Although 2018 has come to a close, the readers of Beverage Industry had one more celebration for the calendar year. In Beverage Industry’s annual Readers’ Choice: New Product of the Year poll for 2018, readers selected Stillhouse Black Bourbon as their favorite new product release of the year.
Surf City Still Works launched Pierside Bourbon, a bourbon whiskey that pays homage to the surfers and oilfield roughnecks of Huntington Beach, Calif., the company says.
Bottle designs created by four tattoo artists from around the country
October 17, 2018
The bottles were created in partnership with some of the country’s top tattoo artists whose work is inspired by the frontier spirit and culture of the cities they live in.
Spirits-makers will collaborate to develop custom bourbon, whiskey
September 11, 2018
The Bardstown Bourbon Co. (BBCo), Bardstown, Ky., announced that Grain & Barrel Spirits, the maker of pre-prohibition brand Chicken Cock Whiskey, has joined BBCo’s Collaborative Distilling Program. Grain & Barrel will work with BBCo to produce custom bourbon and whiskey for the Chicken Cock brand, which dates back to 1856. BBCo and Grain & Barrel concluded their first distillation of 616 barrels at the end of August.
For mature beverage categories, producing year-over-year growth can be a challenge. For the U.S. wine and spirits markets, sales growth has allowed these categories to increase not only its own yearly comparisons, but also gain market share from other beverage alcohol categories.
Achieving success in a crowded market is a task that goes beyond producing a quality product, and is one that Stillhouse Spirits Co., Los Angeles, has been able to achieve.
When you look at the U.S. spirits market, consumers continue to turn to the whiskey/bourbon segment in large numbers. It stands to reason that the readers of Beverage Industry also might be taken with the spirit segment.