United Spirits Limited (USL) has signed a deal with Inbrew Beverages for Inbrew to buy 32 local Indian spirit manufacturers for around US$100 million. This move is anything but a retreat for India’s largest spirit company. USL – also known as Diageo India, It said it would retain ownership of high-end and premium Indian spirits,…
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‘Waste’ is not the first thing that springs to mind when thinking about a distillery, but for Hendre Barnard, Head of Production at Jim and Tonic Distillery, it is; while manufacturing every day, there is a lot of organic waste to deal with. Here Hendre explains exactly how they deal with waste at Jim and Tonic. Distilleries…
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Gin entrepreneur Sally Wynter has just announced that she sold her CBD-infused gin Muhu last year for a “seven-digit figure” to Colorado-based New Frontier. Wynter herself would be the first to admit it was close to a miracle that Muhu was created. She had no experience, no friends or family with money, no co-founder, no…
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The UK’s British Honey Company is celebrating the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II with a special commemorative edition of its Classic Honey Infused Gin for the Platinum Jubilee. Made from its signature London Dry Gin and infused with 100 percent pure honey from apiaries in Windsor Great Park, the 42% ABV gin is flavoured with…
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The Shropshire Gin Co has walked away with the award for Best International Classic Gin at the 2022 ADI International Spirits Completion. In 2007, the American Distilling Institute revolutionized spirits competitions with the creation of what it then called the Judging of Craft Spirits. Before the ADI Judging, spirits competitions simply gave out scores or medals….
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Buen Vato, the world’s first tequila in a cardboard container shaped as a bottle made from 94% recycled material, will be launched in Europe in July 2022, starting in the Swedish market. Tequila Buen Vato is on a mission to shake-up the drinks industry by investing in sustainable manufacturing, transportation processes and CSR initiatives. This revolutionary bottle…
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Thieves who knew what they were looking for targeted Speyside distillery Glenfarclas, stealing within four minutes somewhere between £100,000 to £150,000 worth of whisky (estimates have varied depending on source). The break-in happened at Glenfarclas distillery, near Ballindalloch, in the early hours of Sunday, according to the BBC. The firm said it was “horrified” that…
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Captain Tom Moore was the elderly man the whole nation fell in love with as he walked around his yard raising money for the NHS. By the time the 100-year-old WWII veteran finished his final lap, he had raised nearly £39 million, about £38,999,000 more than he had expected. Unfortunately, according to an article broke…
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US imports at the nation’s major retail container ports set a new record this spring and are expected to see near-record volume this month as retailers bring in merchandise ahead of rising costs and further supply chain issues, according to a new report from the National Retail Federation (NRF), and reported by gCaptain. If you sell to the US…
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When compared to the rest of the UK, Scotland accounts for the largest share of UK food and drink exports, with almost 30 percent of total exports, according to the UK’s Food & Drink Federation. Given the global strength of Scotch whisky exports, it is unsurprising that Scotland’s biggest export category is beverages, which makes…
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