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Stress Test: Melting Forest Aims to Grow Mushroom-Powered RTDs

In the growing market for stress-relief beverages, a new functional mushroom platform brand is hoping to melt consumers’ woes away. Melting Forest is a brand of adaptogenic mushroom (Lion’s Mane and cordyceps) beverages created by California-based CBD Living.

Blacklisted Brandy Launches Its Initial Selection In The U.S.

Blacklisted Brandy announces its official launch in the U.S., unveiling four expressions: Heirloom Apricot, Heirloom Pear, Heirloom Quince, and Aged Heirloom Plum. The Blacklisted portfolio of brandies are distilled in Belgrade, Serbia, using just two ingredients: purified water and 100% heirloom fruit from Serbia.

High n’ Wicked Partners With Foursquare

High n’ Wicked, the importer and specialty bottler of exceptional whiskeys, launched its latest singular limited release: a collaboration with Foursquare Rum Distillery.

Natterjack Irish Whiskey U.S. Expansion on the Rise

Natterjack Irish Whiskey, a first of its kind, innovative whiskey that blends both Irish and American aging craftsmanship, is an unstoppable force with U.S. expansion on the rise.

Authentic or Ill Advised? Branding Experts Weigh In On Plantation Rum’s Name Change

Brands reinvent themselves all the time, but not always for the same reasons. In the case of Planteray Rum – the new identity for Plantation Rum as of last month – the change is the culmination of a four-year process that brought the company face-to-face with painful, negative historical connotations, and ultimately towards what it hopes is a brighter future.

Zomoz Mezcal Announces Executive Appointments

Diego de la Vega, co-founder, ZOMOZ Mezcal, the award winning mezcal, Mexican owned and operated, has announced Andrea Iturbe  will join the team as Vice President, Marketing and  Jeremy Lake begins as VP, Strategic Accounts.

Bruichladdich Distillery Reveals New Luxury Redefined Range with 18- and 30-Year-Old Scotch Whiskies

Bruichladdich Distillery has launched The Bruichladdich Eighteen and The Bruichladdich Thirty as part of the new Luxury Redefined range. It is the first of the brand's permanent high age statement whiskies for the Bruichladdich brand. Conceived, distilled, matured, and bottled only on the Hebridean island of Islay, the aged expressions are the liquid embodiment of the distillery's pioneering past and steadfast commitment to the future.