Still playing the fruit machine?
Fruit flavoured ciders have seen soaring sales and continued to grow even when the cider boom slowed in recent years. Are they still the...
World leading – Beer on the up
Lager edges up – but it’s all thanks to brews from across the globe says international bottled beers giant
PREMIUM lager sales are up marginally...
The taste of home
MISS Scotland, Jamey Bowers, raised a glass to mark the first delivery of Homecoming Scotland 2014 beer – a commemorative craft beer produced in...
Five on Belhaven craft trail
DUNBAR’S Belhaven Brewery is launching a new speciality craft beer range.
Four beers are scheduled to be introduced this month with more launches planned through...
Beers heading for defining moment?
WHAT exactly is craft beer? For some beer fans and makers the problem is that it’s more or less anything you want it to...
Bringing the world back home
RELAUNCHED Scottish-made lager brand Kestrel is in development phase as new owner Brookfield drinks, headed up by Nigel McNally, former managing director of brewer...
Here for the long term
IT may not be quite the booming drinks category that it was three or four years ago but cider is still very important to...
Soaring malt brand adds expressions
• ABERLOUR, the malt whisky whose 10-year old stormed to the highest malt whisky position in last month’s Kantar WorldPanel top 25 Scottish drinks...
Backing cider’s taste of winter
SEASONAL special from Sweden Rekorderlig Winter Cider is, says the brand’s UK distributor Chilli Marketing, back by popular demand and set for its biggest...
Better than the cheap classics?
BARGAIN champagne or premium prosecco?
According to Nick Tatham, master of wine, at specialist Continental Wine & Food, there’s no competition. “A good, well-made...
No 9 drinks brand’s dark entry
CHRISTMAS 2013 will be the second festive season for cider market leader Strongbow since its major brand makeover in summer last year and...
Festively fruity
TOTAL take-home alcohol sales value increased by 2% last Christmas, generating £4.1 billion-worth of retail sales in the 12-week festive period, said Amanda Grabham,...
When Johnnie comes marching home
LAST Christmas was a good one for spirits, with 92m individual bottles sold in the 12-week run-up as measured by Nielsen. That was a...
Fans ask for coconut gifts
IN a first for the brand, coconut-flavoured, rum-based drink Malibu has released a Christmas gift pack. The white pack includes snowflake cutouts designed to...
Extra ad spend for historic promo
WHISKY brand Grant’s is ramping up the promotion for its pre-Christmas Historic Newspaper give-away with an extra £250,000 spend in outdoor advertising, radio,...
A cover that’s tailor-made
JUST in time for Christmas, deluxe whisky brand, Chivas Regal, has joined up with Savile Row tailor, Patrick Grant, to launch a gift tin...
