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Business of BeveragesBizBevPod Book Club - Chapter TwoSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn which beverage books should be next on your reading list, if you have already finished the books we recommended in our first Book Club!Following a very well recieved Book Club episode a while back, we return with teh second chapter in what will definitely become a regular feature for us. Once again, Foxy and Will are joined by the drinks polymath, Judith Boyle, to review and recommend beverage books that we have found inspiring. Here's a link to the books d...
2025-03-1728 min
Business of BeveragesBizBevPod Book Club - Chapter OneSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn which beverage books should be next on your reading list.In the first of what we hope will be a regular feature, Foxy and Will are joined by the drinks polymath, Judith Boyle, to review and recommend beverage books that we have found inspiring. Here's a link to the books discussed:Tasting Beer - Randy MosherMcCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery In Ireland by Pete McCarthy | GoodreadsWhat I Know About Running Coffee Shops b...
2025-03-0330 min
Business of BeveragesWho are you without your history? Eibhlin Colgan from Guinness & Carol Quinn from Jameson on the importance of the past, to the future.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how brands like Jameson and Guinness invest in their future by entrusting their past to Archivists. It's exceptionally rare to get Diageo and Pernod Ricard to agree on anything (!) but the importance of brand archives is central to both Guinness and Irish Distillers. Eibhlin Colgan and Carol Quinn sat down in the Connoisseur Bar in the Guinness Storehouse to explain that a corporate archive is central to preserving and enhancing brand value. Archives can do so much, from providing insights for current marketing campaigns to informing...
2024-12-0259 min
Business of BeveragesThe end of the beginning - Will Keating and Padraig Fox invite listeners to contribute to the next phase of BizBevPodSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn why Will & Foxy are pressing pause on producing new podcast episodes for the moment.63 episodes is an odd number of episodes to have in our first season of BizBevPod but it just turned out that was because we had so much success so quickly that we didn't take our planned first season break, we just kept going, delivering brilliant insights from fantastic guests from all around the world.However, now's the right time for us to take a breath and plan out the...
2023-09-1217 min
Business of BeveragesFrom Duck Shit Tea to ChatGPT - How the Beer market in China is evolving rapidly with Neil PlayfootSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how the beer market in China is developing at a rapid pace, with evolving drinking culture, local recipe inspiration (Duck Shit Tea is a real thing!) and increased connectivity with the rest of the brewing world.Neil Playfoot of Asian Beer Network is our guide as he introduces us to the dynamics of the largest volume market for beer in the world where even in the last 13 years, changes in consumption and production habits have been profound. Having worked in England, France, Bermuda, Armenia and as...
2023-02-2059 min
Business of BeveragesFancy a Cheeky Drink?Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how one distilling start up is doing everything different and yet their story is eerily familiar. We get to the bottom of things!Will and Foxy talk to Miika Salmi Lipiäinen one of the 5 brave co-founders of Kyrö Distillery Company who's naked ambition has seen them go from a sauna drinkers to serious distillers. Their rye based spirits from Nothern Finland have made quite the impression on markets around the world and, whilst their story is typical of so many craft brewers/distillers, the way th...
2023-01-2355 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink "saved more Englishmen than all the doctors in the Empire"? Which drink comes in "Ice Pop" flavour?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic...
2023-01-1610 min
Business of BeveragesWhat's Wrong With Wine? - Steve Rannekleiv helps us to see the bright side for a category that struggles with innovationSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how a host of passionate and well informed experts battle Will's suspicion of Wine to convince him that there's innovation, excitement and, ultimately, hope for the category.Will is a self confessed "wine sceptic", frustrated by his perception of the industry's slavish devotion to tradition and glacial pace of innovation. However, it's a new year so Will has resolved to educate himself in the company of some of the best Wine experts on the planet."Irish Wine writer of the Year™" Susan Boyle returns to...
2023-01-0959 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink has worked with Andy Warhol and Björk on artwork for their labels? Which cocktail is named after a South American flower?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage i...
2023-01-0210 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink was discovered by accident in Germany? Which beverage was Mark Twain so enamored with when he first discovered it that he drank it before breakfast, dinner and bed?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take...
