Fri.Jan 31, 2025

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Our Favorite Easy Fernet Cocktails

PUNCH

9 easy fernet cocktail recipes, including bittersweet takes on the Pia Colada, Dark n Stormy, Ramos and more.

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Emperador buys majority of mezcal business Destileria Los Danzantes

Just Drinks

Spirits group Emperador has snapped up a majority shareholding in the mezcal company Destileria Los Danzantes.

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The 5 Most Popular Cocktails of January

PUNCH

A classic Martini variation, a bitter Margarita, an easy mezcal drink and the other best cocktail recipes to make right now.

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Bubbling away: the outlook for non-alcoholic beer

Just Drinks

Non-alcoholic options have become an established part of the beer category but how will the market take shape moving forward?

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Whiskey Bomb cocktail recipe

Mix That Drink

The Whiskey Bomb cocktail combines the smoothness of Scotch with sweetness and a hint of bitterness, creating a balanced drink perfect for a relaxing evening.

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Keystone snaps up Magic Rock and Fourpure  

Just Drinks

The UKs Keystone Brewing Group has acquired a license from In Good Company to produce craft beer brands Magic Rock and Fourpure.

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Northern Ireland’s McCrackens Brewery set for US push

Just Drinks

Northern Ireland-based craft brewer McCrackens Brewery is set to take its beers to the US from early spring.

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Bourbon Daisy Cocktail Recipe

Mix That Drink

A perfect cocktail for bourbon lovers, the Bourbon Daisy blends bourbon with lemon juice and grenadine for a drinkable, refreshing experience.

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Lipton invests in Poland in push for fruit, herbal teas

Just Drinks

Lipton is investing in its business in Poland to support the hot-drinks maker's efforts to grow its sales of fruit and herbal teas.

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Beer Events & Social Updates: A Bonkers February on Deck

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

Y’all, we are seeing a LOT of events happening throughout February. Breweries are giving us lots of reasons to exit Dry January in a big way, so let’s indulge them. Take the recommendation from the owner of Batch Brewing in Detroit, who made and shared this surprisingly impactful video this week recounting many (but not all!) of the places that closed around the D in 2024, plus a request: “I don’t know if you’ve made a resolution this year … but if you haven&#

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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Lanson-BCC sees revenue, volumes decline amid global Champagne slowdown

Just Drinks

Lanson-BCC has reported a 6% decline in consolidated revenues for 2024, totalling 255.4m ($265.9m) compared to 271.7m in the previous year.

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Monin’s 2025 Flavor Trend Predictions Plus Fun Recipes

Chilled Magazine

For the 10th consecutive year, Monin Americas has announced its Flavor Trend predictions for the year ahead. Monins dedication to innovation is driven by an ongoing passion for discovering new flavors. As the brand marks 10 years of flavor predictions, its experts reflect on the meticulous process behind their trend insights. This year, Monin explores how social media trends, alternative energy sources, locally sourced seasonal ingredients, and nostalgic, comforting dishes will shape menus and c

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Diageo invests $415m in new US facility

Just Drinks

Diageos North American unit has injected the sum into a new manufacturing and warehousing facility in Montgomery, Alabama in the US.

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Easing Out of Dry January: 6 Low-ABV Cocktails to Sip Next

A Bar Above

Copyright A Bar Above Dry January is over, but that doesnt mean you have to dive straight into high-proof drinks. Low-ABV (alcohol by volume) drinks offer a perfect middle groundflavorful, refreshing, and easy to enjoy without the heavy effects of stronger spirits. Copyright A Bar Above Low-Alcohol Cocktail Recipes Whether you’re easing back into alcoholic cocktails or just love a lighter drink, here are six fantastic, low alcohol drink options to try.

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A Complete Guide to the Major Champagne Houses

VinePair

Champagne can be divided into two major camps: the big houses and the grower-producers. While its trendy to nerd out about the details of each grower Champagne right now, the larger houses dominate the industry, with the top estates making up about 90 percent of the market. So for consumers looking to buy some bubbly, its important to learn more about the brands that line the majority of shop shelves.

