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Brockmans Gin Offers New Gift Pack This Fall & Holiday Season

Brockmans Gin, the ‘Properly Improper’ super-premium, new style gin is bringing back its ultimate value-added gift pack in time for the fall and holiday gift-giving seasons. The 2021 super-premium pack includes a 750ml of Brockmans Gin, QR code directing consumers to delicious cocktail recipes and a stylish Martini Glass – perfect for enjoying delicious Brockmans Gin cocktails.

Watershed Distillery Releases Batch 002 Of Barrel Strength Bourbon

Watershed Distillery announces its most mature spirit to date—a highly limited barrel strength bourbon—will be released on Saturday, September 18, at the distillery with limited allocation in Ohio retail agencies and select markets across the U.S. to follow.

Singer Jay Sean Announces Premium Canned Sparkling Sake, Smoothsail

A globally-inspired new twist in the white-hot canned beverages category has finally arrived: Smoothsail, the world’s first premium, canned sparkling sake brand boasting natural flavors, clean ingredients, zero sugar and a superior taste profile, has hit the market.  

Gin 1689 Makes Debut In Mexico

Award-winning Amsterdam-based Gin 1689, whose gin is based on a three- century-old gin recipe when the gin craze started, makes its debut in the Mexican market via GinBuilders.

Nuun Launches Immunity3 Stick Packs

Four months after its acquisition by Nestle, Nuun’s latest innovation offers a glimpse of the company’s new product strategy as it diverges from its flagship tablet line with the launch of Immunity3 stick packs. Nuun’s Director of Product and Innovation Vishal Patel said the brand aims to cater to a more targeted need-state with the new product launch as they also keep up with the nationwide demand for immune-boosting products in the wake of the pandemic.

MTN DEW Launches THRASHED APPLE Available Exclusively At The Kroger Family Of Companies

Just in time for the fall, MTN DEW has combined its bold citrus taste with the classic crisp of apple flavor for the brand new MTN DEW THRASHED APPLE. Forget about apple picking and apple pie, take apple flavor to the extreme with the new THRASHED APPLE – a refreshing new DEW, for those who aren't afraid to turn the dial up to 10!

Talking Rain Beverage Company Introduces Talking Rain AQA

Talking Rain Beverage Company, the maker of Sparkling Ice flavored sparkling water, announced the relaunch of Talking Rain Essentials Hydration under a new name, Talking Rain AQA. Available starting fall 2021, Talking Rain AQA is a 9.5pH+ premium ionized water with electrolytes and minerals for taste.

Cove Kombucha Raises $4.5 Million

Cove Kombucha, a CPG Health Beverage company, announced that they have raised 4.5M in funding to expand across Canada and into the United States. Cove Kombucha, Canada's fastest growing kombucha brand, announces a multi-million-dollar equity funding round raised through Canaccord Genuity, with debt financing provided by CIBC and Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).

Survey: Food Industry Makes Progress on Diversity with Room to Improve

After last year’s reckoning on racial injustice across America prompted a look into widespread inequity within the food and beverage industry, companies appear to be making progress on their diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) goals, according to a new study by Deloitte Insights and FMI - The Food Industry Association last month.