Innis & Gunn lager named as Scotland’s best at the World Beer Awards
Innis & Gunn’s Lager beat some big international names, including Estrella Damm, Madri, Stella, Becks, and Chang, as well as besting local market leaders Tennent's and Heverlee.
Scottish gin producers celebrate three-star success at Great Taste Awards
Operated by the Guild of Fine Foods, the awards recognise quality food and drink products from across the UK - and only 2% of products are awarded its coveted three-star status.
Brand new Benbecula distillery makes 150 casks available for sale
The 250-litre first-fill ex Pedro Ximénez and oloroso sherry casks are being sold for £8000 and £7500, respectively. The buyers' names will be recorded on the walls of the distillery.
Brewgooder spearheads Fairtrade beer with launch of fonio supply chain
The brewer is the first to harness the ‘super grain’ in a commercially available UK beer – Brewgooder Fonio Session IPA – but has made the fonio supply chain ‘accessible to all’.
Ruta Maya – sustainably natural rum from the rainforest of Belize
There are four varieties in the range – Rum Blanco, Rum Ouro, Coffee and Cocolime – each made with raw materials sourced from across Central America.
Greene King embraces bag-in-box cocktails from The Drinks Bureau
Ready-to-Serve cocktails from The Drinks Bureau have secured a major expansion into the on-trade market via an official listing in Greene King’s pub portfolio.
Birra Moretti overtakes Carling as the UK’s most popular draught lager
Recent market research by CGA found that draught sales of the Heineken-owned Italian lager brand had increased 9.6% compared to the previous year.
D&G’s Ninefold expands its range as customers wake up to local rums
Kit Carruthers launched Ninefold Rum in 2019 after converting part of his family estate in Dalton, Dumfries & Galloway, into a distillery.
Spicy, smoky, rich and warming – here come the flavours of autumn
As summer ends, trend-watchers expect to see rising demand for cocktails based on more complex spirits like mezcal, whisky and rum...
BrewDog adds five new ‘bar-quality’ canned cocktails to Wonderland range
The new flavours – Cosmo, Whisky Sour, Strawberry Daiquiri, Watermelon Margarita and Long Island Iced Tea – bring the Wonderland canned cocktail range up to 10.
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