Around two-thirds of adults polled in Ireland agreed that the social and mental wellbeing of the general population has been negatively impacted as a direct result of the closure of hospitality venues. The Irish hospitality industry agrees. Patricia Callan, director of Drinks Ireland said: “Hospitality venues have been sorely missed, and after a year and…
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Hokkaido Liberty Whisky in northern Japan is going to take advantage of the country’s corn crop – normally going to animal feed – to make whiskey, according to the South China Morning Post. Although nowhere on the bottle will it say ‘bourbon’, this will be the first whiskey made in Japan using the ‘bourbon-method’, says…
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WSTA chief executive Miles Beale has outlined four of the simpler things that Chancellor Rishi Sunak could – and should – do as part of a ‘once-in-a-generation’ chance to re-design alcohol taxation in the UK. Beale’s comments follow. In this weekend’s Sunday Times Tim Shipman, its Chief Political Commentator, wrote a surprisingly detailed piece about…
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Dr Emma Walker will succeed Jim Beveridge OBE becoming the first female Master Blender in the 200-year Johnnie Walker story, reports Diageo. Beveridge will retire at the end of the year after more than 40 years at Diageo, 20 of which as Master Blender. Walker will be one of a small, select group of people,…
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Entrepreneur Spencer Matthews, creator and CEO of non-alcoholic spirts brand CleanCo, has partnered with new Demeter & Co to bring his spirits to the USA. Plans for the US launch includes a deal with Southern Glazer’s, the USA’s largest drinks distributor, which will launch the brand across seven states next month. As part of the…
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Glenfiddich, the world’s most awarded single malt Scotch whisky brand, has partnered with BlockBar, the premier non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace for luxury wine and spirits products, to launch a series of 15 limited edition liquor NFTs. Each NFT corresponds to a physical, exceptional bottle of a 1973 46-year-old Armagnac cask finish Single Malt Scotch Whisky that…
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For the first time in the modern era of American whiskey, Kentucky has 10 million barrels of bourbon aging in distillery warehouses across the Commonwealth, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association announced today. Kentucky’s legendary distilling industry also set new production records for the number of bourbon barrels filled in a single year – nearly 2.5 million…
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World of Zing has collaborated with Everyman Cinema to mark the release of the new Bond film, No Time To Die. World of Zing, founded by cocktail expert Pritesh Mody, has designed and handcrafted a range of three bespoke cocktails inspired by Bond which are available exclusively for consumers at Everyman Cinema bars. Headlining the…
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A new research paper has outlined the use of gas chromatography and chemometrics in detecting fraud in Italian grappa spirit. In ‘An Authentication Study on Grappa Spirit’ by Silvia Adruini, Alessandro Zappi, Marcello Locatelli, Salvatore Sgro and Dora Melucci, Italian researchers developed a method to authenticate grappa using alcohol measurement and gas chromatography analysis. “Grappa”…
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Drink sales continue to compare well to pre-Covid patterns despite a host of supply, staffing and cost pressures across the On Premise sector, according to CGA. CGA’s latest Drinks Recovery Tracker shows average drinks sales by value in the seven days to last Saturday (18 September) were down by 5% on the same week in…
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