Filtered vodka
SMIRNOFF, the UK’s biggest-selling vodka brand last month launched its latest marketing campaign, said by brand owner Diageo to be worth £15m.
The first...
Comfortable new year
GLASGOW and Edinburgh both feature in a major sampling initiative for Southern Comfort, from Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands.
Across the UK, from late last month, during...
Keep it cool this winter
When it comes to ready-to-drink beer and cocktails, convenience has the edge
THE term ‘cocktail party’ may still carry connotations of wealthy socialites in the...
Oak specialist reaches £10m
SPECIALIST beer firm Innis & Gunn, a pioneer in spirit cask-aged ales, saw sales break through £10m last year.
Turnover to end 2013 was...
New look for market leader
SCOTLAND’S best-selling beer, Tennent’s Lager, got a new off-trade look in the summer when the brand team refreshed its packaging.
The new style is designed...
Joining the craft
FORMER prime minister Gordon Brown bounced back on to the political scene recently.
But, if historians in the future debate his impact on the...
Keeping craft simple
FOR John Mercer, marketing manager of Shetland’s Lerwick Brewery, the craft beer revolution has certainly arrived.
“At Lerwick Brewery, we’re seeing demand for our three...
Own-label first for Country
BESTWAY and Batleys’ own-label cider Country Choice has added two new fruit-based ciders to its off-trade range.
The two new lines – Country Choice Dark...
Winter cooler
CIDER may often do well in summer but the cider firms are keen to extend sales in spring, autumn and winter too.
• Swedish cider Kopparberg...
Don’t forget the honey
AFTER what they say was the successful launch of environmentally conscious brand Planetbee’s South African Chenin Blanc earlier this year, distributor Morgenrot and brand...
Island brews
SCOTLAND isn’t short of islands, it isn’t short of brewers. So, perhaps not surprisingly, it isn’t short of island brewers.
At Isle of Arran Brewery...
Porter’s return
IRISH author Flann O’Brien’s most famous novel includes a poem called The Workman’s Friend. In it an ordinary man says that when dealing with...
On a holy mission
BEER industry executive Nigel McNally had a dream to breath new life into once well-known drinks brands.
He put together an offer and...
Convenience retail’s sporting chance
SPORT has heavily influenced the big-night in scene in recent times with the World Cup and Commonwealth Games, says Kestrel Lager distributor Brookfield Drinks.
As...
Glam Glayva
WHISKY liqueur Glayva has a new-look embossed bottle, desgined to highlight the flavours present in the drink.
The label has been modernised and the closure...
Speyside super gin
BOUTIQUE spirit Caorunn, distilled in the Balmenach Distillery on Speyside, is now the second-biggest super-premium gin in the UK.
Figures just released from the...