2022-12-1909 min
Business of BeveragesSuperGrasse - How Steve Grasse's mystical approach to brand marketing created Hendrick's Gin & Sailor Jerry's RumSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn why the most celebrated drinks marketeer alive believes that you have to get mystical when creating brands, cultivating curiosity and captivating consumers. Steve Grasse is the man who famously pitched the concepts for Hendrick's Gin and Sailor Jerry's rum in the same day. Steve is a marketing agency chief, distillery owner and author, together with Aaron Goldfarb, of the new book, Brand Mysticism. Together they explain how they have captured Steve's unique approach to booze marketing and how to take the lessons from his success to...
2022-12-1257 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich 44% ABV drink is classified as a food by the FDA and can be sold anywhere without a liquor license? Which drink was created to honour a visit by King George the 6th of England?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees e...
2022-12-0513 min
Business of BeveragesBeyond the Beyond - Gráinne Gilsenan's lessons from decades of pushing NPD past category boundaries.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how to approach beverage innovation at a project and an organisational level from someone who's been at the cutting edge of global innovation management in Diageo, SAB Miller and Costa/Coca-Cola.Gráinne Gilsenan began her career as an innovation brewer with Guinness and quickly realised that she wanted to write the NPD briefs, not just respond to them. Thereafter her path took her through global roles looking after "Beyond Beer" for SAB Miller and "Beyond Coffee" for Costa. She reflects on the key ingredients to b...
2022-11-2854 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich brand sent a personalised bottle to every goalkeeper that Messi had ever scored against? Which beverage is the official "Hydration" partner of the FIFA World Cup?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to...
2022-11-2112 min
Business of BeveragesSodas Vs Seltzers - An Omnibibulous Omnibus with Dave InfanteSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn what the hell is happening in the US drinks market as the aftershocks of explosive growth of Hard Seltzer cause an avalanche of new categories, competitors and consequences The brilliant beverage behemoth that is Dave Infante (Fingers NewsLetter & Vinepair) returns to the pod to catch us up on what the exactly is going on in the US right now as brewers and CPG conglomerates fight over the white space created by the plateauing of craft beer and the creation of new categories such as hard seltzer...
2022-11-1559 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich fictional drink was originally created for a TV show in 1991? Which beverage is an Irish icon but was rumored to have been banned for export by the EU?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns...
2022-11-0709 min
Business of BeveragesDisreputable Exchange - Prof. André Sammartino on the controversial obfuscations of Micro & Macro brewers.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how an academic approach to studying the Australian Craft Beer scene has given greater insights into how brewers large and small avoid transparency for short term gain but at the cost of long term credibility.Will talks to Professor André Sammartino, from the University of Melbourne in Australia about the 12 "Golden Rules" for success in enterprise and how these apply to brewing and distilling businesses. But the conversation then takes a deep dive into the questionable practices of micro and macro brewers over the last 25 years i...
2022-11-0159 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink originally contained Lithium Citrate as a "mood stabiliser"? Which beverage launched in the USA at the premier of Saturday night Fever?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is...
2022-10-2412 min
Business of BeveragesFor Heavan's Sake - Kyoko Nagano on the complexities & contradictions of Japan's divine but troubled drink.Send us a textIn this episode you'll be treated to an outstanding overview of a category that is both familiar and exotic, Sake. The most Japanese of all drinks has hit the headlines around the world as growing exports but falling consumption at home have caused issues for brewers and the taxman alike. Luckily Kyoko Nagano of Sake Lovers Inc. was available to help guide Will through the very basics of how Sake is made, what makes it unique, how the traditional brewers are being challenged by changing tastes and demographics but also the n...
2022-10-1749 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink expanded production to Cyprus and then Malawi when first venturing oversees? Which beverage was once called "Old Tub"?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in...
2022-10-1011 min
Business of BeveragesAll Filler, No Killer - Will & Foxy reflect on the best episodes, most entertaining guests & fondest memories as Foxy (and the pod) turns 40!Send us a textIn the traditions of all the best sit coms, we're taking a mid-season break from our usual scheduling to bring you a reflection of our thoughts on the pod as we hit a big milestone. No, we're not talking about Foxy officially becoming middle aged, we're giving our recommendations to new listeners of the pod on the best episodes and guests on our back catalogue to check out.If the Simpson's can do a "138th Episode Spectacular", then we can chew the cud and ruminate on the sucess of the podcast...
