Drinks Buyer 2025

15 specialityfoodmagazine.com SPIRITS PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT CANNEDCOCKTAILS MOTH DRINKS PALOMA Juicy, zippy and zesty. This looks pretty as a picture, combining pink grapefruit juice with the best quality tequila. mothdrinks.com NICHE COCKTAILS NEGRONI An award-winning classic, made to bar strength, using Adnams’ Copper House Gin. A simple mix with a complex taste. nichecocktails.co.uk THE UK’S TOP RTD COCKTAILS MIXERS DOUBLE DUTCH POMEGRANATE & BASIL Glorious with herbal gin or mezcal, this mixer combines sweet and tart pomegranate with the warm, peppery notes of basil. doubledutchdrinks.com NAVAS GARDEN TONIC Enhance your spirits and spritzes with the essence of an English summer garden by adding this tonic, infused with rosemary, thyme, pine and citrus. navasdrinks.com FITCH & LEEDES PINK TONIC A delightfully pink drink with subtle hints at rose petals and cucumber. Lovely over ice or mixed with your favourite gin. Also available sugar-free. fitchandleedes.co.uk CONSUMERS’ FAVOURITE GIN BOTANICALS : Lemon Orange Bergamot Coriander Cardamom Rosemary Lavender Chamomile add depth with savoury flavours of the sugarcane and the rancio characteristics of toffee/ caramel, dried fruit and toasted nuts from ageing. Keen to keep up with consumer trends, and being able to easily make it with the same distilling equipment they already have for gin, craft producers are all adding at least one flavoured rum to their range to test the market. Rum is increasingly looking like it will have the same exciting renaissance, as drinkers look to try something different. THE UK SPIRITS MARKET WAS VALUED AT £16.8 BILLION IN 2024 GOURMET PRO THE TOP GOOGLE SEARCHES FOR COCKTAILS IN THE UK IN 2024 74,000 ESPRESSO MARTINI 74,000 NEGRONI 60,500 MARGARITA 49,500 PINA COLADA 49,500 MOJITO 40,500 OLD FASHIONED 33,100 BLOODY MARY 33,100 MARTINI 27,100 SEX ON THE BEACH 22,200 DAIQUIRI WICKED WOLF Launched in 2015, Wicked Wolf is an award-winning, small batch, true artisan distillery producing dry, flavour-led, smooth spirits. Its original gin, Wicked Wolf® Exmoor Gin™ (42%) is a premium gin made using 11 exotic botanicals, producing complex layers of citrus and pepper notes finely balanced with the distinct flavours of juniper and coriander. Hibiscus, lemongrass, cardamom and kaffir lime leaves have been artfully blended with these traditional aromatics creating a full-flavoured, smooth gin. Over the last ten years the team have added to the range: Silver Bullet Gin (57%) using the same botanicals as the original Wicked Wolf, 1869 Gin (42%) is a more gentle gin featuring local botanicals, Full Moon Gin (42%) features mango and black pepper, Wicked Wolf Blood Orange Gin uses the whole of the orange for a zesty, fruity finish and Exmoor Vodka is distilled using Sicilian lemon pulp. wickedwolfgin.com