One of the USA’s leading craft breweries, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, has teamed with California’s St George Spirits to release Ruthless, a malt whiskey blended with spirits distilled from grains and hops. In 2013 the two came together to distil Sierra Nevada’s Ruthless Rye IPA, which was blended with a portion of St George’s single…
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Confusion reigns supreme in regard to China’s new import laws which go into effect on 1 January. According to Reuters, China’s customs authority published new food safety rules back in April. However, detailed instructions on how to get the required registration were only announced in October and the website to do the registration only became…
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Premiumisation has become a key trend governing all aspects of the beverage market, from sustainability to standing out in the growing market for luxury drinks, writes Susan Ellison, joint MD at OPM (Labels and Packaging) Group. Consumer spending on premium or “super-premium” alcoholic drinks is expected to grow by 13% to 2024, with more than…
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Although not a distilling story, for all of you who use casks you will find this story interesting, reported by SevenFifty and written by Jaclyn DeGiorgio. In a cultural exchange between Georgian and Italian winemakers, a project is duplicating how the Romans would have made and stored wine, complete with clay amphoras and wild yeast….
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Concerned members of the Wine and Spirit Trade Association are calling on the Transport Secretary to take urgent action over HGV driver shortages and freight disruption to avoid some of our favourite spirits from disappearing from the UK supermarket shelves. Nearly fifty of the UK’s wine and spirit businesses put their names to a letter,…
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The multi award winning Norwegian distillery Oslo Handverksdestilleri (OHD) has appointed CASK International as its new UK distributor. The distillery is known for producing spirits using only botanicals native to Norway. This range includes Vidda Torr Gin, Akevitt Blank, Marka Bitter and Norwegian Wood Birch Vodka which is new to the UK market. Since OHD…
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While craft gin continues to do well, spiced rum is beginning to move quickly up the ranks, especially now as we approach the holiday season. During this same time, too, the industry is experiencing increased sales of flavoured vodkas and ready-to-drink cocktails. If you are a spirits brand owner, distiller, or alcoholic beverage manufacturer looking…
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak said his sweeping reforms to the “outdated, complex and full of historical animalities” alcohol duties would make the system “simpler, fairer and healthier”. There are those who disagree. Distillers and wine makers argued that beer and cider continued to be taxed more favourably than their products, and that the higher duty rate…
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Pub chain Wetherspoons says that young people going out post-lockdown have helped sales of drinks such as mojitos and cosmopolitans rise by 45 percent over 2020, along with rum and vodka sales. However, according to the BBC, ale sales are down by 30 percent. In looking at other pub and bar sales, this seems to…
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The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has today launched its handbook to help food and drink manufacturers on their journeys to Net Zero. The ‘Achieving Net Zero’ handbook outlines how the FDF and the food and drink sector can address these challenges, and provides practical guidance for food and drink manufacturers, particularly those at the early stages of…
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