1、001 Cover FINAL CR2024.indd 1001 Cover FINAL CR2024.indd 123/04/2024 13:0423/04/2024 13:04drinksint Drinks International Cocktail Report 2024 3 EDITORIALSupplement EditorHamish SEditorShay WWebsite EditorOli Doddoli.doddagilemedia.co.ukProduction EditorJaq BReporter&Editorial Researcher Eleanor YDES

2、IGNArt DirectorChristine Freemanchristine.freemanagilemedia.co.ukArt EditorJames Downjames.downagilemedia.co.ukADVERTISINGCommercial DirectorRob Cullen+44(0)1293 Senior Account ManagerCarmen Poel Francesch+44(0)1293 PUBLISHERJustin Smith+44(0)1293 590041 justin.smithagilemedia.co.uk ACCOUNTSAnnet e

3、OConnellannet e.oconnellagilemedia.co.ukMANAGING DIRECTORRussell Dodd+44(0)1293 590052 russell.doddagilemedia.co.ukDRINKS INTERNATIONALJubilee House,56-58 Church Walk,Burgess Hill,West Sussex,RH15 9SNT:+44(0)1293 Cover image:Cocktails, VinnikovI DONT KNOW about you,but when Im at a bar Im drawn almo

4、st involuntarily to classics.Im as curious as the next cocktailian,but when theres a reasonable chance of being handed a fermented yak cheese cocktail,the safe place is the familiar.Im not alone.According to our research,up to 40%of a cocktail bars sales are classics.T ats a lot of people staring at

5、 a list of technically and conceptually brilliant signatures and looking for an exit.T is magazine is a tribute to those sof landings,the safe bets,the cocktails that have passed their oral exams millions of times over.How we def ne a classic is something we explored last year in this magazine,so th

6、is time we have switched emphasis to ask how classics are created.If indeed they can be the philosophers among us might have it that cocktails are created,classics are evolutionary.Regardless,I spoke to Sam Ross of Penicillin and Paper Plane-fame;Audrey Saunders,inventor of T e Old Cuban and Gin-Gin