VinePair

AUGUST 1, 2024

For years, much of American cocktail culture treated rum as little more than a summertime spirit or a match for Coke and ginger beer. Tom Brander, beverage manager, Wilder , Philadelphia “We’ve been loving the new Saint Benevolence Clairin, in everything from a savory Martini to something shaken with citrus.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 16, 2024

His dedication to thoughtful cocktails is obvious but not overbearing, as evidenced by the fact that Kimball House just celebrated its 11th anniversary, an impressive milestone for any food business, especially a restaurant whose primary driver of beverage sales comes from spirits and cocktails rather than beer and wine.

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Dry Atlas

MAY 29, 2024

I was drinking more cannabis beverages (and non-alcoholic beers) and less alcohol. The traditional dispensary channel is not the optimal location for these beverages; people shopping there want high potency products. For dispensaries, low dose beverages don’t move and stocking them can be costly. I loved it.

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Alcohol sales (beverage sales) are an easy way to increase profitability because the costs are lower and the gross margin for alcohol sales is far greater than for food products. However, beverage costs must be controlled if an operation is to reach maximum potential of gross profit from alcohol sales.

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SevenRooms

JANUARY 8, 2024

While 23% of consumers drank mocktails in 2022, 29% reached for non-alcoholic beer and 26% opted for alcohol-free wine. Non-alcoholic and low-alcohol global beverage sales topped $11 million in 2022, which is only expected to increase in the coming years, according to International Wine & Spirits Research.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Nearly a decade after Seedlip’s launch kickstarted the transformation of “non-alcoholic spirits” from a contradiction in terms to a legitimate beverage category, the case for thoughtful, well-executed non-alcoholic beverage programs has been resoundingly made. I was literally cheers-ing to my sobriety with beer,” she says.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We expanded the buzz-free section of our menu to include non-alcoholic wines, beers, and other zero-proof options, Natoli says. Credit: The Oakland Dry January has always been difficult, says Kamalani Overall, who runs the beverage program at The Oakland , an established craft cocktail bar outside Detroit. The Oakland Ferndale, Mich.

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