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Rajasthan allows airport bars under new excise policy

Spiritz

The Rajasthan government has permitted the establishment of bars at airports under its new excise policy, which will be in effect for four years from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2029. This is the first time the state has transitioned from an annual excise policy to a four-year term. Under the new policy, hotels with at least 10 rooms will now be eligible to set up bars with the prescribed licence.

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Review: Blue Note Honey Bourbon Cask and Honey Rye Cask 2024

Drinkhacker

Memphis’s Blue Note is back with two limited-edition releases, both made in the same way, with straight whiskeys, cask strength, that get a finish in honey casks. What’s a honey cask? We’ve got all the details on these Kentucky-born whiskeys in the two reviews that follow. Note that these are both dated with the year of release, indicating they may become annual affairs.

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Michter’s Launches Brand New Bomberger’s PFG Bourbon

The Whiskey Wash

Credit: Michter’s Michter’s has unveiled the first Bomberger’s PFG (Precision Fine Grain) Kentucky Straight Bourbon, marking a significant evolution in its premium whiskey portfolio. The innovative release features a unique double-barrel aging process, beginning in traditional American oak before finishing in specially crafted French oak barrels.

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The Cocktail College Podcast: The Fourth Regiment

VinePair

Weve previously dedicated an entire episode to cocktail bitters, and indeed the ingredient comes up in just as many episodes as it doesnt. But never before on Cocktail College have we covered a cocktail thats so defined by the inclusion of a very specific type of bitters as todays drink: the Fourth Regiment. Its a rather lesser-known cocktail, but its essentially an equal-parts Manhattan with an unlikely addition: celery bitters.

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Buffalo Trace Experiments With Hops For New Beer-Inspired Release

The Whiskey Wash

Credit: Buffalo Trace Buffalo Trace Distillery has announced the release of its latest experimental spirit, combining traditional distilling methods with beer-making ingredients. The new expression, titled Spirits Distilled from Grain and Hops, is the 26th release in the distillery’s Experimental Collection. Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley initiated the project over a decade ago, inspired by the rising popularity of bitter, aromatic beers.

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The VinePair Podcast: Parsing the Puzzling Diageo Rumors

VinePair

Thanks to social media fervor, increasing ubiquity in both high-end and low-cost establishments, and an undeniable cool factor , Guinness has hit unprecedented levels of popularity as of late. That considered, it seems like an odd time for the brands parent company, Diageo, to consider selling it. But thats exactly what recent rumors suggest could be in the works.

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The Essential Guide to Understanding Bourbon, Rye, and Scotch

The Whiskey Wash

Three distinctive styles, three unique traditions: bourbon, rye, and Scotch whisky showcase the global diversity of this beloved spirit. Learn what makes each special in our comprehensive guide. “Bourbon is just whiskey from Kentucky, right?” The whisky industry finds itself in the midst of a renaissance, with distillers from Kentucky to Speyside struggling to meet surging global demand.

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Review: Avignonesi 2014 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and 2020 Desiderio Merlot

Drinkhacker

Avignonesi is a Tuscany-based wine brand that we covered extensively in the mid-2010s, but haven’t seen much of in nearly a decade. Surprise, here’s a look at two new releases from the brand, including a surprising 2014 Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, which is in current release. (We reviewed the 2013 vintage in 2016.) What does a whole lot of additional age do to this classic sangiovese?

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How Heaven Hill Rebuilt After The 1996 Fire

The Whiskey Wash

On Thursday, November 7th, 1996 high winds were sweeping across Bardstown, Kentucky. At Heaven Hill Distillery, workers were going about their days. That is until, within moments, the seven-story Warehouse I was engulfed in flames. Spreading rapidly from structure to structure, before long Heaven Hill Distillery was almost completely destroyed. The devastating fire at Heaven Hill Distillery could have spelled the end for the family-run business.

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What’s on our radar for the week ahead…

The Cocktail Lovers

And just like that, its the end of January. It wasnt too bad, was it? That said, if were being totally honest, February is looking sooooo much better. Heres why New menus Youd be hard pushed to find a more stimulating setting for a nature-inspired cocktail menu than the glorious playground that is Gleneagles. So, no surprises that the latest offering from its American Bar centres on plants.