2022-10-0323 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink was launched in the USA by it's founder driving a tank through Time Square? Which beverage was part of 007's signature cocktail?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage...
2022-09-2614 min
Business of BeveragesWhisky's House of Cards? - A world exclusive with Duncan & Pete from Woven on the dangerous game being played between distillers and speculatorsSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how the undervalued art of whisky blending is being given new life by a young team based in Edinburgh but with international ambitions. However despite the seeming rude health of the category they sound the alarm over the ever escalating speculative frenzy between flippers, fraudsters and brands who are fulling the fire.Host Will Keating sits down for an exclusive and in depth interview with Pete Allison and Duncan McRae from Woven Whisky. They are bringing an independent and conceptual take on the traditional art of...
2022-09-2059 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink sponsored an international sports tournament a year before it was even launched? Which beverage is named after a bunch of rocks in La Manche?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess...
2022-09-1210 min
Business of BeveragesR&D Versus M&A? - Diageo's Chief Innovation Officer, Mark Sandys, on Diageo's path to further growth.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how Diageo approaches innovation at a fundamental level and what the company's core strategy is to meeting the changing needs of consumers across categories, cultures and continents. Host Will Keating sits down for an exclusive and in depth interview with Mark Sandys, the newly appointed Chief Innovation Officer for Diageo, undoubtedly the most exciting job in the largest drinks company in the world. Mark shares unique insights into his approach to the challenge of innovating in a company that has more to gain (and lose!) than...
2022-09-0559 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink was advertised by Ben Stiller's dad? Which hangover cure was made famous by the movie "Cocktail"?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues...
2022-08-2910 min
Business of BeveragesCaution & Apprehension in the U.S. Beer Market - Lester Jones of the NBWA on why he is optimistic, despite the current mood of his members.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn why linear thinking led to a "smack-down" for Hard Seltzer, why the US beer market is so complex and what the economic fundamentals tell us about the log term health of the category.Lester Jones is the Chief Economist and VP of Analytics at the National Beer Wholesalers Association in the USA. With a deep love of beer, an astute economic mind and access to an unrivalled network of data, Lester is the foremost expert on the state of the beer market in the US. Recent...
2022-08-2259 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink was said to cure "sickness at the stomach" and retching? Which drink was advertised as "a man's beer"?Click here to see the ad Will mentioned in the quiz or here to get your Tee-shirt.As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes)....
2022-08-1511 min
Business of BeveragesFollow your Nose... - Dhavall Gandhi's extraordinary journey to the pinnacle of Whisky blending.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how talent and determination can bring you all the way around the world and into a job you were born to do. Will talks to Dhavall Gandhi a Whiskey Master Blender whose talent is only matched by his determination to follow his dreams and carve out a career in an "uber-niche" pursuit. Dhavall tells how from an early age his hypersensitive sense of smell was a source of frustration but how it led him to a profound career change and a long journey to pursuing the...
2022-08-0859 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink was the first alcoholic brand advertised on UK TV? Which drink "moved" countries thanks to the Treaty of Turin?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described...
2022-08-0111 min
Business of BeveragesDrinking in the Metaverse?! - Ben Finnegan & Alex Gibson on how tech, alcohol & marketing are collidingSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how the rapid progression of cutting edge technology is changing how people socialise and therefore how, what, where and when they drink.Will and Foxy have plenty of opinions on this topic as they reflect on the "constant change" in our interactions with tech and drink, from the historical to the next wave. But to get a better informed perspective we share a discussion that Will was part of for the Persuaders Media & Marketing radio programme on Dublin City FM recently. There Alex Gibson (TU Dublin...
2022-07-2554 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink has its own festival in Nebraska in August every year? Which drink has a silhouette of its country as its logo?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is...
2022-07-1712 min
Business of BeveragesBeeronomics - Local Lessons & International ImplicationsSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn what is really happening in the Beer Industry in Ireland, Europe and around the world and, more importantly what the lessons and implications are for brewers, publicans and businesses. We're on a roll... another live episode! This time we were invited to the 7th Beeronomics Conference at Trinity College Dublin to host a special round table discussion on the Beer Industry in Ireland. The audience of International Beer scholars, economists and academics had travelled from all over the world to discuss every aspect of the economics...
