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Sharp’s Brewery head brewer Aaron McClure has been named Young Brewer of the Year at the Brewers Choice Awards.

The ready-to-drink (RTD) category has seen some big losses as the restrictions on hospitality hit hard during the past year but, with CGA re-categorising draught cocktails as RTD, there are three new entrants to the top 10 that have been going great guns.

A new category to the drinks list this year, Tequila sales to the on-trade have been extremely positive in general, and as such should certainly be viewed by operators as something very useful to have stocked on their back bar.

While there was no corresponding category in last year’s Drink List, liqueurs & specialities is certainly a division licensees cannot ignore.

Pubgoers favourite wine over the past 12 months has been Jack Rabbit Pinot Grigio, the latest data has found.

There was little movement in the tonic water list and Fever-Tree continued to dominate the market with mixers claiming first and second place.

The top two best-selling rums in the UK on-trade have remained the same since last year with Captain Morgan Spiced and Bacardi Carta Blanca coming in at first and second respectively.

There has been little change in the top 10 order in the soft drinks category and just one new entry to the list as J20 Orange & Passionfruit slips out of the table.

While none of the top 10 whiskies on this year’s drinks list showed any growth in volume or value on last year, the top three selling brands have stayed the same.

Despite a drop in volume of sales by 16% (15% in value), Smirnoff Red has remained the top selling spirit on The Drinks List, followed by Gordon’s Pink Gin and Jägermeister.