A whisky produced at the Glenlivet Distillery 80-years-ago will be poured into 250 bespoked decanters with Decanter No. 1 auctioned off by Sothbey’s. Proceeds will go to the Scottish charity Trees for Life. On 3rd February 1940 in a quiet corner in the north of Scotland, George Urquhart and his father, John, had the extraordinary…
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UK spirit and wine businesses are celebrating the free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia, which will reduce the cost for exporters and importers alike and will mean greater choice for UK consumers, reports the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA). In 2020, the UK exported £27m worth of British gin to Australia, which was one…
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The Chinese market and spirits industry has a firm grip on the top five spirit spots, according to data from Brand Finance. Growth, however, is across the spirits sector with the total value of the world’s top 50 most valuable spirits brands having increased by five percent, up from US$129.7 billion in 2020 to US$135.9 billion in 2021. Performing particularly well in the ranking this year are the…
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Metal giant Metallica has been playing it songs to aging whiskey to created BLACKENED, a whiskey aged to the low hertz frequencies of The Black Album, the highest selling album of any genre in the last 30-years. The Metallica BLACKENED The Black Album Whiskey Pack features a 750ml bottle of Batch 114, a fine mix of straight…
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It was a battle between an elephant and a flea which should have never taken place. Seventy-three-year-old Philip Perseval had an idea. He’d make a liqueur from Scotch whisky and cashew nuts, bottle it and called it McBaileys. All proceeds would then go to his micro-small company, Children’s Cancer Aid Limited (not to be confused…
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Here and the USA tequila has been seen more as a party drink that a real spirit. Drinkers would do shooters of tequila with the biggest debate being do you bite the lemon or lick the salt first? And tequila’s go-to-drink, the Margarita? Again, something for a party when the only requirement seems to be…
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The great online grocery shopping boom is here to stay as 90% of Brits plan to keep shopping for their groceries online once the peak of COVID-19 passes. Meanwhile, just 5% of shoppers say they are planning to stop doing so, according to a survey conducted by Mintel. An impressive three in five (59%) Brits…
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To mark World Whisky Day, Cotswolds Distillery has decided to auction a bottle of whisky drawn from the first cask they ever filled, with the proceeds going to The Drinks Trust. This bottle is the first and only bottle filled from Cask #01, which is owned by founder Dan Szor. Since 1886, The Drinks Trust…
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If UK pubs owners weren’t having enough problems in trying to get their businesses up and running again, a TikTok user is making it seem fun to sneak vodka into pubs to save money, reports The Sun. TikTok user elaine_79 shared a vid of her friends using empty hand gel bottles instead of a hip…
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CleanCo, the non-alcoholic spirit brand, will be listed in Morrisons from 10 May 2021. Three of CleanCo’s non-alcoholic products from the best-selling range will be available to purchase on the shelves of 478 Morrisons stores nationwide, each at an RRP of £19. These include CleanCo’s gin alternative, ‘Clean G’, rum replacement ‘Clean R’ and vodka-style…
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