Fine year for Champagne
It has certainly been a vintage year for the on-trade’s second largest category as wine recovered from a decline last year with an increase in sales of over £10 million.
US does it again
Whiskey from overseas remains a lucrative business in the land of Scotch with a value of £43.8 million in the nation’s bars, according to this year’s CGA data.
Sun rises on spirit
The drink of the blue agave’s growing popularity in the on-trade is evidenced in this year’s CGA listings with sales of tequila soaring by over 35% to £17.6 million.
Steady year for rum sector
Long tipped to be the next spirit to enjoy a gin-style boom, the ‘rum revival’ stalled somewhat this year as sales of golden/dark rum and white rum dipped slightly, by 2% and 5% respectively.
Beer brands add fizz to the Top Brands list
Beer is the big story of this year’s High Flyers list, with seven of the ten entries being either lager or ale brands.
Could gin become the biggest-selling spirit?
It’s been predicted for some time, but this is the year it finally happened: gin is now worth more in the Scottish on-trade than whisky.
Vodka: the most valuable spirit
Vodka has long been the on-trade’s biggest spirit, and although the category has fallen in value over the past year it remains the most valuable spirit in Scotland’s pubs and bars
Lager still the pub linchpin
Lager's status as the linchpin of the Scottish on-trade lives on, with new figures from CGA showing it accounts for a third of the alcohol sold in the Scottish on-trade .
A category just beyond the pale
Heineken must have been working hard to promote John Smith’s over the past year as CGA’s data reports that the brand is now the second-biggest ale in the Scottish on-trade .
Enjoy the fruits of their labour
It's been a good year for cider sales in the Scottish on-trade, with the category’s value having risen by almost £3 million to £145m .
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Luke Richardson
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