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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

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What goes up must come down, and thats been the case with the brandy and Cognac category. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% Just one of the leading brands, Sazeracs Paul Masson brandy, posted growth in 2023, and that was a scant 0.3% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8

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The Definitive Timeline of Bourbon ‘Taters’

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By 2021, Buffalo Trace , Four Roses, and other distilleries had begun forcing barrel-pick participants to sign an “Agreement of Non-Mutilation of Brand Packaging.” Were they truly finishing these bourbons — who has ever seen a barrel-aged strawberry kiwi brandy ?! — or just adding artificial syrups to the spirit?

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In the Suburbs, Craft Cocktail Programs Finally Find a Home

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He jumped into the Dallas bar scene in 2021, launching Ryes second location and its sister property Apothecary in Dallass lively Lower Greenville district. For example, if were going to push a brandy cocktail on the menu, we need to be able to explain everything about the drink and everything about brandy, because the guests will ask.

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When Did ‘Willy Wonka’ Become the Booze World’s Favorite Cliché?

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Credit: The Rum Lab Up north in Canada, Devine Distillery & Winery is the “Willy Wonka of spirits.” In 2021, Delish claimed “The Bombay Sapphire Distillery is like Willy Wonka’s factory for adults.” There are a lot of foolish writers out there, I guess. But it’s not just whiskey makers, either. Davis told InsideHook in 2019.

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Burnt Faith launches Crowdcube funding push

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The company, set up in 2021, principally sells in the UK but, in recent months, has begun shipping to India. As part of the raise, if we do better than expected, then we will be looking at pushing an agreement with a distillery out in the US for access to a brandy out there,” Wright said. abv and have an RRP of £3.50.

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The Top 10 Rums of 2023

Drinkhacker

Top shelf rum is becoming easier and easier to find — and harder and harder to pin down into a cohesive top 10 list. Sadly, many of the price tags on these rums are fairly luxe — with bottles nearly 30 years old, single barrels, one-off experiments, or all of the above. 500 [ BUY IT NOW FROM RESERVEBAR ] 3. 99 proof. $75

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Review: Papa’s Pilar Rum Legacy Edition 2023

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The latest rum from the Hemingway-inspired Papa’s Pilar Rum brand is another luxe bottling that not only honors the company’s namesake but also another man, surfing legend Greg Noll. Some background: Papa’s Pilar Rum was created alongside the Hemingway family to celebrate Hemingway’s life.

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