Drinks

Longways Tipperary Cider Wins Gold And Silver At British Bottlers Awards

Recently launched Tipperary cider maker, Longways has won one gold and one silver medal at the British Bottlers’ Institute Awards 2015. Its Longwa...

Net Sales Up 5% For Diageo In Full Year Results

Drinks giant Diageo has posted a net sales increase of 5% to £10.8 billion in its full year results, according to results filed this morning (30 June...

AB InBev Earnings Miss Estimates on Weakness in U.S. and Brazil

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world’s biggest brewer, reported second-quarter profit growth that missed analyst estimates on worse-than-expected beer...

Diageo Goes It Alone in South Africa After Dissolving Alliance

Diageo Plc said it is restructuring ventures it has in South Africa and Namibia so that the U.K. spirits company fully owns its operations in those countri...

'Support Your Local' Campaign Calls For Reversal Of Excise Duty

The 'Support Your Local' campaign has revealed that Ireland’s excise duty on wine is 106 times that of France, with Irish excise considerably higher...

Minister Coveney Strengthens Legal Protection For Irish Whiskey

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has introduced new regulations to ‘protect the integrity’ of Irish whiskey and other Irish spirits. Irish...

Great Northern Distillery Starts Production At New Dundalk Site

The Great Northern Distillery (GND) has begun to distil in the first of two new distilleries built on the former Harp Brewery site in Dundalk, Co. Louth....