London bars take half the top 10 in the 2016 World's 50 Best Bars list

We've had the World's 50 Best Restaurants, now it's time to turn to drink as the World's 50 Best Bars for 2016 have just been announced. 

Alas, this year we miss out on the number one slot as Artesian has plummeted out of the top 50, having lost head bartender Alex Kratena last year. Their place was taken by the much-loved Dead Rabbit in New York so we've very high hopes for one of their bartenders creating the list for Corrigan's Dickie's Bar next year (and we also think Blacktail will be on next year's list for sure). 

But London is still dominating the upper echelons of the list, taking five of the top 10.

And there are two bars who must be pretty pleased with themselves in particular - as Dandelyan has rocketed 47 places up the list while the Gibson on Old Street (which we loved) is the highest new entry at number six. We're also pleased to see Attaboy on the list where we had some lethal cocktails only last week.

As for the rest - here are the cocktail lists you'll be wanting to testing out over the next year... 

1. Dead Rabbit, New York
2. American Bar, London
3. Dandelyan, London
4. Connaught Bar, London
5. Attaboy, New York
6. The Gibson - London
7. Employees Only, New York
8. NoMad Bar, NoMad Hotel, New York
9. The Clumsies, Athens
10. Happiness Forgets, London
11. Manhattan, Singapore
12. The Baxter Inn, Sydney
13. Licoreria Limantour, Mexico City
14. 28 Hongkong Street, Singapore
15. Speak Low - Shanghai
16. Broken Shaker - Miami
17. Candelaria, Paris
18. Tales & Spirits, Amsterdam
19. Nightjar, London
20. Maison Premiere, New York
21. Operation Dagger - Singapore
22. Black Pearl, Melbourne
23. High Five, Tokyo
24. Little Red Door, Paris
25. Linje Tio - Stockholm
26. Central Station - Beirut
27. Lobster Bar, Hong Kong
28. Mace - New York
29. Smuggler's Cove, San Francisco
30. Bar Termini - London
31. La Factoria - Puerto Rico
32. Oriole - London
33. The Jerry Thomas Project, Rome
34. Dante - New York
35. Trick Dog, San Francisco
36. ABV - San Francisco
37. The Walker Inn - LA
38. Nottingham Forest, Milan
39. Aviary, Chicago
40. Baba Au Rum - Athens
41. Quinary, Hong Kong
42. Himkok, Norway
43. Lost & Found, Cyprus
44. Ruby, Copenhagen
45. PDT, New York
46. Bulletin Place, Sydney
47. Bramble Bar - Edinburgh
48. Calooh Callay - London
49. Florería Atlántico - Buenos Aires,
50. Buck and Breck - Berlin

For more - and the list from 51-100, visit the World's 50 Best Bars website.