour (Mexico City, Mexico)
Little Red Door (Paris, France)
The Dark Horse (Bath, UK)
The Everleigh (Melbourne, Australia)
The Gibson (London, UK)
This Must Be The Place (Sydney, Australia)

Best International High Volume Cocktail Bar
Eau De Vie (Melbourne, Australia)
Heartbreaker (Melbourne, Australia)
HIMKOK (Oslo, Norway)
London Cocktail Club – Goodge St. (London, UK)
Oriole (London, UK)
Panda & Sons (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Paradiso (Barcelona, Spain)
The Barber Shop (Sydney, Australia)
The Baxter Inn (Sydney, Australia)
Trailer Happiness (London, UK)

Best International Hotel Bar
American Bar at The Savoy (London, UK)
Beaufort Bar at The Savoy (London, UK)
Charles H. at the Four Seasons Hotel (Seoul, Korea)
Dandelyan at The Mondrian (London, UK)
Fifty Mils at the Four Seasons Hotel (Mexico City, Mexico)
Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar at The Imperial (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
Manhattan Bar at The Regent (Singapore)
Punch Room at The Edition (London, UK)
Scarfes Bar at The Rosewood (London, UK)
The Zetter Townhouse (London, UK)

Best International Restaurant Bar
City Social (London, UK)
Le Mary Celeste (Paris, France)
Maybe Frank (Sydney, Australia)
Sager + Wilde (London, UK)
Sexy Fish (London, UK)
The Blind Pig at Social Eating House (London, UK)
The Bon Vivant (Edinburgh, UK)
The Clove Club (London, UK)
Tippling Club (Singapore)
Zuma (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Best New International Cocktail Bar
Atlas (Singapore)
Blackbird at The Dark Horse (Bath, UK)
Danico (Paris, France)
Dr. Stravinsky (Barcelona, Spain)
Guilhotina Bar (São Paulo, Brazil)
La Commune (Paris, France)
Odori Vermuteria di Atene (Athens, Greece)
Paradiso (Barcelona, Spain)
Swift (London, UK)
The Distillery (London, UK)
Three Sheets (London, UK)

Writing categories

Best Cocktail & Spirits Publication
Australian Bartender
Class Magazine
Cocktail Wonk
Difford’s Guide (diffordsguide.com)
DRiNK Magazine
Drinks International
Hot Rum Cow
Liquor.com
Rumporter Magazine
The Daily Beast Drink + Food

Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer
Alyson Sheppard
Becky Paskin
François Monti
Fred Minnick
Hamish Smith
Kara Newman
Max Watman
Noah Rothbaum
Robert Simonson
Simon Difford
Wayne Curtis

Best New Cocktail & Bartending Book
101 Cocktails to Try Before You Die by Francois Monti
A Proper Drink by Robert Simonson
A Spot at the Bar: Welcome to The Everleigh by Michael Madrusen
Difford’s Guide to Cocktails #12 by Simon Difford
Regarding Cocktails by Sasha Petraske with Georgette Moger-Petraske
Shake.Stir.Sip. by Kara Newman
Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki by Martin & Rebecca Cate
The Canon Cocktail Book by Jamie Boudreau and James O. Fraioli
The Complete Cocktail Manual by Lou Bustamante
The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book by Frank Caiafa

Best New Spirits Book
Note: There were not enough qualified nominations to fill this category.
Amaro by Brad Thomas Parsons
Bourbon: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of An American Whiskey by Fred Minnick
Colonial Spirits: A Toast to our Drunken History by Steven Grasse
Le whisky c’est pas sorcier by Mickaël Guidot (Author) & Yannis Varoutsikos (Illustrations)
Tequila Cocktails by Brian Van Flandern
Whiskey: A Spirited Story with 75 Classic and Original Cocktails by Michael Dietsch

Global categories

Best Bar Mentor
Alex Kratena
David Wondrich
Don Lee
Doug Frost
Ivy Mix & Lynnette Marrero
Jackson Cannon
Julio Cabrera
Paul McGee
Tomas Estes
Zdenek Kastanek

Best New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient
Altos Anejo (Mexico)
Ancho Reyes Verde (Mexico)
Braemble Gin Liqueur (Scotland, UK)
Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal PUEBLA, San Pablo Ameyaltepec Wild Papalote (Mexico)
Italicus – Rosolio di Bergamotto (Italy)
J. Rieger & Co. Caffe Amaro (United States)
Luxardo Bitter Bianco (Italy)
Plantation O.F.T.D. (Cognac, France)
Rieger’s Monogram Whiskey, 2017 Olorso Bota (United States)
Shrubb J.M. (Martinique)
The Bitter Truth Olive Bitters (Germany)

World’s Best Cocktail Menu
American Bar at The Savoy (London, UK)
Beaufort Bar at The Savoy (London, UK)
Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour (Phoenix, United States)
BlackTail (New York, United States)
Mace (New York, United States)
Pouring Ribbons (New York, United States)
The Dead Rabbit (New York, United States)
The Drifter (Chicago, United States)
Tippling Club (Singapore)
Trick Dog (San Francisco, United States)

World’s Best Spirits Selection
American Bar at The Savoy (London, UK)
Atlas (Singapore)
Canon: Whiskey and Bitters Emporium (Seattle, WA)
Old Lightning (Los Angeles, United States)
Seven Grand (Los Angeles, United States)
Sexy Fish (London, UK)
Sweet Liberty Drinks & Supply Company (Miami, United States)
Swift (London, UK)
The Baxter Inn (Sydney, Australia)
The Office (Chicago, United States)
Whitechapel (San Francisco, United States)