2022-07-1057 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink was referred to as "Pig's Lemonade" in Tolstoy's War & Peace? Which drink was created in Glendale Az.?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic...
2022-07-0310 min
Business of BeveragesConfessions of a Beer Sceptic - David Gluckman on what the Beer category gets wrong and how to fix it.Send us a textIn this special live episode you'll learn why the man with 50 years experience creating the biggest spirits brands in the world dislikes beer and how he thinks those who make and market it can do so much better.Recorded in the historic Irish College in Leuven, Belgium, in front of a large audience of Business of Beverages listeners, Will and special guest co-host, Susan Boyle talk with David Gluckman, author of That Shit Will Never Sell and creator of Baileys, Tanqueray Ten and Ciróc Vodka. David is in provocative f...
2022-06-2741 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink is part of a Caesar cocktail? Which drink is known as a "Fredo" when it's cold?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues...
2022-06-2014 min
Business of BeveragesOpen Source Sustainability? Can AB Inbev lower carbon emissions & costs for all brewers? David De Schutter thinks so.Send us a textIn this special live episode you'll learn how the the man leading the revolution in brewing technology for the biggest company on the planet believes that cheeper, better and greener beer is possible for all.Recorded in the historic Irish College in Leuven, Belgium, in front of a large audience of Business of Beverages listeners, Will and special guest co-host, Susan Boyle talk with David De Schutter, Global Vice President for Innovation and Technology Development for AB Inbev, the world's largest brewer. David leads a team of over 120 brewers, engineers, materials...
2022-06-1358 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink has 3 separate fruit infusion processes? Which drink is has an ABV that varies by up to 1% depending on its age?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being...
2022-06-0611 min
Business of BeveragesFighting for Beer - (Live in Leuven I) John Brauer explains how the political, economic & technical future of beer is being played out in EuropeSend us a textIn this special live episode you'll learn how the Brewers of Europe organisation is fighting for Beer's place at the European table as it lobbies, researches and represents on behalf of all brewers.Recorded in the historic Irish College in Leuven, Belgium, in front of a large audience of Business of Beverages listeners, Will and special guest co-host, Susan Boyle talk with John Brauer, Executive Officer with the Brewers of Europe. John is uniquely placed to talk about the massive challenges that beer faces from a regulatory point of view but...
2022-05-3046 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textIt's time to come to Belgium with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live in Leuven event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. It's not too late, just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the quiz... Which drink is sold in an "award winning" bottle deigned in the 1970's? Which drink is made from fruit varieties such as Merrylegs and M...
2022-05-2314 min
Business of BeveragesFools' Gold? - Is investing in whiskey a good idea? Serghios Florides explores the right way and the wrong way.Send us a textCome to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests from Duvel, ABI, The Brewers of Europe and others, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. the last few places are available now. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how the boom in whiskey sales has led some to invest in "...
2022-05-1653 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textCome to Belgium with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live in Leuven event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the quiz... Which drink was was used instead of saline? Which drink is aged in a combination of oak casks and glass demi johns?As...
2022-05-0914 min
Business of BeveragesEasy Peasy - Ben Branson discusses how Seedlip changed the game for non alc drinks & what the lessons are for the next generationSend us a textCome to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests from Duvel, ABI, The Brewers of Europe and others, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how the global distilled non alc category was created by one man with curiosity...
2022-05-0257 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textCome to Belgium with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live in Leuven event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the quiz... Which drink was first created in Fraserburgh? Which drink was amended from 11% ABV to 15% ABV to avoid tax in Germany?As you'll hopefully...
2022-04-2512 min
Business of BeveragesEarth-Quaich! - Georgie Bell on shaking up the Scotch industry from the inside out.Send us a textCome to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests from Duvel, ABI, The Brewers of Europe and others, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how one young woman is changing the way that the spirits industry (and Scotch...
2022-04-1849 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textCome to Belgium with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live in Leuven event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the quiz... Which beer was the first to be imported to the USA after the end of prohibition? Which drink was invented in the University of Bristol?
