Trends in Boozing

Here are a few trends I've seen out at the bars lately. Try them now or risk being unhip.

• Maker's Mark. This bourbon in on the menu in more and more spots, in specialty cocktails such as the Slow Club's Presbyterian (with soda and ginger ale) or fantastic Honey Kiss (with honey-vanilla simple syrup, Cointreau, and lemon). People are also specifying a "Maker's Mark Manhattan." It seems more women are ordering this drink than before. One acquaintance told me it was the "next cosmopolitan."
• Dark and Stormy. You can find this drink on more menus these days, and trendy boozers are ordering it everywhere. The official drink is made only with Gosling's Black Seal Rum and ginger beer.
  
• Think global, drink local. At least in San Francisco, more bars are supporting our local distilleries. I keep seeing Hangar One vodkas, Potrero Brewing's Junipero Gin and Old Potrero whiskies, and Distillery's 209's 209 5X Gin in drinks where once other premium brands would be.
  
• Pimms. The Pimm's Cup and other Pimm's drinks are showing up everywhere. I attended a trendy wedding yesterday and they even had Pimm's punch set up next to the croquet set. I felt like I should have been wearing a white suit and drinking with an extended pinky.