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The Drinks Business 19 January 2021 By Isabelle Gray Devil’s Botany, London’s first dedicated absinthe distillery, has opened in the east London district of Leyton. The distillery is the brainchild of the owners of East London’s The Last Tuesday Society, the Hackney bar best known for its unique decor and taxidermy collection, as well as its huge collection of absinthe and absinthe-based cocktails. Founders Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett are hoping to put absinthe on the map in the UK capital. “Devil’s Botany London Absinthe honours the traditions mastered by ...

With the on-trade one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, Isabelle Gray talks to UK restaurant owners and chefs to find out how a Hospitality Minister would help their businesses.

The Drinks Business 15 January 2021 By Isabelle Gray Half way through Dry January and 10 days into England’s third lockdown, alcohol sales are soaring, with weekly wine sales at Waitrose up by a third. According to The Sun, weekly wine sales at Waitrose are a third up on last year while beer sales have risen by 49%. Spirits in particular seem to be the lockdown drink of choice, with Waitrose reporting a 64% increase in rum sales and a 56% jump in Tequila sales. At other supermarkets, sales of cream liqueurs such as Baileys have doubled. As we reported last week, by 6 Ja...

The Drinks Business 13 January 2021 By Isabelle Gray Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has partnered with Molson Coors to create a non-alcoholic energy drink called Zoa, which is due to go on sale in March. Taking 18 months to develop, Zoa is a caffeinated drink, which Molson Coors says is made from green tea and unroasted coffee beans. In terms of flavour, the energy drink is packed with ingredients such as acerola cherry, turmeric and camu camu, a cherry-like berry native to the Amazon rainforest. This isn’t Johnson’s drinks industry debut – he is...

The Drinks Business 13 January 2021 By Isabelle Gray A hotel in the Netherlands is offering guests the chance to sleep in giant wine barrels that have the capacity to hold between 15,000 to 23,000 litres of wine. As reported by The Mirror, Hotel de Vrouwe van Stavoren, located in Stavoren, one of the oldest towns in the Netherlands, has eight wine barrel rooms available to book. The wine barrel sauna. Photo c/o Booking.com Unfortunately you won’t be able to actually bathe in wine, but it is still a unique experience on offer for post pandemic fun. Prioritising comfort, ...