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These are all 37 bars around the world that feature in a brand-new Michelin-style guide

The Pinnacle Guide is out to find the planet’s best cocktail bars – here’s its first ranking

Liv Kelly
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Liv Kelly
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Remember the heady days of last summer when we shared an exciting opportunity to rank bars around the world for a brand-new Michelin-style guide?

Well, after months of interviews and anonymous reviews, the Pinnacle Guide has finally released its first ranking of the planet’s most knockout bars. 

The platform says it aims to become ‘the cocktail bar industry’s most respected accolade of excellence’, and it hands out one, two or three pins to bars that are either ‘excellent’, ‘outstanding’ or ‘exceptional’. Think Michelin, but for margs and martinis. 

25 bars have been awarded one-pin so far, and this list is totally dominated by the UK, with 15 British bars acquiring the ‘excellent’ accolade, such as Kwãnt Mayfair in London and Couch in Birminghamyou can read more about those here

A further 12 bars were awarded two pins, including the likes of Selva in Oaxaca, Paradiso in Barcelona and