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Low-calorie, 30% ABV botanical vodka, Trøve launches Distil Plc, owner of premium drinks brands RedLeg Spiced Rum, Blackwoods Gin and Vodka, Blavod Black Vodka, Jagos Cream Liqueur and Diva Vodka, has announced the launch of Trøve, a new range of lower ABV (30%) botanical vodkas distilled with real fruit and botanicals. Trøve’s three variants – Valencian Orange with Lime, Green Apple with Ginger, and Raspberry with Lemongrass and Mint – are made with 100% natural ingredients, zero suga...

DTC beer clubs have attracted a big following during lockdowns. Will the at-home experience still be a draw when pubs reopen?

Craft brewers are set to bring back 1970s favourite shandy post-pandemic to fuel the thirst for no or low alcohol beer as growing numbers of young people go teetotal.  Beer start-ups who are turning their hand to making so-called nolo beverages are now giving shandy a fresh spin as demand for craft versions of the drink rise.  Sainsburys is set to begin selling craft brand Shandy Shack, based in Oxford, across its stores from next month, the Guardian reports. It comes as sales of nolo beers ...

‘Unprecedented demand’ for new kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms Brits who are planning to revamp their properties are facing long delays due to an industry-wide labour shortage.  The pandemic lockdowns sparked an increase in home improvement projects but a combination of Brexit worker shortfall and demand has seen lead times for new kitchens, bathrooms or wardrobes “spiral” from a pre-Covid norm of four to eight weeks to 12-18 weeks, The Guardian reports.  There has been an “unprec...

Last modified on Sun 25 Apr 2021 13.13 EDT Shandy is poised for a revival as the trend for no- or low-alcohol beer drinking driven by younger people is helping to fuel a thirst for craft versions of the traditional tipple. Supermarket sales of so called “nolo” beer, wine and spirits have surged by 50% over the past year to exceed £200m for the first time as more young people go teetotal and established drinkers look to cut back. Beer start-ups are turning their hand to making good nolo bee...