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Lancaster Spirits Appoints Renowned Whisky Maker Max McFarlane

The Whiskey Wash

McFarlane will assess the distillery’s existing cask inventory and establish acquisition standards for future stock. The company plans to announce its first Founders Reserve release in coming months, ahead of the core single malt launch scheduled for 2027.

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Appleton Estate Unveils 51-Year-Old Rum

The Whiskey Wash

Dr. Joy Spence is Master Blender at Appleton Estate, where she manages their 150,000-barrel inventory in Jamaica’s Nassau Valley. Joy Spence, who has overseen the maturation of this ground-breaking release for the last forty years.

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Tariffs driving supply chain localisation and automation

Just Drinks

Find out more “In the short term, tariffs will impact demand and inventory planning,” the report explains. “To To avoid initial tariff hikes, companies increased inventories in the US. Carrying larger inventories will become best practice if tariffs continuously increase, resulting in recurring price hikes for goods and services.

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Don’t be fooled by Crew’s exit: the next Diageo CEO will face the same problems

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Now, to the outside world, it seemed that the company had utterly failed to identify shifting consumer trends in one of its most important regions; worse still, it had continued to pump product into the supply chain, resulting in swollen inventories which would prove expensive to unwind. Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard.

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A Bro-tastic Instagram Empire’s Savvy Bid for Gen Z’s Beer Money

VinePair

the overall opportunity) at $250 billion this year, and project it jumping to $480 billion by 2027, fueled by subscription fees, hoodie sales, and sponcon contracts. The bank’s analysts estimate the “total addressable market” (i.e., For comparison, the Brewers Association estimates the U.S. Now, AFM is following in those footsteps.

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Murphy USA Inc. Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2023 Results

PubClub

million higher for the year 2023 versus 2022, mainly due to employee related expenses, store maintenance costs, and inventory shrink costs, in each case partially offset by lower payment fees. higher for the year 2023, primarily attributable to increased employee related expenses, maintenance, and inventory shrink costs.