2014 brings a hot season to build on
CIDER, of all types,traditionally does well in summer. So, with some decent weather to enjoy this year, was it a boom time for cider...
Scots catching up
The long alcoholic drinks market has become very interesting in recent years. Off-trade growth has been decent in the last 12 months and craft...
Flavours of the moment
CIDER has had a good 12 months and, more recently a good summer of 2014. But that comes on the back of a period...
Darker future?
TAX changes have benefited beer sales in Britain in recent years and continuing pressures on pubs have seen sales move to the off-trade, says...
Innovation nation
YOUNG people want excitement and are naturally inclined to seek out the new and unusual wherever they can find it, so the theory goes.
It...
Young at heart
As Scotland’s students return for a new term and other young adults settle down for the party season we look at some key alcohol...
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...
On a roll
HEINEKEN, the giant drinks company behind brands like Foster’s, Kronenbourg 1664, Desperados, Bulmer, Strongbow and Old Mout, sees itself as the number-one supplier of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