2022-04-1111 min
Business of BeveragesAchtung Fritz! - Mirco Wolf Wiegert on how 2 German students took on Coke & won.Send us a textCome to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how two students in Hamburg took on the biggest beverage monopoly in history with nothing more than €7,000, a second hand van and ba...
2022-04-0459 minBusiness of BeveragesA Shot Of... (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textCome to Belgium with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live in Leuven event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the quiz... Which (other!) drink is named after a type of still? Which beverage is named after "saliva"?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now...
2022-03-2809 min
Business of BeveragesBizBevPod's First Anniversary Special - A celebration of one year of curiosity & creativitySend us a textCome to Belgium with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live in Leuven event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how Will and Foxy have, born out of humour & heartache, created one of the world's most successful Drinks Industry Podcasts...
2022-03-2159 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #23 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textCome to Belgium with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live in Leuven event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the quiz... Which drink is named after a type of still? Which beverage makes an Old Fashioned, "old fashioned"?As you'll hopefully have gathered by...
2022-03-1408 min
Business of Beverages1.26 A Touch of Glass - Marty Duffy explores why glassware plays a pivotal role in how we enjoy our beers, wines and spirits.Send us a textCome to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the episode... In this episode you'll learn how the glass you choose for your drink can make a world of difference to you and your customer's experience. We get...
2022-03-0657 minBusiness of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #22 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textCome to Leuven with us! We're hosting a 2 day BizBevPod Live event all about Belgian Beer on May 25th -27th with: live interviews with world class industry guests, exclusive brewery tours, beer pairings, brasserie visits, panel discussions and networking events. Places have just opened for booking. Just drop us a mail at BizBevPod@Gmail.com and we'll share details.Back to the quiz... it's a weird one this week! Which beverages is a character on the cartoon "Aqua-teen hunger force" (apparently it's a real thing!)? Which beverage was mentioned in...
2022-02-2810 min
Business of Beverages1.25 "The Indiana Jones of Spirits" - Rebecca Jago talks about curating and creating the worlds most remarkable spirits.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how the rarest, most expensive spirits in the world are discovered by one small family company dedicated to honouring and evolving the vision of two legendary founders.Will and Foxy talk to Rebecca Jago, MD of The Last Drop Distillers, "Curators of the most remarkable spirits in the world". Rebecca reveals how the company was founded by her father Tom and his friend James after they had retired from a lifetime of building global brands for other companies such as Diageo, Moet Hennessey and Pernod Ricard. W...
2022-02-2152 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #21 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage is created by heating skimmed milk and glucose? Which drink was thought to be satanic until Pope Clement VIII declared it otherwise?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage...
2022-02-1410 min
Business of Beverages1.24 Harvesting History - Alison Milne & Simon Thompson on how the future of Scotch might lie in its pastSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how farmers, malsters, brewers and distillers are finding new inspiration and flavours from crops that had previously died out.Will and Foxy talk to Alison Milne, a 6th generation farmer and maltster from Scotland who has created her own family malting business, Crafty Maltsers. Ali has taken on the challenge of growing and malting heritage varieties of barley for brewing and distilling because it offers a chance to differentiate from products that are created with only efficiency in mind as novel flavours and characteristics are revealed...
2022-02-0757 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #20 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage was saved by an owner who made his money in washing machines and Blue Cheese? Which drink was created by a pair of confectioner brothers?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to...
2022-01-3114 min
Business of Beverages1.23 Here's Jonnie! - Heineken's Chief Marketing Officer in the USA, Jonnie Cahill, talks beautiful branding and "beyond beer"Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn what challenges and opportunities one of the sharpest minds in marketing sees in the US drinks industry as categories converge and branding becomes more important than ever.Will and special guest co-host Bourcard Nesin (of the Liquid Assets podcast) talk to Jonnie Cahill, the Chief Marketing officer of Heineken USA. Jonnie gives razor sharp analysis and insight into the current US drinks scene where consumers increasingly don't care what category a drink belongs to, they just want to be delighted with great liquids and beautiful brands...
2022-01-2358 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #19 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage changed its spelling but not it's pronunciation ? Which drink has a logo inspired by the conversion of 2 saints?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in...
