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Pandemic restrictions led many consumers to experiment with home-made cocktails and new flavours – and those same consumers are now back in bars looking for the spirits brands they learnt to love in lockdown

Flavoured gins that draw their tastes from distilling rather than ‘synthetic’ sources have been gaining ground, with both premium and super premium products gaining popularity.

As is standard for Arran’s whiskies, both Kilmory and Corriecravie have been bottled without chill filtration or added colouring. 

Bringing the popular actor onboard is intended to build upon the Prague brand’s more than 9% value sales growth in the UK on-trade over the last year.

The company’s super-premium Black Juniper Gin was created using black juniper sourced from Bhutan – above 4000 metres in the Himalayas – which is smoked before being combined with other botanicals, including Tasmanian Mountain Pepper.

TRADITIONAL Japanese flavours form the base of a new range of spirits from Cornish distiller English Spirit.  The distiller has teamed with The Wasabi Company,...

The rebrand amounts to a new direction for Tayport Distillery, focussing on growing awareness of its connection with the local community and the authentic products it makes using fruit and grain from surrounding farms.

Vault City’s co-founder Steven Smith-Hay, said: “Deep fried m*rs bars are as synonymous with Scottish culture as haggis or Irn Bru, so we thought why not bring this national treasure to life in a beer? 

The five-month push has been titled ‘El alma de Madrid’ – ‘The Soul of Madrid’ – led by a 60-second promo, shot on location in Madrid by directing duo Julien & Quentin and Pulse Films.

The brand was born and bred on the Mead family ranch in Kirby, Wyoming, and Edrington stressed that it will continue to be made in Kirby, with the 37 employees working in Wyoming welcomed into the wider business.