Penelope Bourbon has launched into the UK through London–based importer Lightbox Brands, following its fast growth in the US. According to…
Penelope Bourbon has launched into the UK through London–based importer Lightbox Brands, following its fast growth in the US. According to…
Campari Group has acquired a 15% interest in Howler Head Kentucky straight bourbon, with a medium-term route to total ownership. The deal, with Catalyst Spirits, saw Campari agree to pay US$15 million for the 15% share. Banana-flavoured Howler Head is the official flavoured whiskey partner of UFC and it recently launched in the UK. “With bourbon whiskey serving as one of our global priority brand…
In the first of a new series, our beer expert Jeff Evans appraises four recently-released beers. SIMPLE THINGS FERMENTATIONS TWISTED PILSNER, 4.8% In 2016, Phil Sisson won a home-brewing challenge organised by Thornbridge Brewery and Waitrose. His winning beer, a Belgian wit laced with rose petals, gave him a launch pad to start his own business and Simple Things Fermentations in Glasgow was born. Sisson…
Trade organisation the Bourbon Alliance has welcomed the announcement of an agreement between the US and EU to remove the EU’s tariffs on American whiskeys. The 25% tariff was a retaliatory measure as part of a steel and aluminium trade dispute. The group has now called for the UK government to replicate the agreement. “We congratulate our colleagues in the US and EU who have…
Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, and Brown-Forman have joined with The Bourbon Alliance – an army of distillers, restaurants and pubs, retailers, wholesalers, and US Whiskey fans – to urge the British Government to remove the 25% tariff on imported US Whiskey caused by a trade dispute over steel. The campaign is calling on the hospitality sector to sign up to the campaign and to help…
Master of Malt has revealed volume sales of spiced and flavoured rums soared by almost 170% for September 2020, compared with the same month in 2019. In its latest report the online retailer confirmed rum is outpacing gin with continued interest in spiced and flavoured variants. Looking at Lockdown 2.0 the retailer said, while it is still early days, it has seen “somewhat distinct” purchasing…
Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery has launched its first ‘sherry finished’ release, Filey Bay Moscatel Finish. Co-Founder of the North Yorkshire distillery, David Thompson, said: “We’re in strange times at the moment. We’ve been planning this release since autumn last year. We wanted to continue with the launch, but we’ve evolved our plan so that it’s available to pre-order now and will be delivered with free…
Four Roses Distillery has revealed a series of limited-quantity special bottlings following the culmination of its four-year, £44.4 million expansion project, which has now doubled its production capacity. The 2019 Limited Edition Small Batch limited bottling follows the 2018 Limited Edition Small Batch, which was named World’s Best Bourbon at the recent World Whiskies Awards. The 2019 edition marks the first Four Roses limited-quantity bottling…
