Alquímico in Colombia was named World's Best Bar at Tales of the Cocktail's Spirited Awards in New Orleans, while UK media, bars and figures were also recognised.
Agave venue Café Pacifico in Covent Garden in London, which was founded by Tomas Estes and is owned by Carlos Londono, won the Timeless International Award, while London-born bartender-turned-ambassador Colin Asare-Appiah (pictured) took the Tales Visionary Award.
Two bartenders with strong associations with the UK also took two of the night's big awards. Danil Nevsky, who spent his early years as a bartender in Scotland, won Best International Bar Mentor, while Lorenzo Antinori, formerly of The Savoy and Dandelyan in London, won Best New International Cocktail Bar for his Hong Kong venue Bar Leone.
In the Best Cocktail & Spirits Publication category, UK-based titles CLASS, Spirits Business and Cocktail Lovers were among the finalists, with the latter taking the gong.
2024 Spirited Awards Winners:
- Eric van Beek — Handshake Speakeasy, Mexico City, Mexico
- Danil Nevsky
- Dave Mitton — Lot 40 / J.P. Wiser's
- Handshake Speakeasy — Mexico City, Mexico
- ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
- BKK Social Club at Four Seasons Bangkok — Bangkok, Thailand
- Danico — Paris, France
- Bar Leone — Hong Kong, China
- Kapri Robinson — Allegory, Washington, D.C.
- Alex Jump
- Anna Mains — Monkey Shoulder
- Jewel of the South — New Orleans, LA
- Yacht Club — Denver, CO
- Allegory at the Eaton Hotel — Washington, D.C.
- Cleaver - Butchered Meats, Seafood & Classic Cocktails — Las Vegas, NV
- Superbueno — New York, NY
- The Cocktail Lovers
- Bartender at Large
- "A New Spirit Confronts the Consequences of Colonialism," by Adaorah Oduah, for Punch
- The Ice Book: Cool Cubes, Clear Spheres, and Other Chill Cocktail Crafts by Camper English
- Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin
- YUZUCO Yuzu Super Juice
- Handshake Speakeasy — Mexico City, Mexico
- Baba Au Rum — Athens, Greece
- Hidetsugu Ueno
- Café Pacifico — London, UK
- The Buena Vista — San Francisco, CA
- Colin Asare-Appiah
- ALQUÍMICO — Cartagena de Indias, Colombia