What is the next type of liquor that will experience an explosion of popularity and profusion of new premium brands? It seems like absinthe has peaked.
I thought it was an interesting novelty at first, but apparently it’s been an ongoing initiative and gaining some respectability… Japanese single malt whisky. Figure if Yamazaki has made it to Miami, it’s been around the world and back again…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_whisky
How about Pisco? Especially pisco sours.
Whatever the dude (who tricked millions of college kids into thinking Jager is cool, then got them to start drinking way over rated Grey Goose after they graduated) wants it to be. I think He’s on teqilla now.
Small batch boutique Ripple?
I like to see good quality/affordable Calvados or Port come into fashion but I don’t think that’s going happen.
Tequila. The boutique stuff has been getting bigger for years and is finally starting to seep out into the collective memory. Back in the day it was Jose Cuervo only, but now I see lots more tequila options on menus now, and not just for margaritas at Mexican restaurants.
Then again, since I notice it now, I’m probably already too late ;-).
He’s been dead for 2 years.
How’d he do that?
At the moment, the next big thing is craft cocktails generally, and boutique liqueurs specifically. Domaine de Canton (ginger liqueur) and St. Germain (elderflower liqueur) are currently huge, and for good reason. Mmmm.
Bacon infusions. You heard it here.
Sex and Marketing.
I hope it’s going to be rye whiskey. For too long, bartenders have looked at me like I had a third eye when I ask for a rye manhattan, but gradually, some of the better bars in Atlanta are beginning to stock it.
I was talking to a bartender about the ‘girly martini’ fad - he said its a hell of a lot better than blender drinks. I suspect bartenders will do about anything to keep blender drinks from making a comeback…
I’m sure they’d love making pisco sours all night long! 
Cachaca (Brazilian sugar cane rum).I’ve seen the expensive stuff going for $30/bottle. Which is weird-in Brazil, cachaca is dirt cheap (Brazilian saying :“Cachaca is cheaper than spit”).
In Brazil, the upper class drinks imported scotch.:smack:
In a previous thread on vodkas, Labrador Deceiver provided a link to a really interesting article from New York magazine on this. (Basically, they sold Grey Goose as a premium vodka from France and priced it at $30 when the most expensive existing vodka was about $17.)
Finally, the opportunity I’ve been waiting for!
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Mojitos were just the beginning.
The bartender at the Wynn who made me a gimlet and my boyfriend an old fashioned said that those “dad drinks” are coming back into style. He said he thought it might be because of Mad Men. He also said he makes a lot of martinis for people who don’t like them but drink them anyway, because they think that when they’re at a bar in this really classy casino they should order a Classy Drink and that’s the only one they can think of. 
How classy is a bar if there are video poker machines built into it in front of every damned seat?