RTD Trends in 2024
Hard seltzer may have hogged the spotlight of the ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage alcohol market in recent years, but spirit-based RTDs and canned cocktails are providing the buzz today.
The U.S. RTD market grew 1.3% in...
How Long Can Tequila’s Growth Last?
Tequila has been an industry darling in recent time. Double-digit growth in this category has helped lead the overall spirits market higher for years now. How much longer can the boom times continue for...
What’s New at Your Favorite Kentucky Bourbon Distilleries?
Kentucky bourbon remains in a modern golden age. An ongoing spirits boom was supercharged during Covid, as consumers stuck at home joined whiskey social media groups and researched brands and bottles. Suddenly, everybody was...
Podcast: Why Are American Whiskey Prices Rising?
Have you noticed that the prices on the bottles of American whiskey that you love continue to tick up, up, up? It's hard to miss it. How much longer can that go on? For...
Court Liquors: An Evolution in Retail Variety
Court Liquors in Long Branch, NJ, is located at an interesting consumer cross section. A few minutes’ drive away is Monmouth University, with a student enrollment of around 6,000. Or head south, and you...
Report: U.S. Spirits Sales Flat in 2023, RTDs Boomed
U.S. spirits revenues maintained market share in 2023, as the sector reset following the robust sales spikes during the pandemic super cycle. Thus reported the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) reported...
7 Beverage Alcohol Trends for 2024
Trend picks and predictions for 2024 began rolling in late last year, and we’ve poured over numerous reports. One thing everyone seems to agree on: No-/lo-alcohol drinks are here to stay.
Not only are they...
2024 New Products Guide
Once again, the Beverage Information Group editorial team has compiled hundreds of new products released or redesigned in the past 12 months – beers, wines and spirits. This guide is a great reference if...
Why Bars, Restaurants and Retailers are Embracing Sustainable Alcohol
Sustainability is no longer just an ethical consideration; it’s a strategic necessity, says Maria Pearman, principal and leader in the food and beverage practice at national advisory and accounting firm GHJ. Data show that...
Podcast: The Top Cocktail Trends of 2024
In this episode of our On & Off podcast, we talk the top drinks trends of 2024, with Andrew Freedman, founder of the San Francisco-based agencies af&co. and Carbonate, and Leith Steele, senior strategist...