2022-01-1710 min
Business of Beverages1.22 Grand Ambassador? - Peter O'Connor on why Bartenders & Sales Managers misunderstand Brand AmbassadorsSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how the role of a Brand Ambassador can be one of the most simultaneously under AND over-rated jobs in the drinks industry plus we make a big announcement on bringing BizBevPod on the road!Foxy and Will talk to Peter O'Connor owner of the fabulous Onda Cocktail Room in Lisbon. Peter is the prefect person to guide us through the seemingly glamourous world of the Brand Ambassador, the most misunderstood job in drinks. Peter is a poacher-turned-gamekeeper-turned-poacher as he started work as an exceptional bartender before Br...
2022-01-1051 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #18 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage only exports 1% of its production? Which drink shares its name with an English Acid Jazz band from the 1990's?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described...
2022-01-0311 min
Business of BeveragesBonus Desert Island Drink... A Musical InterludeSend us a textIn the words of Monty Python: "And now for something completely different..."Christmas is a time for spending time with family and friends and at BizBevPod we're no different. We don't have an episode full of insight into the drinks industry as usual but we do have lots of mischief and music as we talk to our friend Dominic Scott, the writer/singer of the theme music that we use every week on the podcast. Dominic visits our desert island to talk about the drink he'd choose but more importantly to...
2021-12-2714 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot of... Christmas Special!Send us a textWhich drink caused a riot in West Point? Which drink sometimes has a rum soaked sugarloaf set alight above it?HoHoHo! Foxy and Will serve up some short festive treats on this round of the quiz as we get set for Christmas with our favourite drinks. But which weird and wonderful facts are we going to serve with our choices?A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty...
2021-12-2011 minBusiness of Beverages1.21 Beer Branding Trends - Isaac Arthur talks Brand Values, Architecture and DesignSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn what the key Craft Beer branding trends are currently and why Brand Values and Brand Architecture are more important than how you look on the shelf.Foxy and Will talk to Isaac Arthur of CODO Design and BeerBrandingTrends.com about Craft Beer branding trends and much more as we explore the view of the market from a design agency point of view. Isaac has written the book on this topic and not only has an in depth knowledge of the aesthetics and design principles required to w...
2021-12-1359 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #16 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink do British people think is posh? Which drink must not exceed 95.5% ABV in its distillation?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The...
2021-12-0612 minBusiness of Beverages1.20 Sell, Sell, Sell! - Kirsty Lewis teaches the sales skills everybody needs.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how to improve your fundamental selling skills to better persuade customers, shoppers and consumers to choose your drinks.Foxy and Will talk to Kirsty Lewis of the School of Facilitation about the practical tips and techniques that she uses to help people sell better. A leading training and facilitation specalist Kirsty cut her teeth flogging Bass and hooch to publicans in the north of England before moving to Guinness and Diageo where she eventually had a key role in the Global Sales Capability team. Whether you a...
2021-11-2959 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #15 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink was originally a cure for cholera? Which drink is made from the fermented sap of the Maguey (Agave) plant?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described...
2021-11-2211 minBusiness of Beverages1.19 Building a brand from the bottle up with Richard Ryan - How and why design matters for your productSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn what goes into designing a successful drinks brand, from the smallest details to the biggest challenges.Foxy and Will were invited to a secret, private pub in an undisclosed Ulster location for an interview with one of the most creative, insightful and driven leaders in the global drinks industry, Richard Ryan. Richard is a spirits savant, equally comfortable designing the best bars in the world (Merchant Hotel, The Dead Rabbit, BlackTail), scheming new brands into life for clients (Gunpowder Gin, Hinch Whiskey), developing world class...
2021-11-1557 minBusiness of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #14 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink comes in "bonbonne" bottles? Which drink was scientifically developed by Dr. Robert Cade?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on...
2021-11-0812 minBusiness of Beverages1.18 Grub 'n Gargle - A LIVE special with the promoters/publicans making waves in EuropeSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn what it take to win in the On Trade in a post covid world. We recorded a LIVE episode with three of Dublin's hottest venue owners to learn how they pack their bars and events.Foxy and Will were thrilled to be invited by John Mahon and Ali Dunworth to host a live recording of our podcast at the Grub 'n& Gargle Festival at The Circular recently. We were even more please to have a chance to explore what it takes to win in the on t...
