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Stephanie Colderick

The tiny Welsh bar above a Greggs and next to a kebab shop that serves the best cocktails in the world

A tiny bar in Cardiff has had its cocktail menu named the best in the world.

City centre bar Lab 22 has excelled in The World's 50 Best Bars Awards and was crowned with the Siete Misterios Award for Best Cocktail Menu in the world.

The Caroline Street bar, which can be seen above Greggs, are experts in mixing and creating amazing new cocktails to an high standard.

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Their current menu is called 'Theories + Frontiers' and is the final addition of their Research + Development trilogy and the menu uses unexplored scientific ideas for inspiration.

The menu consists of 14 cocktails, 12 single serving, and two sharing cocktails and includes the Carbon Cooler, which is based on climate change and is made from Reyka vodka, Cacao Blanc, mint, reclaimed citrus, and soda.

Other cocktails are the Make Me Famous, inspired by the internet, which has Tanqueray gin, passionfruit wine vanilla, and disco dust, and Voyager which is based around space exploration and is made from El Gobernador Pisco, white port, conference pear, and space mist.

The World's 50 Best Bars crown the best 100 bars in the world and also award individual awards such as Best Cocktail Menu and Best New Opening.

Lab 22 were awarded the award on Tuesday, November 8 at an awards ceremony in London and The World's 50 Best Bars described Lab 22 as: "Constantly pushing the boundaries of mixology, design, and creativity with each of its menus."

The awards also highly compliment the design of the menu, which has amazing artwork, and that the menu is available in English and Welsh.

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