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Spirits List: Best Baijiu Cocktails

Baijiu and kaoliang, a subtype of baijiu made from sorghum, are unfamiliar flavors to most. Does mixing them into cocktails help ease people into these spirit categories? It’s too early to tell, but here at Ultimate Spirits Challenge every spirit gets put to the test in mixed drinks to see how they stack up. These are our top rated cocktails using baijiu and kaoliang, all drop dead delicious.

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Spirit Trend: Hot Cocktails

Serving spirits in a warming concoction opens the doors to more satisfying beverages during the increasingly extreme seasons, and many top bars have figured this out. While chilled classics like margaritas and manhattans are never truly out of season, offering hot cocktails creates a cozy environment that invites guests to linger and stay out of the cold.

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Spirits Trend: Fortified Wines In Cocktails

As the weather cools and we head into the holiday season, cocktails are taking a seasonal twist with classic fortified wines like Port, Sherry, and Madeira. The deep flavors offered by these powerful beverages create boldness while minding the overall alcohol by volume of a drink, which plays nicely into the ongoing trend of low abv cocktails. Each category of fortified wine has something uniquely delicious to offer, and while the list of fortified wines extends beyond, these three major players are a good place to start.

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Spirits List: 4 Best Whiskeys For A Copywriter

The Copywriter is an Irish whiskey based cocktail that uses honey syrup, sweet vermouth, lemon and club soda to make a lightly sweet, endlessly sippable long drink with the smooth undertones of Irish whiskey. With 4.5 and 5 stars, these 4 spirits, including one from India,  outperformed the rest for best mixability in this easy drinking cocktail.

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