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BevNET’s 2014 Craft Spirits and Mixers Guide is Now Available for Download

The inaugural guide features a range of early-stage and established craft spirits brands, each producing an array of unique, small-batch spirits, from across the U.S. The compilation also includes a broad spectrum of mixer companies playing in the space, showcasing the continuing breadth of variety in the category.

Coke Life Goes National

Coke quietly announced the move at last month’s National Association of Convenience Stores show, where it sampled the mid-calorie product among a host of other new and soon-to-be-launched products, and yesterday made the news official.

The Flavor Rules

Promising brand propositions can fall apart if the flavor isn’t there, while marginally functional products can catch fire behind great taste. Brands will do whatever they can to maintain their flavor advantage (Coke’s secret formula, anyone?) while a switch in sweetener mix can totally undermine a product (Vitaminwater’s recent stevia experiment comes to mind).

Square One Organic Spirits Introduces Square One Bergamot

Square One Organic Spirits, recognized as a pioneer of innovative organic spirits, launches Square One Bergamot and for the first time since the company was founded, Square One applies its distinctive organic and multi-botanical approach to citrus-based spirits.

FDA Rules In Favor Of Aspartame Use

Two citizen petitions aiming to ban the use of the non-caloric sweetener have been denied by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Diageo Sells Bushmills to Casa Cuervo, Gets Full Control of Tequila Don Julio

Diageo has agreed with Casa Cuervo the acquisition of full global ownership and control of Tequila Don Julio and the early termination of Casa Cuervo's production and distribution agreement for Smirnoff in Mexico. In return, Diageo has reached an agreement to sell Bushmills to Jose Cuervo Overseas.