OTTAWA, Jan. 15, 2018 /CNW/ - Beer consumption in Canada and foreign demand for Canadian-brewed beer accounted for $13.6 billion in economic activity in 2016, according to a new Conference Board of Canada report.
Two of the world’s leading drinks groups have joined the movement to remove non-biodegradable straws and stirrers across their businesses.
French drinks group Pernod Ricard has asked all its affiliates globally to stop using non-biodegradable straws and stirrers at any company events in the future.
Donegal may not be the place you usually associate with the production of premium craft potato gin but a new company based out of the famous Inishowen Peninsula is looking to change that with the launch of their exciting new craft gin next month.
Campari America, the U.S. distributor of Skyy vodka and Wild Turkey bourbon, is distributing special refrigerator magnets that consumers can tap with a smartphone to order spirits for home delivery. The "Campari on Tap" magnets are equipped with a special near-field communication chip (NFC) that opens a product page on Drizly, the online shop for alcohol. From there, a smartphone user can order Campari brands for delivery.
If you like high-alcohol wines, you won't care about this story. But if you don't, take notice: a US federal agency is about to make a monumental decision that will change the way you order wine.
Beers and wines are different products. Some differences are obvious: wines are mostly white or red and occasionally pink; beers may be any color from pale straw to black, passing though almost every shade of yellow, amber and brown.
INDIANAPOLIS -- A prominent beverage manufacturing company in Oregon is jumping ship to Indiana.
Blue Marble Cocktails and Spirits, which makes pre-mixed, ready-to-drink products such as bloody mary's, cosmos, screwdrivers, and "marble-rita's", is uprooting its headquarters and manufacturing facility in Oregon and will set up shop right here in Indianapolis.
HONG KONG] Tsingtao Brewery led a jump in Chinese beer stocks, surging the most in more than a decade after a report beermakers have increased prices by as much as 20 per cent.
Tsingtao surged as much as 23 percent in Hong Kong Friday, while China Resources Beer (Holdings) climbed as much as 12 percent.
The Middle East poses many obstacles for drinks brands, including crippling taxation hikes and black and grey channels. Tom Bruce-Gardyne finds out how companies are tackling this dichotomous and multi-faceted market.
In time for Dry January, Borough Wines has launched an alcohol free ‘gin’ that mimics the aromatic profile and complexity of the spirit, priced at £20 a bottle.
Called Labdanum, the 0% alcohol ‘spirit’ is made by Surendran & Bownes and is designed to give “discerning drinkers a detox-friendly spirit alternative”.