Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In addition to intense competition from tequila, domestic whiskey and the ready-to-drink (RTD) segments, brandy and Cognac had to contend with economic pressures, as inflation put a crimp in some discretionary spending. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2024

According to Shanken News Daily’s Impact Databank , thirst for single malt expressions grew steadily year-over-year from 2011 to 2021, with exports to the U.S. Despite explosive growth, sales themselves have slowed in recent years, largely thanks to rising demand for spirits like tequila and American whiskey.

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VinePair

APRIL 2, 2024

A new flavored whiskey from Jamie Foxx just hit the shelves. On Tuesday, the Academy Award-winning actor and beverage alcohol company WES Brands unveiled Brown Sugar Blend (BSB for short), a whiskey that combines the aromatic spice of cinnamon with the sweetness of brown sugar. in 2021 — took two years to design and develop.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the fall of 2021, when Patrón decided to discontinue XO Cafe, the tequila-based coffee liqueur the brand first launched in 1992, it seemed like a smart idea. Tequila sales were booming, up 30.1 Everybody’s drinking tequila. To be clear, it’s mostly not tequila connoisseurs who are chasing Patrón XO Cafe.

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Good Spirits News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

SRP $549.99) Brother’s Bond 7 Year Bottled in Bond Bourbon This release from Brother’s Bond — a whiskey brand founded by American actors Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley — is a bottled in bond bourbon. Here, the agaves were sourced from La Ladera and harvested in 2021. Bottled at 56.3%

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Cheers

DECEMBER 12, 2023

“Empirical is an ‘uncategorized’ spirits company, so it allows us the freedom to experiment with really interesting flavors and not have to be stuck in a gin box or tequila box or whiskey box,” says Lars Williams, Chef/Distiller & CEO, Empirical. They are 42% ABV, and available online and in select New York and California markets.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Distillers just getting started needed ready cash flow, and the unaged neutral spirit — America’s top-selling category — gave them something to offer consumers while their whiskey matured. But, Little says, the vodka was “an afterthought”; whiskey was always the focus. Once ubiquitous, craft vodka soon gave way to whiskey.

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Good Spirits News

APRIL 5, 2024

1800 GUACHIMONTON 1800 GuachiMonton is a 100% blue weber agave añejo tequila made with single estate-grown agave from the Tequila Valley. It was aged in American & French oak barrels for a minimum of 12 months and then finished in orange tequila liqueur casks. Aged for 7 years, 7 months, and 8 days, this was bottled at 124.5

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VinePair

JUNE 28, 2024

And while some of the cocktails on this list feature carbonation, more basic cocktails like Vodka Sodas, Tequila Sodas, and Gin & Tonics were not included, nor were hard seltzers. Epic Western Boat Drink Best known for its Ranch Water, Epic Western produces a number of canned cocktails, all of which feature tequila at their base.

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Good Spirits News

AUGUST 16, 2024

This third edition trilogy features Pacts 7, 8, and 9 — released in 2021, 2022, and 2023, respectively. DE-NADA Blanco This is an additive free, single estate-grown 100% blue Weber agave tequila made at Vivanco Distillery (NOM 1414). The name of the whiskey pays homage to the rebirth of Chicago after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Despite recent challenges — like stiff stateside competition in tequila, American whiskey , and rum as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine impacting sales and exports in the region — vodka maintains strong standing globally. million in 2021 to 341.5 million in 2022. Soplica uses rye as its base grain, giving it a spicier kick.

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Good Spirits News

DECEMBER 16, 2023

SRP $65) MAESTRO DOBEL ATELIER: TRAJINERAS EDITION Maestro Dobel Atelier is an extra añejo tequila made from a marriage of barrels aged over 3 years in new American and European oak. This limited edition expression features a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey finished in Scotch whisky casks sourced from Speyside.

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Cheers

MAY 20, 2024

After seeing the RTD market’s massive growth, Rising Star winner Malibu, which like Absolut is owned by Pernod Ricard USA, introduced rum-based cocktails in a can in 2021. Rising Star winner Dulce Vida in 2023 launched its tequila-based RTDs in May 2023.

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VinePair

JANUARY 7, 2024

Once restricted to a handful of botanical waters, alcohol-free options have expanded to include ready-to-drink (RTD) mocktails in large and small formats, convincing base “spirits” that mimic the profiles of traditional whiskey, gin, and apéritivos, and party-friendly formulas that offer a different kind of buzz. Price: $39 / 16.9

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Spiritz

JULY 21, 2024

In 2022, tequila ousted whiskey as the second most consumed spirit in the USA, and was poised to overtake vodka as the most consumed spirit in the country in the year 2023. Meanwhile, mezcal has also seen astronomical growth from a mere 10,000 cases in 2009 to over a million cases by the year 2021.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Monday : With whiskey and gin alternatives, you can recreate many classic cocktails with Monday’s non-alcoholic spirits. Ritual : With four different varieties of NA spirits, Ritual has you covered in terms of versatility with their zero-proof tequila, rum, whiskey, and gin.

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Good Spirits News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

DEANSTON 15 YEAR TEQUILA CASK FINISH Deanston 15 Year Tequila Cask Finish is a limited edition single malt release from the Highlands distillery. The single malt matured for 13 years in traditional oak hogsheads before a finishing of two years in tequila casks from the Highlands (Los Altos) of Jalisco.

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Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

(SRP $89.99) CASA OBSIDIANA AÑEJO Casa Obsidiana is a tequila brand co-founded by two families: The Beckmann Gonzalez family of Jalisco, Mexico and the Boisset family of Burgundy and California. Each tequila in the portfolio is made with 100% blue weber agave sourced from the estates of the Beckman Gonzalez family.

