Island distiller sets sail

Inaugural rum from Orkney producer inspired by 18th century pirate

Time to embrace the darkness

CALIFORNIAN wine firm E&J Gallo has bolstered its UK portfolio with the launch of Apothic Dark

A huge slice of the on-trade pie

Rum is far too valuable a category for licensees to ignore

New rum is a team effort

Brand teams with trio to bottle ‘taste of Caribbean’

Highland distillery begins to blossom

A HUSBAND and wife team from the Highland village of Badachro in Wester Ross have taken an unlikely step into Scotland’s booming craft gin movement

No need to dream of a light Christmas

Seasonal serves can help maintain gin’s popularity during dark winter months
Wemyss Malts new range of single cask whiskies

Seasonal whiskies released

FAMILY-owned independent whisky bottler Wemyss Malts has introduced a new range of single cask whiskies for autumn

View from behind the bar: gin

Two Scottish bartenders chat about the seasonal gin offerings at their outlets
TV and radio presenter Melanie Sykes

Broadcaster gets back in the saddle

Melanie Sykes, has returned to promote Boddingtons Bitter, 20 years after she originally starred in an advertising campaign for the brand
Beer glass being poured

Calls for on-trade beer duty relief

CAMRA has warned that the British tradition of going to the pub is at risk of dying out as beer prices continue to rise

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