Edinburgh bar Bramble named in World Top 50

AN EDINBURGH bar has been named among the world’s 50 best.

Bramble has reached number 32. Picture: Toby Williams

Bramble on Queen Street made it to number 32 on the list compiled by industry experts for Drinks International magazine.

It is the second year running Bramble has made the prestigious list.

Top of the list was the Langham Hotel in London’s The Artesian. Three London bars and three from New York made it into the top 10. Bramble was the only Scottish entry.

World’s Top 50 bars

1 Artesian, London

2 Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog, New York

3 Nightjar, London

4 Attaboy, New York

5 Employees Only, New York

6 Canon, Seattle

7 The Baxter Inn, Sydney

8 American Bar, London

9 High Five, Tokyo

10 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore

11 Connaught Bar, London

12 Happiness Forgets, London

13 Aviary, Chicago

14 Elephant Bar, Nomad Hotel, New York

15 Nottingham Forest, Milan

16 Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco

17 Candelaria, Paris

18 PDT, New York

19 Bulletin Place, Sydney

20 White Lyan, London

21 Buck & Breck, Berlin

22 Broken Shaker, Miami

23 69 Colebrooke Row, London

24 Hemingway Bar, Prague

25 Le Lion Bar de Paris, Hamburg

26 Door 74, Amsterdam

27 Three Dots and a Dash, Chicago

28 The Jerry Thomas Project, Rome

29 Chainaya. Tea & Cocktails, Moscow

30 The Everleigh, Melbourne

31 Eau de Vie, Sydney

32 Bramble, Edinburgh

33 Trick Dog, San Francisco

34 Dry Martini, Barcelona

35 Clover Club, New York

36 Drink, Boston

37 Black Pearl, Australia

38 Schumann’s, Munich

39 Floreia Atlantico, Buenos Aires

40 Star Bar Ginza, Tokyo

41 Delicatessen, Moscow

42 Quinary, Hong Kong

43 Cure, New Orleans

44 Tales and Spirits, Amsterdam

45 Maison Premiere, New York

46 La Capilla, Mexico

47 Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City

48 Shady Pines, Sydney

49 Callooh Callay, London

50 Williams and Graham, Denver