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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French distillery giant Pernod Ricard is living up to its goal of creating “consumer centric strategy of meeting new consumer needs and expectations in a context of solid e-commerce growth” in a huge way by buying The Whisky Exchange. Created in 1999 by Sukhinder and Rajbir Singh, The Whisky Exchange has a catalogue of around…
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Envireau Water, a team of collaborative water scientists and consultants specialising in the management and regulation of natural water systems, have announced the opening of their new Scottish Office in Stirling. With 25 years of consultancy experience across the UK and a growing client base in the distilling sector and allied industries, this expansion will…
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Scottish distillery Glenmorangie has opened its new Lighthouse Distillery, designed from the ground up for whisky experimentation rather tan yield. “We have been pushing single malt boundaries for decades. Our whisky creators are endlessly experimental in their quest to dream up delicious whiskies for more people to enjoy. Now, to give them the freedom to…
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New Revenue Clearance figures show that Irish alcohol consumption fell by nearly 11 percent in the first half of 2021 (January-June), compared with the same period last year. Consumption in Ireland is now at the lowest in 30 years, according to Patricia Callan, director of Drinks Ireland in a press release. This fall is a result…
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Whisky drinkers primarily in North America are beginning to look at the drink as part of a weight loss programme, according to a new report from Fact.MR. Because of the lack of fat, gluten and a minimal amount of sodium – which reduces water retention – whisky is seen as being helpful in losing weight….
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For all those drinkers who are enjoying paying less to drink at home than in a pub or restaurant, those days might soon be over. In an attempt to raise revenue, the Treasury is considering a levy on spirits from supermarkets or local stores. Some Tory MPs see this ‘levelling of the playing field” as…
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Hayman’s Distillery has found a way to create a lower-alcohol gin drink, while maintaining gin standards, allowing the gin to still be considered gin. By concentrating the flavour, Hayman’s believes then that drinkers will use less gin, reducing the amount of alcohol in a drink. To drive home this point, on bottles of Hayman’s Small…
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