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Scotch Whisky Review: Aultmore 18 Year Old

The Whiskey Wash

How Does Aultmore 18 Year Old Compare To Other 18 Year Old Whiskies? As any whisky enthusiast knows, when you step into the world of older age-stated whiskies, sherry casks tend to play a prominent role.This Aultmore 18 Year Old is a perfect example of how having a very good vatting of casks together can mitigate the need for any over-the-top finishing just to achieve darker colors.

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Hampton Water Comes Clean at Bubbly & Suds Event

Cheers

To celebrate thenational rollout of Hampton Water Bubbly this spring, Jesse Bongiovi and Jon Bon Jovi took over the La La Laundry laundromat on New Yorks Lower East Side on Jan. 30. The premium ros brand, launched in 2018 by the father-and-son duo, along with French winemaker Grard Bertrand , announced the bubbly expression this past October. The event featured music from DJ Austin Millz , plenty of pink signage, swag and sparkling or still ros, with makeshift bars set up among the washing machi

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The £3,000 Drink That Made Billions: The Accidental Birth of Baileys

The Whiskey Wash

Two London policemen in the Allsop Arms pub unknowingly made history when they consumed an entire bottle of the newly-created Baileys in a single afternoon – marking the brand’s first real-world success. In 1973, two London consultants were paid 3,000 to create a new Irish export drink. Their creation, developed in less than an hour using ingredients from a local supermarket, would go on to become one of the most successful spirit innovations in history.

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The Great British Beer Festival Winter and Mr. Porky Scratchings – the perfect partnership!

Bar Magazine

We are thrilled to announce that Mr. Porky will be the proud glass sponsor of this years Great British Beer Festival Winter 2025 at the iconic Magna Science Adventure Centre in Rotherham! Pork scratchings are the quintessential pub snack and the perfect partner to a pint, so we are really excited to sponsor CAMRA in bringing the perfect pint to the nation!

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Kentucky Bourbon Trail Picks Up ‘Best of Business’ Award at World Beverage Innovation Awards

The Whiskey Wash

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail has clinched top honors at the World Beverage Innovation Awards , securing the Best of Business: Marketing Campaign award for its 25th anniversary brand refresh. The tourism program, which spans 60 destinations across Kentucky, earned recognition for successfully modernizing its brand while maintaining its heritage appeal.

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NEW ‘BCB LONDON ROADSHOW’ BRINGS BAR EDUCATION TO THE UK AND IRELAND

Bar Magazine

Watch out! This spring, the BCB London Roadshow will be bringing exclusive, educational events for the hospitality community to a range of cities in the UK and Ireland. With British and Irish bar communities eagerly awaiting the launch of BCB London, taking place from 30 June 1July at Tobacco Dock, the BCB London Roadshow will offer a flavour of what visitors to the summer bar show can expect.

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The Wild 80s Drink That Turned Heads on Trains – Purdey’s ‘Magic’ Formula Revealed

The Whiskey Wash

During the height of Britain’s 1980s economic boom, a peculiar story began circulating through London’s financial district. A businesswoman, traveling back from Manchester, experienced an unexpected surge of arousal after consuming two bottles of a mysterious silver-tinted drink on her train journey south. The beverage wasn’t alcohol – it was Purdey’s, a “vitality” drink that would become one of the decade’s most talked-about launches from spirits

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Brooklyn Brewery expands with Stonewall Inn IPA in All Bar One Nationwide

Bar Magazine

Brooklyn Brewery is thrilled to announce the listing of the iconic Stonewall Inn IPA across 35 All Bar One locations in the UK. This milestone marks an exciting expansion of the collaboration between the Brooklyn Brewery brand managed by Carlsberg Britvic in the UK, and Mitchells & Butlers, national operator of the All Bar One brand. Craft Beer with Heritage and Purpose The Stonewall Inn IPA , crafted by Brooklyn Brewery in partnership with the legendary Stonewall Inn in New York City, first

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A “Perfect” Rob Roy From a 1900s Bartending Legend

Cocktails with Suderman

Happy Friday! Let’s close out January by… looking at some more historical variations on the Manhattan, examining some cocktail book history, and thinking about the nature of creative success and authorship. In last week’s newsletter , we looked at a Reverse Perfect Manhattan from the 1890s—”perfect” meaning that it uses both sweet and dry vermouth.