Monthly Archives: December 2020

Bell’s Brewery Honored for Cutting Energy 10.3% Over 2 Years

Bells’ Brewery, Comstock, Mich., was honored by the Environmental Protection Agency for reducing Bell’s energy per barrel packaged by 10.35% over the last two years. The three projects that yielded significant reductions were: Compressed air leak detection: small holes or … Continue reading

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Patron’s New Campaign Takes Aim at Competitors’ Additives

Patron Tequila launches “Toast Your Real Ones,” a campaign honoring those who have supported us and celebrated us through the ups and downs of this year. “You can trust real ones to never sugarcoat it, just like Patron. We only … Continue reading

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Compass Box ‘Magic Cask’ Set for Release in February

The new label is a limited-edition blended malt Scotch reracked in 2016 into first fill Oloroso-seasoned butts. “We have had samples of whisky from the lost Imperial Distillery in our Blending Room for some time. Aged in first fill Bourbon … Continue reading

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There’s Little Visibility to the Future in Wine: Ciatti

The challenge in the wine industry — and, we suspect — every other industry is that “everyone – buyers and sellers alike – are tentatively trying to navigate their own way through a landscape with little forward visibility.” That phrase … Continue reading

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Who & What —

Beam Suntory hires Heather Boyd to be Managing Director – US RTD. In September, Beam Suntory acquired On The Rocks Premium Cocktails, a rapidly growing premium ready-to-drink cocktail brand, and announced plans to expand market availability and the product range. Boyd … Continue reading

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Fauci: Vaccines May Bring Normality by Year-End 2021

It may take a year before the country can experience “something close to normality as we were before” the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergies & Infectious Diseases, said. If he’s right, that means it’s likely … Continue reading

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