Ferron Salniker is the Spirits Editor, guiding our coverage of the spirits and RTD cocktail space. She reports for BevNET.com and Brewbound.com on everything from new subcategories in established liquor types to the growth of the craft spirits business.
Brown-Forman, the leading exporter of U.S. spirits to the world, beat analysts’ expectations in its latest quarterly earnings report, thanks to a jump in demand from its more premium whiskies. But the president and CEO of the Jack Daniels Whiskey maker cautioned that with potential tariffs looming it was facing “so many potential scenarios and unknowns.”
The craft spirit veterans behind Adult Non-Alc (ANA) spirit brand Wilderton are taking the bittersweet lessons learned since debuting four years ago and channeling them into a new identity: Wilderton Aperitivo Co.
In Japan, some of the country’s oldest sake brewers are eagerly awaiting a decision next month on their bid for the rice wine to win recognition as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, a commendation reflecting the depth to which the beverage is tied to national pride and tradition. Other ambitious brewers, meanwhile, are just as eager to buck tradition altogether.
If you’re looking for Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's Santo Tequila, you might be out of luck thanks to an Oceans 13-level heist that disappeared two truckloads of tequila last week.
“Moms don't discover brands on-premise.” Created by three women in 2019, flavored tequila 21Seeds found a niche in a crowded category by catering to an underserved demographic and to the at-home drinking occasion – fortuitously right before the COVID-19 lockdowns.
A spirits group aiming to fill the need for "consciously produced beverages” has launched with a $4 million seed round and the acquisition of a historic Texas distillery.
Ready-to-drink cocktails are now allowed at more retailers and restaurants in Pennsylvania, but that doesn’t mean drinkers in the Keystone State are cracking open an array of canned cocktails.
Once at the forefront of the Adult Non-Alc (ANA) industry, pioneering retailer Boisson is now clawing its way back from bankruptcy.
Sober October is nearly behind us and Dry January is on the way, but younger drinkers don’t need incentives to put down the booze.
Five Springs Infused Bourbon is trying a different approach to flavored whiskey: naturally infusing bourbon with flavors like Honey Sage, Blood Orange, and Vanilla Maple with the aim of recruiting new drinkers into the category.
If you’ve worked in the service industry it’s likely you’re familiar with Fernet-Branca, the Italian amaro brand gracing the backbars of dive bars to upscale restaurants.
Dre and Snoop are “still” at it. The hip hop legends and budding beverage entrepreneurs have released their second bev-alc collaboration, an ultra-premium gin, following the launch of a canned cocktails line earlier this year.
Effects of previous trade wars have already made a disproportionate impact on craft distillers, who are feeling the industry-wide anxiety around the potential return of tariffs.
It’s been almost two years since Bluebird Hardwater launched, and as one of the first canned beverages combining spirits with flat mineral water, it’s now in good company.
