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Push for Cocktails<\/h4>\n
We\u2019ve had \u2018press for champagne\u2019, and numerous wine bars allowing you to select your grape of choice with the touch of a button. Now, we\u2019ll be seeing our favourite cocktails on draft as bars look to manage demand and ensure consistency with your top tipple. No more waiting ten minutes for your Friday night \u2018Berry Gin spritz\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019ll be right there ready to go when you get to the bar.<\/p>\n
Back to (Brilliant) Basics<\/h4>\n
The weird, wonderful and experimental world of cocktails won\u2019t slow down, but many luxury bars are predicting a return to classic and simple cocktails \u2013 drinks that are lighter on components, but without any compromise on taste; a twist on a Whisky Old Fashioned for example. Sometimes the old ones really are the best.<\/p>\n
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A Drink\u2019s Journey<\/h4>\n
We\u2019ll see bars start to educate people more on where their drinks have come from, sharing their locality and provenance and taking inspiration from natural ingredients to make them even more sustainable. Arbikie Highland Estate has recently announced they are looking to distil spirits with peas.<\/p>\n
Good Enough to Tweet<\/h4>\n
What\u2019s more exciting than a cocktail that steams from dry ice or receiving a beautifully crafted drink brimming with popcorn, or your favourite sweets? During 2020, we\u2019re going to see a real focus on cocktails and drinks that not only taste amazing but those that stun visually to make for perfect content.<\/p>\n
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Florals in Cocktails<\/h4>\n
Botanicals and flavoured spirits are trends we\u2019ve seen emerge over the last few years, and they\u2019re set to take off in 2020 in a big way. Bartenders will be giving a big resurgence to this botanic trend through leading the charge with innovation, particularly within the liqueur space.<\/p>\n
All in all, I\u2019d say some exciting times ahead in the drinks world, I\u2019m looking forward to what the rest of 2020 brings.<\/p>\n
About the expert<\/strong><\/p>\n During his career, Gaz has visited hundreds of craft distillers and has developed a wide knowledge of the industry through strong relationships and learning from the knowledgeable people in the drinks community, that he is now a central part of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2020 is here and the dawn of the new decade poses the perfect opportunity to take a look at what the future could hold for cocktail culture with last year alone seeing online searches for cocktail bars increase by 46%. 2019 was the year that we saw various trends such as edible insects paired with …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":37919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":835,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Gaz-Jones-for-Schweppes.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37918"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38307,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37918\/revisions\/38307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sloanmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/gaz3-1-150x150.jpg\")
Gaz Jones is the Spirit Brand Engagement Ambassador for Schweppes, where his job is to manage the relationships between Schweppes and its spirits partners. He works in collaboration with spirit companies on suggested pairings, along with national and regional events organisers, aiming to raise awareness for the Schweppes mixer range.<\/p>\n