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Good Spirits News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Here, American whiskey blender Dixon Dedman adds additional charred oak to barrels with a moderate amount of rye in the mash bill recipe. SRP $150) DON FULANO 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION This expression is a limited edition, additive-free tequila añejo that commemorates 20 years of Don Fulano.

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Spiritsfully

JANUARY 9, 2022

The trends that were already there in 2021 will continue in 2022. People’s desire for high-quality cocktails really grew in 2020 and 2021. Tequila + Gin & vodka. Wood experiment And especially in the production of whiskey and bourbon (and also mezcal). I could have written the same article as last year.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In 2021, Punch was acquired by Vox Media , the publisher of food website Eater. Favorite Post : The Debate Over Whiskey Age Statements: A Drinkhacker Conversation 14. Favorite Post : Tequila 15. Stories and journalism are at the core of the PUNCH vision, making them one of the most enjoyable websites to read on this list.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Premiumization Was Strong in Whiskey, Tequila Presenting an overview of the spirits sales trends in 2023, Christine LoCascio, DISCUS chief, policy, strategy & membership, reported that despite the overall slowdown, the premiumization trend continued for some spirits categories in 2023 including Tequila/Mezcal and American Whiskey.

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Good Spirits News

APRIL 26, 2024

(SRP $59.99) OLD POTRERO HOTALING’S BOTTLED IN BOND RYE WHISKEY 16 YEAR (2024 RELEASE) First released on the 100th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that destroyed most of the city but spared A.P. Hotaling’s whiskey warehouse, this was re-released in 2024 on the 118th anniversary of the event.

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

The tequila maker introduced its coffee liqueur in 1992. Then, wishing to concentrate its efforts on its core tequila line, yanked it off the market in 2021. When Meaghan Dorman, bar director of Dear Irving, found out Tequila Cabeza was headed for the exit, she bought 30 cases. “We Lovers of the liquid howled.

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Cheers

APRIL 2, 2024

Although bourbon has been the big story in North American whiskey, Canada has a long history of producing original and creative whisky. Canada hasn’t shared in the modern whiskey resurgence, however, even though some of the biggest and best-selling brands are Canadian whiskies. In a word, blending. in 2022, ending the year at 17.4

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2025

While we love bourbon whiskey, single malt Scotch whisky, mature tequila, mezcal, and even dark rum, our favorite winter tipple is rye whiskey. For those new to this whiskey variety, rye whiskey is exactly as the name suggests. Below, youll find five of our favorite rye whiskeys.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

And though 2021 and its Covid-era anti-mask belligerents were primarily to blame for the freakish 500 percent leap that year, the number of incidents continues to remain stubbornly aloft over pre-pandemic levels to the tune of around 100 percent in 2023 — with 2024 on track to match or exceed that number.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

There are countless tequila brands out there, but agave aficionados go particularly nuts for Tequila Fortaleza. Even whiskey taters are posting photos of Fortaleza bottles peppered in with their most recent hard-to-find bourbon hauls. In short, you can’t really go wrong picking up any bottle from Tequila Cascahuín.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Well, we can fix that for you, thanks to our guide to the 10 best tequilas (and mezcals) we tasted in 2024. For more great picks, see also our top tens from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , and 2019. For more great picks, see also our top tens from 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , and 2019. Or maybe the problem is you’re just thirsty.

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Drinkhacker

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

For more top gift ideas check out the archives and read our 2023 , 2022 , 2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , and 2008 holiday guides. As always, watch this space for our top whiskeys of the year list in mid-December, which will offer even more solid picks.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2025

tequila, amaro, Old Fashioned, etc.), Price: $37 / 750 mL bottle The Free Spirits Company The California-based Free Spirits Company crafts five non-alcoholic alternatives to popular spirits bourbon , gin , tequila , red vermouth , and a red aperitif along with a collection of mocktails.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The Boston-based distilling operation produces a lineup of whiskeys , rums , gins, vodkas , and amari, many of which are on display in this offering. The Best Tequila-Based Bottled Cocktails On The Rocks Margarita If you’re looking for a bottled cocktail to get the party started, On The Rocks’ Margarita should be your pick.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

For years the company has offered spirits in just about every major category, whether vodka , tequila , spiced rum , Canadian whisky (thought to be sourced from Crown Royal ), bourbon (always Barton 1792), Tennessee whiskey, or various Scotches from just about every major region (sometimes labeled as The Macallan , often undisclosed).

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Projects with Jaguar, The Gleneagles, and St Andrews Golf Course were snapped up quickly by collectors and their first Manager’s Dram bottling saw rapid price appreciation and even with recent corrections is double its 2021 release price. Innovation has always been part of The Glenturret story and focusing on small batches is part of the DNA.

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The Whiskey Wash

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

For example, in 2021 we separately trialed both Saison and Kviek, two very different farmhouse-style ale yeast strains. We mature our whisky on-site in a mix of ex-bourbon, sherry, and STR ex-red wine casks, along with many other smaller and more unique cask experiments, including Rum, Tequila, Calvados, Cognac, Rivesalts, Madeira and Maury.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Maybe 20 percent of them will order the Defying Gravi-Tea, an Elphaba -hued green tea cocktail with Irish whiskey , ginger syrup, lemon and mint; or Witch’s Brew, a Malibu rum-spiked soy milk horchata with orgeat and cinnamon served in a tulip glass. At a given theater, some 150 to 330 people will be seated and served all in one go.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 24, 2024

No matter how many bottles of gin , bourbon , or tequila your collection boasts, you can say goodbye to most of the worlds most iconic cocktails without these relevant supporting actors. Once youre done enjoying it in Margaritas and Palomas , add a splash to whiskey-based classics like the Old Fashioned or Manhattan for a complex new take.

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