Here Are The 2016 Spirited Award Winners

Winners of the 2016 Spirited Awards were announced Saturday night during Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans, and Food Republic is thrilled with the results.

Our contributing cocktails editor and Easy Drinking columnist, Jeffrey Morgenthaler of Clyde Common and Pepe Le Moko in Portland, Oregon, was honored with two awards: Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer, as well as American Bartender of the Year.

How cool is this guy? Though he made an appearance at some sponsored Tales events earlier in the week, Morgenthaler apparently had somewhere else to be during the awards ceremony, leaving it to some dude in a "Jeffrey Morgenthaler Is My Brother-in-Law" T-shirt to accept the awards in his place.

Hey, thanks for all the awards tonight, Tales people. I'm sorry I couldn't be there in person! pic.twitter.com/4QGZQ20JR8

— Jeffrey Morgenthaler (@jeffmorgen) July 24, 2016

Expect more great cocktail writing from the man himself on this very site in the weeks and months to come.

Check out the full list of award winners below:

Best American Bar Team

ABV (San Francisco)

Best American Brand Ambassador

Colin Asare-Appiah (Bacardi)

Best American High Volume Cocktail Bar

Herbs & Rye (Las Vegas)

Best American Restaurant Bar

Saxon + Parole (New York)

American Bartender of the Year

Jeffrey Morgenthaler of Clyde Common (Portland)

Best American Cocktail Bar

Smuggler's Cove (San Francisco)

Best American Hotel Bar

The Elephant Bar at the NoMad (New York)

Best New American Cocktail Bar

Sweet Liberty (Miami Beach)

Best International Bar Team

American Bar at the Savoy (London)

Best International Brand Ambassador

Max Warner (Chivas Regal)

Best International High Volume Cocktail Bar

Callooh Callay (London)

Best International Restaurant Bar

Hawksmoor Spitalfields (London)

International Bartender of the Year

Hidetsugu Ueno of Bar High Five (Tokyo)

Best International Cocktail Bar

Happiness Forgets (London)

Best International Hotel Bar

The Connaught Bar at the Connaught (London)

Best New International Cocktail Bar

Oriole (London)

Best Cocktail & Spirits Publication

Cocktail Lovers

Best New Cocktail & Bartending Book

The Dead Rabbit Drinks Manual: Secret Recipes and Barroom Tales from Two Belfast Boys Who Conquered the Cocktail World by Sean Muldoon, Jack McGarry and Ben Schaffer

Best Cocktail & Spirits WriterJeffrey MorgenthalerBest New Spirits Book

Divided Spirits – Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production by Sarah Bowen

Best Bar Mentor

Angus Winchester

World's Best Cocktail Menu

Dandelyan (London)

Best New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient

Stiggins' Fancy Plantation Pineapple (Barbados)

World's Best Spirits Selection

Tommy's (San Francisco)

World's Best Cocktail Bar

The Connaught Bar at the Connaught (London)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Sasha Petraske