Spirits & Cocktails

Spanish distillery teams up with UK drinks agency to grow its brand

30-Oct-2018 By Robert Mann

Spanish urban craft distillery Santamanía has teamed up with industry leading drinks agency Boutique Bar Brands (BBB) to increase its availability across the UK.

TAX EQUALITY

Supermarket vodka sold at less than 50p per measure

29-Oct-2018 By Stuart Stone

Research by The Morning Advertiser and figures from CGA Insight detailing average on-trade pricing have revealed that supermarket vodka is being sold at the equivalent of less than 50p per single measure.

Tax Equality

Gin costs 514% more in pubs than in supermarkets

25-Oct-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

The average cost of a 25ml measure of ‘standard’ gin costs over 500% more in the on-trade than it is in the off-trade due to significant financial pressures, according to The Morning Advertiser research.

Tax Equality

Premium whisky up to four times cheaper in supermarkets than pubs

23-Oct-2018 By Stuart Stone

According to research by The Morning Advertiser and CGA on average on-trade pricing, a ‘cocktail of costs’ has led to pubs charging several times supermarket prices for whisky measures.

Two bottles limit for Conor McGregor’s Proper No.Twelve whiskey

19-Oct-2018 By Robert Mann

Not content with being one of the world’s greatest MMA (mixed martial arts) fighters, newbie entrepreneur Conor McGregor has seen his whiskey brand become a hard-hitting overnight success.

Teen uses parents’ distillery to create alcohol-free gin

19-Oct-2018 By Robert Mann

A teenager given free rein of her parents’ distillery has created Northern Ireland’s first alcohol-free gin.

Gold medal for Brighton Gin’s artwork and bottle design

18-Oct-2018 By Robert Mann

The multi-award-winning Brighton Gin has added another accolade to its trophy cabinet after judges voted its design as “an outstanding example”.

What time do Brits start drinking on Christmas Day?

18-Oct-2018 By Stuart Stone

A small batch craft gin firm from Bedale in Yorkshire has worked out when the average Brit breaks open the Christmas spirits on 25 December.

7 ways not to serve cocktails

17-Oct-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Drinkers have taken to social media to air their frustration at being served drinks, including cocktails, in vessels other than glasses.

Gin boom to be affected by tax increase

16-Oct-2018 By Robert Mann

Britain’s booming £2bn gin industry shows no signs of slowing down and now gin makers across the country have united to call on the Chancellor to freeze spirit duty.

More under-25s cutting booze, research claims

10-Oct-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Almost a third of younger consumers are avoiding alcohol, indicating a rising trend, a new study has claimed.

WSTA: gin and fizz are bolstering British pubs

10-Oct-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Wine and spirit sales in UK pubs account for more than one third (36%) of the value of alcohol sold, worth almost £6bn to pubs, according to the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA).

Spirits Summit

Can rum compete with gin?

03-Oct-2018 By Stuart Stone

James Lawrence from small batch distillers English Spirit gave The Morning Advertiser’s Spirit Summit the lowdown on the rise of English rum and his thoughts on how rum can compete with gin.

Spirits Summit

Vodka still has a lot of work to do to keep drinkers engaged

02-Oct-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Vodka needs to ensure it sets itself apart from gin in order to ensure consumers are interested, delegates at The Morning Advertiser’s Spirits Summit (2 October) heard.

Spirits Summit

The thing about pink gin

02-Oct-2018 By Stuart Stone

Independent spirits writer, consultant and gin specialist David T Smith discusses where pink gin came from, where it is now, and where it's going, at the Spirits Summit (2 October) today.