2021-11-0149 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #13 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich Drink connects Napoleon Bonaparte III, Kayne West and Taylor Swift? Which drink is served in "wreaths"?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The...
2021-10-2511 minBusiness of Beverages1.17 Sober October special - How to win in No/Low Alcohol with Brendan WilliamsSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how a leading global expert codifies the growth drivers for alcohol free beer, one of the fastest growing categories in the drinks industry. Brendan Williams has over 20 years experience in the drinks business but began to specialise in Non Alcoholic beer when he headded up the global category for Carlsberg during a period of rapid expansion and innovation. Brendan now operates The Free Consultancy, giving the benefit of his insights to clients, large and small, as they attempt to expand one of the fastest growing market...
2021-10-1859 minBusiness of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #12 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich drink doesn't contain its most famous "ingredient"? How do you pronounce Rialto? What exactly will Will and Foxy be doing next weekend and where can you get tickets to see them do it?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each...
2021-10-1114 minBusiness of Beverages1.16 New Moon - Keith Villa created the biggest "craft" beer in the world, Blue Moon, now he brews with cannabisSend us a textIn this episode you'll learn why the man who single-handedly gave us one of the biggest beers in the world, Blue Moon, believes that his new cannabis beer might eclipse his previous success.Dr. Keith Villa is a living legend in brewing circles, having not only created Blue Moon but also led the marketing and production from relatively humble beginnings to global success. For many, Blue Moon was the beer that opened their eyes (and taste buds) up to a world of flavours that mainstream lagers simply couldn't compare with. This...
2021-10-0459 minBusiness of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #11 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhat beverage is categorised by aroma, not taste?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty changes and...
2021-09-2709 min
Business of Beverages1.15 Let's open a bar - How hard could it be, right? Kevin Demers sets us straight.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn what it takes to make the opening of your own bar a reality.We've all done it, haven't we? Sat in a cosy corner of the pub and thought to ourselves... "I'd love to have my own bar". We all know it's an idle dream for most but many of us in the drinks industry still secretly harbour the ambition. But what does it take to actually make it happen? Well Kevin Demers from Montreal is an absolute authority on the subject as he made the...
2021-09-2058 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #10 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhy is Foxy called Foxy? Well that's the only obvious question on today's quiz... As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer v...
2021-09-1312 min
Business of Beverages1.14 Are you not Edutained? - Education as a tool to recruit/retain/entertain! With Elly Johnson and Charlie McCarthySend us a textIn this episode you'll learn how the right approach to education and training can help recruit the right staff, retain them for longer and improve your own career prospects. You might even be "Edutained"!We speak to Elly Johnson of Flow Hospitality (MAPAL), a global leader in digital hospitality training, and Charlie McCarthy of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET), the leading body for alcohol education. Charlie and Elly help us approach the issue of how best to inform, educate and even entertain staff as they perform their roles in t...
2021-09-0658 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #9 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhat do you do on the third Thursday in November? Well Foxy doesn't drink wine, that's for sure!! As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. T...
2021-08-3011 min
Business of Beverages1.13 Life's a Pitch! - Tom Hurst talks dragons, differentiation and daiquiris.Send us a textIn this episode you'll learn how to do an equity pitch like a pro as we talk over-proofs, offers and optimum outcomes with the man who tamed TVs toughest dragons.In the last episode we introduced you to dragon slayer Tom Hurst founder and CEO of Rockstar Spirits, following his raid on the the incredibly popular enterprise investment based Dragon's Den TV show in the UK. Tom had already caused quite a stir in the UK spirits scene when he had launched his range of over-proof spiced and flavoured rums. His f...
2021-08-2359 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #8 - Double Shot! (our short silly / serious quiz!)Send us a textDoes Danny DeVito make Ham flavoured Rum? As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty changes and competition h...
2021-08-1611 min
Business of Beverages1.12 WTF Brewdog? - The real controversy you probably missed with Dave Infante.Send us a textIn this episode, you’ll learn how Brewdog's faux punk veneer and constant shock tactics distract from craft beer's very own Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.You've heard of Brewdog, right? Those young, belligerent upstart brewers from Scotland, sticking it to the same old corporate giants only interested in Filthy Lucre? Always controversial, there is no doubt that Brewdog are masters of marketing and publicity, riding the lightning that they make to international success across categories, continents and companies. Their beers aren't too bad either. However do they treat the faithful arm...
