The view from behind bars: rum

Two Scottish bartenders talk trends, tiki and trading up

Score with the seasonal switch

WITH autumn just around the corner many beer drinkers, just like their spirits-drinking counterparts, could be on the lookout for drinks suited to the new season.

Keeping it in the family

INDEPENDENT bottler Wemyss Malts is releasing a new range of Scotch malt whiskies produced from the family’s private collection of maturing whisky casks.

New vodka is top of the pods

THE Cîroc range of flavoured vodkas has been extended with the introduction of a new vanilla variant.

Fresh design sees liqueurs fall in line

A NEW look is on the cards for Edinburgh Gin’s fruit gin liqueurs, which are set to be moved into bespoke bottles.

Rum’s roots anchored in new bottle design

Sailor Jerry, the spiced rum brand owned by William Grant & Sons, has been given a new-look, limited edition bottle.

Beer brand earns more music stripes

THE firm behind Jamaican beer brand Red Stripe has released the second instalment of online music show ‘This Feeling TV’.

Customers continue crossing to dark side

Some other spirits categories have seen sales decline in Scottish pubs and bars over the past year, but rum has held firm.

Two brews join Swedish line up

DISTRIBUTOR Morgenrot has expanded its range of beers from Swedish brewer Pang Pang with the addition of two IPAs.

A tale of love and recycling

New ad campaign aims to encourage plastic bottle recycling COCA-COLA Great Britain has made its first advert entirely out of 100% recyclable packaging, in a...

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