Can we change the way that the world drinks? One Australian company is giving it a go. The Kaddy Community team sat down with the co-founder of Lyre’s Carl Hartmann to talk about wedge drinks, winning over show judges and the future of spirits. It’s hard to underestimate just how quickly...
Want to know what is actually trending in the world of global alcohol sales? Here's an answer. The giant IWSR report on beverage trends has dropped, and (as usual) it provides plenty of insight. Drawing on industry information from 160 countries, it spells out what's hot or not in what is now...
Faddish IPL variant or the future of more sessionable full-flavoured IPA? That's the question surrounding one of the newest beer styles that have hit our shores, cold IPA. I've delved into the history and talked to a few breweries dabbling with the style, covering what makes a cold IPA great,...
We're currently in a boomtime for Australian spirits, with more interest than ever in local distiller's offerings. But is it really a limitless future for Ausse drinks in restaurants and bars? Sommelier and columnist for the Guardian, Gourmet Traveller & Concrete Playground @Samantha...
As this Boothby article notes , there was a time when amaretto sour was THE cocktail of choice. But then along came espresso martinis, and now it's margaritas that have cornered the market, as we talked about in this article. So with today officially National Amaretto Day (yes, it's an...
Blake Vanderfield-Kramer is one of the founders of Feels Botanical – the world’s first botanical eau de vie spirit. As a trailblazing new product with unique characteristics and applications that’s already creating a buzz with consumers, we sat down with Blake to chat all things eau de vie....
Gone are the days when the ‘top shelf’ was a handful of global Scotch whisky names and a bottle of Grey Goose. Now, fuelled by an explosion in craft distillers the goalposts have changed. The expectation is that stores and venues will showcase more, and dive deeper into what’s possible,...
You can lock it in now. After almost two years of a locked-down, buttoned-up existence, 2022 is going to be big - and what’s in your drink is going to be more important than ever. Or at least that’s the conclusion of the seminal Bacardi Cocktail Trends Report 2022, which was released this...