The London Spirits Competition continues to raise the bar by adding more top trade buyers to its judging panel alongside more media partners.

A special bottling of Fercullen Irish whiskey is to be the first of a ‘Distillery Select’ series, hand-chosen by the team at the Powerscourt Distillery and exclusively available online from its website as well as in store at the Distillery shop.

Where once it was considered unthinkable, staff shortages coupled with rapidly escalating running costs and diminishing mid-week customers are leading many pubs to consider the benefits of a five-day week. Pat Nolan reports.

Beer sales rebounded strongly in several major markets around the world once Covid restrictions ended. Our Industry Report takes a look at the return of demand for draught.

A 32 year-old bottle of The Macallan 1989 sold for £1.1 million at auction recently.