From hand-crafted ingredients to breathing life into vintage recipes, 2013 boasts plenty of inspiring ideas in the world of cocktails.
Look for rums and gins, especially small batch and regional offerings, to line the back of the bar.
Drinks infused with herbs and cocktails on tap are just a few of this year's trends. You'll also see more farm-to-glass drinks being slung, with culinary cocktails making a big splash.
There's something for everyone's tastes this year, so lift your glass high, mix up one of Twinkle's choice drink recipes and toast to 2013.
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