Hot Velvet Named 2026 ToyCocktail

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Spielwarenmesse has named Scorching Velvet, from Castros Bar and Occasion, as this yr’s ToyCocktail. Chosen by way of a contest, the signature drink celebrates Spielwarenmesse’s seventy fifth yr and is the twentieth champion. Will probably be served in venues in Nuremberg in the course of the present in January.

Seven bartenders from throughout the Nuremberg Metropolitan Area competed Nov. 24 at Gelbes Haus because the ToyCocktail competitors marked its twentieth yr. The annual contest invitations regional bars to create a signature drink that may welcome guests to the upcoming truthful.

Scorching Velvet is the successful cocktail. | Supply: Spielwarenmesse

Castros Bar and Event in Fürth earned first place with Scorching Velvet, which is able to function the official ToyCocktail for the 2026 Spielwarenmesse. The elements of the beverage weren’t out there on the time of publication. Die Rote Bar secured second place, adopted by Herrengedeck in third. The ToyCocktail program originated as a promotional idea and has since developed right into a longstanding custom, yielding a various vary of recipes that replicate the creativity of the native bar neighborhood and the worldwide character of the truthful.

“Over time, the ToyCocktail has develop into an integral a part of the Spielwarenmesse and symbolises the connection between the commerce, town and the area,” says Christian Ulrich, Member of the Government Board at Spielwarenmesse eG. “On the seventy fifth anniversary of the truthful and the twentieth birthday of the competitors, the collaborating bars are as soon as once more demonstrating how a lot ardour and ingenuity there’s in ToyCity Nuremberg.”

Scorching Velvet might be served from January 27 to 31, 2026, at Spielwarenmesse events and at collaborating places, together with Castros Bar and Occasion, Die Rote Bar, Gelbes Haus, Herrengedeck, Le Misch within the Mischbar, Public within the Scandic Nürnberg Central, and Treff within the Arvena Park Resort.

This yr’s jury featured Adriano Paulus, Bernhard Schäfer, and Franziska Hartmann, who evaluated entries primarily based on style, concord, look, aroma, and creativity.