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RTD trends you need to know

05-Mar-2024 By Rebecca Weller

As trends within the RTD sector shift and younger generations catch on to what the category can offer, publicans would do well to heed some expert advice.

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New drinks in time for Christmas

16-Dec-2022 By Gary Lloyd

The latest new releases to the market include beers from Hook Norton, Theakston and Chevallier while spirits include Johnnie Walker and Elusive Expressions from Diageo.

Drinks List 2023

The Drinks List – top brands to stock in 2023

28-Nov-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

This year’s Drinks List has seen great strides forward in terms of volume and value sales versus last year because the on-trade has been operating on a much better basis than during the heavily restrictive phases of the pandemic.

DRINKS LIST 2023

WKD Blue tops RTD category

28-Nov-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

VK dominates the ready-to-drink (RTD) category this year, with three products making the list, and there are also two newcomers to watch out for.

New products round-up

New beers from Shepherd Neame, Tiny Rebel collab and Adnams

21-Apr-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Among this week’s new products are an ale from Shepherd Neame to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, a double launch from WKD and a beer collab between So Lets Talk and Tiny Rebel.

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Festive drinks released in time for Christmas

17-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Burleighs has employed a rare production process to make its limited-edition Christmas Gin, Tuscan Tree targets a sequel Aperitivo, Vida Wines & Spirits shows off a few of its wines, Netherlands-based Ful launches its Spirulina Fizz trio and Liquid...

Portman Group launches new guidance for Hard Seltzer and CBD drinks

08-Dec-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Following a 10% increase in requests for advice regarding hard-seltzers and alcoholic drinks containing CBD, the Portman Group has released new guidance in those categories through a new spotlight report, 25 Years of Responsible Alcohol Regulation.

The Drinks List

Crabbies tops RTD division, draught cocktails make big moves

03-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

The ready-to-drink (RTD) category has seen some big losses as the restrictions on hospitality hit hard during the past year but, with CGA re-categorising draught cocktails as RTD, there are three new entrants to the top 10 that have been going great guns.

The Drinks List

Jagermeister tops table for liqueurs & specialities

03-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

While there was no corresponding category in last year’s Drink List, liqueurs & specialities is certainly a division licensees cannot ignore.

New products round-up

Hofmeister crowdfunding, Bone Daddies and Deya collab beer

03-Dec-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Among the new products on offer this week are a collaboration brew from Bone Daddies and Deya, Beavertown's new hard seltzer range and a liqueur range from Witch Kings Rum. There is also news on a crowdfunding campaign from Hofmeister.

The Drinks List

The Drinks List – top brands to stock in 2022

29-Nov-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

This year’s Drinks List has been impacted by the fact the on-trade sector was either in lockdown or operating under restrictions from October 2020 to July 2021, which was a longer period than when the results was previously compiled.

New products round-up

Anspach & Hobday's Hogarth-inspired beer, Stirling Distillery's charity gin release

19-Nov-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Among the new products to be released this week are a beer from a collaboration between Anspach & Hobday and Tate Britain's food and drink operator, proceeds from a new gin at Stirling Distillery to help police sufferers of PTSD, Campari takes...

New products round-up

Big Drop releases beer with coffee roaster, Liquid Diamond launches debut still wine

12-Nov-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Among the latest new products to hit the market are Leafkicker alcohol-free beer from Big Drop, a Sauvignon Blanc from Liquid Diamond, a hit of blueberries from Blue Aurora wine and if you like Pina Coladas then Soho Street Cocktails has something for...

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The UK's favourite cocktails made easy with Funkin Pre-batch products

08-Nov-2021 By Funkin

As the UK returns to its pubs, it seems drinkers are increasingly expecting a wider drinks offering, looking for cocktails they know and love to be on the menu.

Nightcap reports 68% sales increase versus pre-Covid

03-Nov-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Nightcap, the parent company of cocktail bar groups London Cocktail Club and Tonight Josephine, has reported a 68% increase in net sales for a 13-week period versus the same, pre-Covid, equivalent in 2019.

