The 50 best bars around the world in 2015

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Every year, Drinks International calls on experts to compile its world's 50 best bars list

This year's list includes bars from 27 cities in 19 countries

London kept the top spot with Artesian named "World's Best Bar" for the fourth consecutive year

CNN  — 

It’s a great feeling to know that whichever corner of the world you find yourself in, from Melbourne to Cyprus to Puerto Rico, there might be a classy bar nearby capable of serving up a perfectly executed drink.

Sure, you might be able to stumble across a fantastic new bar by chance.

When luck fails and the need for bourbon-based salvation persists, there’s the 2015 list of the world’s 50 best bars.

Announced by Drinks International magazine during a recent ceremony in London, the list is based on the votes of more than 400 international industry experts.

The 2015 winners include bars from 27 cities in 19 countries.

Europe remains the “king of the regions,” says Drinks International, with 23 of its bars included within the 50 best list.

Drinking spots from the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, Russia, Italy and Spain are honored this year.

For the fourth year in a row, London’s Artesian has been named “world’s best bar.”

In fact, the UK capital has nine bars on the list, more than any other city. These include Happiness Forgets and The American Bar at The Savoy, which join Artesian in the top 10.

Across the Atlantic, bars from New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami and Seattle are all present.

Fourteen of the 2015 list are in the U.S., which Drinks International says is “testament to the strength and depth of the American bar landscape.”

The Asian scene is building, with five bars making the top 50.

The highest placed is Singapore’s 28 Hongkong Street, voted the seventh best bar in the world. The other showings were from Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Australia, meanwhile, has four bars included – all based in Melbourne and Sydney.

Latin America saw two make the list, with Mexico’s Licoreria Limantour finishing 20th, and a one to watch from last year – La Factoria in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico – appearing in 45th place.

Finally, the Middle East was represented by Imperial Craft in Tel Aviv (at number 17) and Dubai’s Zuma Dubai, which squeezed in just ahead of La Factoria at number 44.

With soaring mirrored ceilings, platinum silver walls and white marble floors, London's Connaught Bar is elegant and upscale, without being stuffy.

Here’s the full list of the 2015 world’s 50 best bars. For more details on the top 20, check out the gallery above.

1. The Artesian, London

2. Dead Rabbit, New York

3. Nightjar, London

4. Employees Only, New York

5. American Bar, London

6. The Baxter Inn, Sydney

7. 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore

8. Happiness Forgets, London

9. Connaught Bar, London

10. Black Pearl, Melbourne

11. Attaboy, New York

12. Candelaria, Paris

13. High Five, Tokyo

14. Broken Shaker, Miami

15. Canon, Seattle

16. Buck & Breck, Berlin

17. Imperial Craft, Tel Aviv

18. Lobster Bar, Hong Kong

19. Le Lion Bar de Paris, Hamburg, Germany

20. Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City

21. The Jerry Thomas Project, Rome

22. The Clumsies, Athens

23. Maison Premiere, New York

24. Elephant Bar, NoMad Hotel, New York

25. The Everleigh, Melbourne

26. White Lyan, London

27. Beaufort Bar, London

28. Bulletin Place, Sydney

29. Aviary, Chicago

30. Tales & Spirits, Amsterdam

31. Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco

32. Delicatessen, Moscow

33. Door 74, Amsterdam

34. Ruby, Copenhagen

35. Manhattan, Singapore

36. NoMad Bar, NoMad Hotel, New York

37. PDT, New York

38. Mace, New York

39. Quinary, Hong Kong

40. Trick Dog, San Francisco

41. 69 Colebrooke Row, London

42. Dry Martini, Barcelona

43. Schumann’s, Munich

44. Zuma Dubai, Dubai

45. La Factoria, Old San Juan

46. Nottingham Forest, Milan, Italy

47. Tommy’s, San Francisco

48. Lost & Found, Cyprus

49. Little Red Door, Paris

50. Dandelyan, London

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