Spirits & Cocktails

Drinks List 2019

Gordons is number one top-selling gin

19-Nov-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Diageo-owned brand Gordons has been unveiled as the country’s best-selling gin, according to new data.

The Drinks List: Top Brands to Stock 2019

18-Nov-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

With so much conflicting research in the market and varying opinions from analysts, The Morning Advertiser’s Drinks List 2019 reveals exactly what is going on with sales at the bar.

UK distilleries on the rise as craft spirit craze continues

16-Nov-2018 By Robert Mann

According to new figures, the number of distillery businesses in the UK soared 30% in a single year as demand for craft spirits grows.

What should the back bar look like?

16-Nov-2018 By Emma Eversham

The back bar is a pub or bar’s shop window, where a well-thought-out display can really add to the bottom line. So what does a licensee need to think about when deciding what to put there?

Pornstar Martini is the nation’s favourite cocktail

15-Nov-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

The number one cocktail in the UK on-trade is the Pornstar Martini, according to new research from data experts.

Diageo sells 19 brands to focus on ‘premium’ spirits

12-Nov-2018 By Stuart Stone

Drinks giant Diageo has agreed the sale of 19 brands to privately owned US firm Sazerac for approximately £428m ($550m).

No-alcohol spirits category is on the rise

12-Nov-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Booze-free spirits is a growing category in the on-trade, research from data experts CGA has revealed.

Former Diageo MD appointed as BrewDog director

07-Nov-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Scottish brewer and operator BrewDog has appointed a former Diageo boss to head its BrewDog Distilling department.

Diageo's Yorke focuses on diversity in the trade

02-Nov-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Despite studying for a law degree, Melissa Yorke decided her career may lie in a different direction. Now at drinks giant Diageo, she has helped change the on-trade team and is vocal on diversity within the industry as a whole.

Leicester helicopter crash: owner left whiskey for fans to remember loved ones

31-Oct-2018 By Robert Mann

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Leicester City owner who died in a helicopter crash, would leave whiskey and glasses for Foxes fans to toast loved ones before each match, it has been revealed.

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.