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Bumper week for new product launches

01-Oct-2021 By Gary Lloyd

Cask Hobgoblin IPA, three vodkas from Masons of Yorkshire and Fuller’s Vintage Ale are among the new products to hit the market this week.

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New launches from Haig Club, Martini, BrewDog Distilling Co and Roger Daltrey

09-Apr-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

This fruit flavoured new products round-up sees Haig Club, BrewDog Distilling Co, Hawkes and Martini among drinks makers to unveil new pours in time for summer.

The Drinks List

The Drinks List – Top Brands to Stock in 2021

27-Nov-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Despite being closed for four months, facing strict curfews, tier systems and enduring a second national lockdown, drinks sales in the on-trade were strong when the sector was open.

New product round-up

Gin-spiration: Charity 10pm curfew spirit launch, ‘bottle for life’ roll-out, new pour to fund arctic row

30-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

A raft recent spirit launches includes new pours from Salcombe Distilling Company and Laphroaig, as well as charity focused Sis4ers Distillery and Northwest Passage Expedition gins.

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Wave of new spirit expressions launch, Barbados Sea Turtle Project partner rum to hit UK

09-Oct-2020 By Stuart Stone

Intercontinental Brands has added a spiced rum pledging 10% of its profits to the Barbados Sea Turtle Project to its brand portfolio, while new spirit releases from the likes of The Moore House Cocktail Company, JJ Whitley Vodka, Jatt Life also landed....

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Shipyard, Grolsch, Thatchers draft on-trade launches

25-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Shipyard, Grolsch and Thatchers have lined up new brews to help them tap into the on-trade while new sparkling mead, banana rum and English vermouth launches have also hit the market.

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BrewDog launches ‘world’s strongest beer’, new craft brewer launches fungi-based range

18-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Scottish craft beer maker BrewDog has created a new 57.8% pour, South Devon-based Salcombe Distilling Co has teamed up with two-Michelin starred chef Niall Keating, and a new brewer has created a range of craft beers using adaptogenic mushrooms.

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New brews from Adnams, Beavertown, Fourpure and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall revealed

04-Sep-2020 By Stuart Stone

Kopparberg, Jura and Westons have all provided new product news in the past week while new brews from the likes of Adnams, Beavertown, Fourpure and television chef and environmental campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have also been confirmed

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Wave of spirits, low-calorie seltzers and spritzes floods post-lockdown market

14-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

The past week has seen Signature Brew join forces with Mercury Prize shortlisted Sports Team, Bowmore announce a £50,000 limited-edition whisky in tandem with Aston Martin and a host of low-calorie pours hit the market.

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Bacardi and Dead Man’s Fingers grow rum range

06-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Both Bacardi and Dead Man’s Fingers have added new variants ahead of National Rum Day on 16 August, while Everards and Robinsons have launched limited edition beers.

Diageo records 4% GB sales slump as global profit halves

04-Aug-2020 By Stuart Stone

Beverage behemoth Diageo recorded a 4% drop in net sales in Great Britain as the company saw its global operating profit cut by 47.1% by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Spiked sales: why operators shouldn’t go soft on hard seltzer

06-Jul-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Hard seltzers have been quietly making their way up the drinks trends ladder and establishing themselves in consumer repertoires – but what is this nascent category and is it worth pub and bar operators tapping into?

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Consumers 'increasingly seeking low-and-no options' to support lockdown wellness goals

15-May-2020 By Nikkie Thatcher

Lockdown can affect people in different ways and, once it is eased, people must be able to cope. One way could be to sample lower alcohol drinks in the off-trade.

RTD beverages present ‘double burden to health’

22-Jan-2020 By Alice Leader

Popular sugary alcoholic drinks are a ‘double burden’ on consumers’ health because of their alcohol and sugar content, coupled with the huge cash onus placed on the NHS, according to new research.

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.

Ready-to-drink: ready to develop?

21-Aug-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The ready-to-drink category has struggled in recent years but is moving in the right direction. The big question now is whether the segment will ever return to the heights it achieved in the 1990s.

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