Tag: coronavirus
Bulleit’s Buying Drinks For Local Bar Sundays
by: Melissa Dowling
Bourbon brand Bulleit launched a new hospitality mission called Local Bar Sundays on June 10 during the Tribeca Film Festival. The initiative encourages New Yorkers to …
Reopening: Are You Preparing For A Great Mess Or Greatness?
by: Rory Brown
The phrase “the new normal” has permeated the lexicon, but for businesses opening or reopening, times are clearly not routine. Restaurants in particular must take reopening …
Biden Signs Restaurant Relief Bill
by: Melissa Dowling
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on March 11 signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act into law. The relief package includes the creation of the …
Interview: How the Middle Tier Has Adapted with the Pandemic
by: Kyle Swartz
Covid-19 has forced rapid adaptation by the middle tier of the alcohol industry. Suddenly, common practices for both warehouses and drivers were potentially dangerous for spreading the virus. …
Hospitality Recovery Coalition Launches Cocktails To-Go Campaign
by: Melissa Dowling
The Hospitality Recovery Coalition on Feb. 10 launched a nationwide cocktails to-go grassroots campaign encouraging consumers to contact their state legislators and urge support for local distilleries, restaurants …
Alcohol On-premise In The Age Of Covid
by: Melissa Dowling
A Lightspeed/Mintel survey conducted in July 2020 sheds some light on consumer attitudes on beverage alcohol on-premise in the Covid era. For instance, more than half …
5 Trends in Beer and Hard Seltzer in 2020-21
by: Kyle Swartz
The spread of COVID-19 has had a huge impact on the beer category. This was perhaps most true for craft. Emerging trends like the taproom boom, …
New York International Spirits Competition Reveals 2020 Winners
by: Kyle Swartz
Not even a pandemic could keep the 11th Annual New York International Spirits Competition from judging and selecting the finest spirits in the world. Though the …
DISCUS Study Paints Bleak Picture of U.S. Distilling Under Pandemic
by: Kyle Swartz
No doubt, 2020 will go down as one of the most difficult years for all U.S. businesses, including craft distilling. A new study from the Distilled Spirits Council of …
How COVID-19 is Fueling a Home Mixology Movement
by: Kyle Swartz
Consumers mixing cocktails at home was already a trend before the pandemic. But the COVID-19 crisis—with lockdowns and on-premise closures—has undoubtedly spread and accelerated this movement. …
