Spirits volume growth beats wine and beer in US
Despite a dip in total alcohol consumption, US drinkers purchased more than 230 million nine-litre cases of distilled spirits in 2018 – a 1.9% increase on the previous year
Mount Gay Rum distillery catches fire
A fire broke out at Rémy Cointreau’s Mount Gay Rum distillery in Barbados yesterday after flames engulfed a tank containing 150,000 gallons of alcohol
Bill to regulate cannabis like alcohol heads to Congress
A US politician has introduced a bill that would see cannabis made legal at a federal level and regulated in the same way as alcohol
Top 50 innovative new spirits of 2018: 40-31
A vegan-friendly zero-abv ‘spirit’, an alcoholic beverage made from hemp milk and what is thought to be the world’s oldest Irish single malt dominate the second chapter of our most innovative spirits launches list
Upcoming Competitions
The Rum & Cachaça Masters 2019
Deadline: 24 January 2019
The Cognac & Brandy Masters Asia 2019
Deadline: 31 January 2019
