Need some new drinks to try? If your drinks shelf looks the same as it did three years ago, you’re missing the fun part. Somewhere in Norway, people are fermenting Nordic barley with old English ale yeast in a Viking longhouse. While the rest of us argue online about chill filtration.
What makes modern spirits exciting isn’t age statements or fancy boxes. It’s producers getting weird in clever ways. Categories are bleeding into each other. Distillers are obsessing over yeast strains, obscure agave varieties, worm tubs, static ageing, and wild fermentation. Consumers win because there’s now a bottle for every mood.
So here are 10 brilliant new drinks worth your attention right now. Some are rare. Some are eccentric. All of them have a story worth pouring.
A new release from The Lost Explorer makes our list
Top 10 New Drinks To Try Right Now
Amontillado 1951 – Decadent Grapes (Decadent Drinks) 70cl
Seventy-three years in a single cask. That’s not a typo. This extraordinary Amontillado from Bodega Toro Albalá is static-aged since 1951 in American oak to become deeply concentrated, nutty, saline, leathery, and alive with ancient dried fruit character.
Mortlach 12 Year Old – Wormtub Single Cask 70cl Whisky
If you’ve ever wondered why Mortlach tastes like it could bench press you, worm tubs are a big part of the answer. These old-school condensers help create that famously muscular, meaty spirit character. This limited single cask edition matured for 12 years in a Pedro Ximénez hogshead, layering thick sherried sweetness onto Mortlach’s dense, savoury core.
The Roggenwolf Rye 70cl Whisky
Kentucky rye at an unruly 63.7% ABV. Somewhere, a hipster bartender just shed a tear. Made from a 95% rye mash bill and matured for six years, seven months, and 18 days, it bursts with charred oak, mint, eucalyptus, dark fruit, and enough spice to make your gums sit up straight.
Camazotz Oaxacan Rum 70cl
Oaxaca is mezcal land, but Camazotz shows another side. Hand-pressed sugar cane fermented with ambient yeasts and distilled in copper pot stills create an unaged aguardiente de caña. It tastes wildly alive with grassy, earthy, slightly funky notes.
Killowen Gloria Cask Aged Coffee Liqueur 70cl
Coffee liqueur had a rough patch where it mostly tasted like sad vodka syrup for Espresso Martinis. Killowen goes the other way, combining Irish poitín with natural coffee flavour before ageing in bourbon barrels, creating something rich, oily, and spicy.
The Lost Explorer Tequila Reposado 70cl
The Lost Explore uses Château Rieussec Sauternes wine French oak, Pedro Ximénez sherry American oak, and American oak bourbon casks for its reposado, adding layers of vanilla, dried fruit, and gentle spice. It’s polished without losing its soul, which is harder than a lot of expensive Tequila brands make it look.
La Flaguerie Pommeau de Normandie 70cl
Pommeau deserves better PR. Which would be any PR, basically. La Flaguerie blends organic apple juice with young Calvados before ageing in oak for two years, creating something halfway between cider, dessert wine, and brandy. This Normandy aperitif is dangerously charming and has been enjoyed by the French for ages while the rest of us ordered another Aperol Spritz.
Bivrost Yggdrasil 2025 50cl Whisky
Everything about this Norwegian whisky sounds made up. Nordic barley. Glacial meltwater. Lager yeast. Old English ale yeast. Oloroso casks. A Viking longhouse. Yet somehow it all comes together beautifully. There’s smoke, orchard fruit, dried fruit sweetness, herbal depth, and a cold-climate crispness running through it all.
DropWorks Distiller’s Drop #002: Bordeaux Red Wine Cask 70cl Rum
English rum keeps getting better and more confident. DropWorks is part of that movement, making rum entirely from scratch with its own fermentation and distillation approach rather than buying bulk spirit and pretending otherwise. This Bordeaux cask edition brings wild strawberry, black pepper, brûléed sugar, and proper texture.
Mezcal Amarás Cupreata 70cl
Cupreata agave produces mezcal with remarkable brightness and fruit character, and Amarás handles it beautifully here. There’s smoke, yes, but also green herbs, tropical fruit, pepper, and earthy sweetness. Better still, the brand plants ten agaves for every one it harvests.
