Tag - Seamus O’Hara

Drinks Ireland|Cider notes some signs of early recovery for cider in the report, as the second half of 2021 saw a 20% increase in sales which coincided with the easing of restrictions on the hospitality sector.

Marketing

Cider sales down 15% in 2021 compared to 2019

June 3, 2022

Traditionally too, Stout has been an Autumn/Winter seller – especially in the on-trade. But brewers have been working towards creating demand for stout as an all-year-round product.

Marketing

Stouts & Ales – an increasingly competitive...

February 16, 2022

Talking Trade

“There’s new ground to be broken in...

November 30, 2021

Not surprisingly, final figures for November indicate that bar sales volumes were up 864% on November 2020, with values up 810%.

Marketing

Christmas market likely to be strong

November 29, 2021

While excise duty was not increased in the Budget, the VFI has described the government’s decision not to reduce the tax, the second-highest in Europe, as a missed opportunity.

On-trade

Budget ’22 – hospitality reacts

October 13, 2021

The past 18 months have been challenging for the cider sector overall, with cider sales falling significantly due to Covid Lockdowns.

Marketing

Craft cider producers call for Budget excise reduction

October 8, 2021

While the rolling Lockdowns in hospitality during the course of the pandemic may have increased cider purchases in the retail sector, these have not been enough to offset the loss of cider sales in pubs, restaurants and hotels.

Marketing

Cider sales down 11.3%

May 17, 2021

Cider sales in Ireland are down in line with the trend for alcohol consumption falling – but there’s more choice than ever on the market for Irish consumers.

Marketing

2019 cider exports up 32%

June 3, 2020

Carlow Brewing has been supplying beers for both the on- and off-trade in keg, bottle and can format for the best part of two years now.

Off-trade

Carlow Brewing opens online distribution

May 12, 2020

How has the drop in demand affected the country’s craft brewers and what lockdown strategies have they in place to counter the drop in business and what plans they have for when all this is over?

Marketing

Craft Brewing & the Coronavirus lockdown

May 8, 2020