Monthly Archives: January 2022

Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum Marks Master Blender’s 4 Decades at Distillery

Appleton Estate, a global leader in premium aged rums, launched the Ruby Anniversary Edition, a limited-edition release celebrating Master Blender Joy Spence‘s 40 years of craftsmanship with the distillery. Ruby Anniversary Edition is an exclusive release unlike any before it … Continue reading

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Frozen Cocktail Pop Producer Registers as Winery

21 Holdings LLC (21H), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jel Sert Co. (Jel Sert)said it registered as a winery, making it a fully licensed and bonded distillery, winery, and brewery that specializes in ideating, developing, and manufacturing alcoholic freezable novelties. … Continue reading

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A-B Slips Golden Cans into Packs for Million-Dollar Prize

Anheuser Busch is placing 10,000 golden cans of beer instead of tickets in specially marked packs across the United States. Everyone who finds a golden can, or makes one, will be eligible to win the million-dollar grand prize if they … Continue reading

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What We’re Reading —

How C-stores Are Raising the Bar in Alcoholic Beverages The channel is embracing wine and liquor more as sales rise due to the pandemic. (Convenience Store News).

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Omicron Hits On-Premise: BeerBoard’s Open Rate Below 90 for 1st Time in Year

BeerBoard said the 89% of locations surveyed open and pouring beer fell  last weekend (jan. 5-9). It was the first time in almost a year that the open rate was below 90%.  The last time was Jan. 14-17, 2021), when … Continue reading

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Omicron’s Toll on On-Premise Likely to Get Worse

The antialcohol Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has consistently failed in projecting how Covid will impact the U.S. economy.  Perhaps that’s because they view their job as simply collecting and reporting epidemiological data — what diseases are out there based … Continue reading

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