Mast-Jägermeister has unveiled a boozy cold brew coffee version of its eponymous liqueur.
Jägermeister Cold Brew Coffee (33% abv) fuses the drink with arabica coffee and cacao, and rolls out this month (rsp: £18/70cl).
The NPD had “an intricate coffee flavour profile complemented by the classic Jägermeister taste”, said the brand’s UK innovation controller Tim Hawley, and would be “served perfectly as an ice-cold shot”.
Jägermeister is ploughing £2.5m into a national ad campaign for the launch, called ‘New Mix New Beat’, which “leverages the brand’s credentials in music while reinforcing Jägermeister’s shot positioning”.
“We’re committed to a wide-scale launch and look forward to supporting our partners in the on and off-trade, particularly in the run-up to the crucial Christmas and New Year trading period when consumers are at their most experimental,” added Mast-Jägermeister UK marketing director Nicole Goodwin.
Yet the launch comes on the back of a year of declining off-trade sales for the longstanding shot brand. At the time of The Grocer’s Biggest Alcohol Brands report in April, volumes were down 13%, with value sales slumping by £3m to £22.7m [Nielsen 52 w/e 20 April 2019].
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