World’s first whiskey biofuel-powered car is set to hit the streets
As if we needed a reason to enjoy our whiskey more, Celtic Renewables is an Edinburgh-based start-up company that has worked closely with Tullibardine Distillery (A whiskey producer) to develop the fuel to power their revolutionary new car. Celtic Renewables uses...
U.S. hop acreage growth driven by new beer flavors
The Pacific Northwest’s hop acreage (Idaho, Oregon and Washington specifically) is growing rapidly, fueled by demand from craft brewers to develop and produce new beer flavors to satisfy the ever evolving tastes of consumers. “There is a massive desire by craft beer...
World’s first underwater winery in Croatia
As if you needed another reason to visit Croatia, with its rich, old world history mixed with new world experiences and amazing food, a new experience is coming to the country that will wow you. Edivo Vina, located on the Peljesac peninsula, will soon begin allowing...
Craft distillers exploring new flavors of gin
A few craft distillers are looking into some interesting new methods of producing gin that are leading to new flavor profiles. Barrel aged gins might be the new crazy soon, even though U.S. regulators don’t technically recognize “aged gin” as a spirit type. Producers...
Beer and the history of America
Most people don’t tie beer back to the founding days of this country and our growth as a nation, but if you look back through history beer has played an integral role in our growth from immigration to urbanization. In the 1800’s more than 1 million German immigrants...
Winemakers looking to lighter wines
Lighter wines with lower alcohol content have been rising in popularity in recent years. For a long time the traditional bold, high alcohol content wines dominated the wine market but that trend has been slowly shifting as a new generation of wine drinkers is looking...
The global liquor industry continues surge in M&A’s
The premium liquor market has seen a steady increase in mergers and acquisitions recently, a trend that is expected to continue according to industry experts. Potential buyers see opportunities for sales growth. One of the fastest growing segments, premium tequila...
Canadian wines growing in popularity in the U.S.
Most Americans think of Canadian exports being primarily maple syrup or poutine but Canada has steadily been growing its exports of white wines to the U.S. this decade. From 2011 to 2015 alone exports of Canadian white wine have more than tripled. Canadian white wine...
Beer for brunch trend picking up steam
Brewers are working with restaurants and other breakfast/brunch locations to expand beer options to their consumers. New beer cocktails and flavored drinks called “brewmosas” and “micheladas” are catching on. Breweries are also helping by introducing morning-friendly...