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Jonny’s the toast of Deuchars

THERE’S the Edinburgh Festival, which is one of the most highly regarded arts festivals in the world. There’s the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is...
Bottles of The Glendronach The Master's Anthology range stand next to the outer packaging with Ode to The Valley, Ode to The Embers and Ode to The Dark.

The Glendronach unveils ‘The Master’s Anthology’ whisky series

Highland Single Malt whisky The Glendronach has unveiled its new 'The Master's Anthology' in a bid to explore the flavours that come from sherry maturation.
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Light beer shows it has bottle

RESPONDING to research that revealed that 43% of UK beer drinkers only drink bottled beer, AB InBev has unveiled a  bottle format for Bud Light

Four Loko bursts with new flavour

Red Star Brands RTD brand Four Loko has launched a new flavour to its range with Dark Berry Burst as the brand aims to take drive further RTD sales.

Knowledge is key to sales

THERE has never been more choice of beer for UK consumers, with campaign group There’s A Beer For That reporting over 2,000 breweries currently producing 12,000 beers in 140 different styles.
Aardberg porter

Brew brings water of life

Best known for its peated whisky, Islay single-malt distillery Ardbeg has launched its first ever beer.

Apple bites back

APPLE ciders carrying heritage brands are making a comeback, according to Debs Carter, marketing director, alcohol at SHS Drinks. Quoting Nielsen Scantrack research, Carter stressed...

Belhaven supports local

Belhaven pushes up the importance of Scottish brands for local consumers highlighting the need for convenience retailers to capitalise on provenance.
A bottle of Height of Arrows gin lies in a bush of yellow flowers.

Holyrood Distillery secures listing for gin

Edinburgh-based Holyrood Distillery has secured its first major supermarket listing for its award-winning Height of Arrows gin.
Smirnoff

Pure and simple

Scotland’s off-trade vodka market still dominated by the big two 2015 is shaping up to be a good year for vodka in Scotland after a...
New Blossom Hill range

New look for Blossom Hill

Design targets younger audiences
Pete Cheema and Mo Razzaq have both voiced concerns about the rise in MUP.

Convenience retail chiefs voice fears over MUP increase to 65p

Convenience retail leaders are warning that the rise in alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP) will hit struggling stores and communities, and lead to more crime.
Stella Artois and Budweiser alcohol-free beers

Booze-free beers

Budweiser Brewing Group has extended its alcohol-free range with the roll out of two new brews

Belhaven assures quality in beer

When it comes to consumer's beer selection this Christmas, plenty will be looking to quality options and Belhaven reckons award winning ranges could be key.
Tomatin Five Virtues

Take the Tomatin taste test

HIGHLAND distiller Tomatin has unveiled its People Pairing quiz

Funds fuel expansion

A SCOTTISH vermouth maker has secured £120,000 worth of investment through a crowd funding campaign. Tait Bros successfully secured the funds through a campaign for...