After one of the most destructive hurricane seasons ever, Caribbean rum producers may have to prepare for worse to come. The Spirits Business speaks to some of the biggest rum players in the region.
Facing increased competition from more than 6,000 U.S. craft breweries, Green Flash Brewing today announced plans to pull distribution from 33 states in a move that will also include a 15 percent reduction of its workforce.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The new Republican tax law counts on a small, little-known federal agency to ensure a tax provision aimed at helping small liquor producers does not become a loophole large foreign distillers can exploit.
At issue is the law's tax cut for hard liquor producers, dropping a tax from $13.50 per proof gallon (a measure of the liquor's quantity and alcohol content) to $2.70 per proof gallon.