Christine Parkinson, dubbed “the grandmother” of low & no alcohol drinks, gave eager fans of the category key tips on how to taste such beverages at the recently held Drinks Academy by Club Soda.
When Adnams set out to make a 0.5% ABV version of its flagship Ghost Ship pale ale beer, it had to invest in new equipment to ensure it could stand up to the original.
While traditionally it has been the on-trade leading the way in new trends, Thatchers Cider claims supermarkets are doing the heavy lifting when it comes to thanks to low & no products.
Almost 80 alcohol-free brands, suppliers, drinks experts and even a celebrity have united to urge the Government to take action on outdated alcohol-free drinks descriptors.
Over recent years, low-alcohol drinks have surged in popularity, with health-conscious customers and those seeking more moderate alcohol consumption benefitting from an increase of flavourful lower-alcoholic drinks.
Alcohol-free-only brewer Big Drop has for many years offered its award-winning beers in bottle, can and keg but says the biggest challenge has been trying to get pubs to put a low & no draught line on.
Following the successful trials of Guinness 0.0 on draught and a surge in consumer desire for low and no products, The Morning Advertiser (MA) has looked at the benefits of adding alcohol free lines in pubs.
Bars specialising in cocktails believe low & no alcohol drinks are here to stay but say the way in which people socialise is going to play a larger part in reducing alcohol consumption in the future.
Data from The Drinks List – Top Brands to Stock in 2024 charted the start of when the sector appeared to appreciate how strong sales for Low & No beers were becoming.
“Don’t underestimate the power of the non-drinker”; that’s the message from Lucky Saint’s on-trade director Aaron Duffett as the low & no beer segment booms.
Adding a low or no alcohol draught beer line to your bar could see a pub double its low & no sales immediately, according to Greene King senior category manager Andrew Carpenter.
UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls has warned the sector a Labour Government is more likely to have a health agenda and could potentially be influenced by groups such as the anti-alcohol lobby.
One in three visits to the pub are alcohol-free (AF) and a quarter of drinkers are alternating between full-strength alcohol and AF when visiting the on-trade.
The trend is growing for drinking less alcohol, according to Laura Willoughby MBE, who will be talking more about the subject at the inaugural brand-led conference called the Low, Light & Alcohol-Free Summit 2024.
Following the launch of the Morning Advertiser’s (MA) Low & No Project earlier this week, we’ve put together a handy round-up of some of the best new products in the segment from the last 12-months.
The Morning Advertiser is launching The Low & No Project in a bid to educate and inspire the opportunities in the low & no products on-trade category that are currently only being taken advantage of by a few operators.
If you want to know the beer trends to follow, the prices of the best-selling beers across Great Britain and how experts are seeing the future of the beer market for the on-trade – look no further.
If you run a pub off the beaten track, or at least one with limited passing trade and you have a regular supply of customers, then congratulations, you’ve created a destination pub.
What goes up must come down is the saying, and the festive highs in the on-trade are painfully followed by January lows – but it doesn’t have to be this way.
The Morning Advertiser caught up with Nirvana Brewery co-founder Becky Keane to discuss the key to confidence, brewing success and championing women working in beer.
By Gav Young, licensee of the Plough & Barleycorn, Isle of Wight
So we are here, 2024 has begun. Much of the population will have powered through the festive indulgences in preparation for new year resolutions as we head into, arguably, the longest month of the year.
This month's round-up features new products from Kingfisher, Lucky Saint, Hattingley Valley, Two Tribes Brewery, Hive Mind and The Busker Irish Whiskey.
Stouts and low ABV beers are leading the charge when it comes to trends in beer for the on-trade, according to the Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA).
By Hari Fell, Tudor Farmhouse Hotel, Clearwell, Gloucestershire, and founder of NoLo Cocktails
As a hotelier of 20 years and having given up alcohol more than four years ago, I read Gav Young’s opinion piece ‘A Pub is for life not for 10 months of the year’ with dismay.
