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NewsPromo drop hits Stella sales
A drop in promotional activity has been blamed for a 45 million-pint year-on-year slump in supermarket sales of Britain’s number one lager brand.
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Guinness shows pure genius with QR codes
Guinness has taken QR codes to a new level - by releasing QR-printed pint glasses into bars in New York that only work when filled with the black stuff.
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NewsCider house rules for Her Majesty
Bridge Farm Cider this week presented its limited edition Jubilee cider to the Queen herself.
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BrewDog lights a fire under Boddingtons and Carling
Self-styled punk brewer BrewDog yesterday vowed to destroy cans of Boddingtons Bitter, Carling and Foster’s in what it dubbed the country’s first “crap beer amnesty”.
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Analysis & FeaturesHopes of further fall in the price of barley
Brewers were forced to battle sharp rises in the cost of malting barley during 2011 - but things are looking up for this year.
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Van Gogh Vodka's PB&J drink
Van Gogh Vodka has transformed American culinary classic the peanut butter & jelly sandwich into a drink by infusing a peanut butter-flavoured vodka with raspberry.
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NewsWKD launches Remix pre-mix
Beverage Brands is expanding WKD into the canned pre-mix cocktail market as WKD Remix.
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NewsAccolade rolls out RTD cans
Accolade Wines is extending its Hardys, Banrock Station and Stone’s brands into the canned ready-to-drink cocktail market.
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NewsDuty stamps will wipe out all of our profits, warn brewers
The government’s plan to introduce spirits-style duty stamps on beer…
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NewsMcEwan's Export gets a 500ml bottle
McEwan’s Export is being expanded into a 500ml bottle format.
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NewsTennent's rolls out export lager in Scotland
Tennent’s has launched an export lager in Scotland in a bid to revitalise the premium lager category.
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NewsWine prices set to rise
Supply concerns and tax increases have left the wine market facing a fresh wave of cost hikes…
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Analysis & FeaturesSpirits under the 40p regime
Spirits are widely considered the alcoholic drinks category that would be most vulnerable to minimum pricing, especially own-label products.
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NewsMults make hay with Easter bank holiday alcohol promos
The mults encouraged shoppers to drink up over the Easter bank holiday before the government called time on cheap alcohol promotions.
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NewsStella Cidre records £36m first-year grocery sales
When AB InBev revealed plans to extend Stella, Britain’s number one lager brand…
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NewsBudweiser ad rapped for linking drinking with sex
AB InBev has been rapped by the advertising watchdog over a radio spot for Budweiser that linked drinking with sexual success.
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NewsLow abv varietals set to benefit from minimum pricing
Minimum pricing could give the emerging market for lower-abv varietal wines a considerable boost, say suppliers
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NewsMinimum pricing: the 'death' of white cider
The government’s plans for minimum pricing on alcohol will be the death knell for white cider, a leading cidermaker has admitted.
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NewsHalewood launches Faith grape drink
An adult soft drink made with traditional wine grapes has been created by Crabbie’s owner Halewood International.
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NewsMolson Coors warns of weather threat to UK barley... and beer
Britain’s supply of beer is at risk from the unseasonably hot weather, one of the UK’s biggest brewers has warned.