2021-08-0959 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot of... Round #7 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage has an can you make artificial diamonds out of?? As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the d...
2021-08-0207 minBusiness of Beverages1.11 All Time High - A Cannabis Industry Special with Lisa Weser and Bourcard Nesin.Send us a textIn this episode, you’ll learn what two of the worlds' leading experts on the legal cannabis industry think the future holds and what the impact will be on the alcohol industry.In an in depth discussion we hear from both Bourcard Nesin, Cannabis and Alcohol Analyst for Rabobank and Lisa Weser, Founder and CEO of Trail Blaze ("The Cannabis Publicist"). Taking things slowly at first we learn how the legal cannabis industry in North America has emerged from the fringes into the mainstream and how the growth experienced so far is...
2021-07-2659 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot of... Round #6 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage will test Will and Foxy's symbiotic relationship?As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty changes...
2021-07-1906 minBusiness of Beverages1.10 Family Ties - Militza Zikatanova explains the ups and downs of working in the family vineyardSend us a textIn this episode, you’ll learn how working in the family drinks business is more rewarding, complicated and challenging than working for global conglomerates.We hear from Militza Zikatanova, Co-owner and Marketing Manager of Villa Melnik Winery in Bulgaria about her pre-ordained journey to joining a family business that was established specifically for her and her brother to run. Militza is frank about the conflicting pressures that come with working with and for your parents, a common feature in the drinks industry in production, distribution and hospo. Militza brings her own pers...
2021-07-1254 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot of... Round #5 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage is the OLDEST "spirit" known to man?? As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty changes a...
2021-07-0504 minBusiness of Beverages1.9 Managing a Fluid Career - Alex O'Rourke helps you to learn to love the squiggles in your career path.Send us a textIn this episode, you’ll learn how manage a squiggly career to make you healthier, wealthier* and happier whether you work in marketing, hospitality or beyond.We hear from Alex O'Rourke, co-founder of LockSmith Consulting, tutor at The Copy Club and a qualified Life & Career Coach. Alex brings the varied wealth of her career in beverages (mixers, beers, spirits and more) to bear on her work a a career coach, helping people plan their way into the areas they wish to work in, or helping them decide on the next steps if...
2021-06-2859 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot of... Round #4 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage has an ABV that can vary WILDLY?? As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty changes a...
2021-06-2106 minBusiness of Beverages1.8 If I can't sell it, I'll drink it! - Starting a successful Beer business from scratch with Rob FinkSend us a textIn this episode, you’ll learn how to start a drinks business from a standing (at the bar) start as we talk to the founder of the world's first dedicated alcohol free beer company.We hear from Rob Fink the CEO and Founder of Big Drop Brewing, the first beer company who solely offer non alcoholic products. Rob explores the challenges and opportunities that come from being a total outsider to the drinks industry as you try to set up a successful business. Rob entertains, informs and enlightens as he tell us...
2021-06-1459 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #3 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich beverage was too fancy for miners? As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty changes and competition h...
2021-06-0703 minBusiness of Beverages1.7 Use It Or Lose It! - Emma McClarkin's lessons for the rest of the world from the UK's reopening.Send us a textIn this episode, you’ll learn how the reopening of pubs in the U.K. is going and what lessons the rest of the world can learn as we talk to the Head of the British Beer and Pub Association.We hear from Emma McClarkin the Supremo at the BBPA as she gives us the low down on what's gone right for pubs in the UK as they were one of the first countries to reopen and we also get an insight to the challenges too. Emma gives us the top 3 pra...
2021-05-3155 min
Business of BeveragesA Shot Of... Round #2 (our short silly quiz!)Send us a textWhich Superhero is named after a beverage ? As you'll hopefully have gathered by now, the Business of Beverages brings you drinks industry insights with makers, marketers and mischief every fortnight. However we thought that we would dial up the mischief with a short quiz/game played between Will and Foxy every other week (between the "serious" episodes).A Shot Of... sees each of our hosts take turns trying to guess which beverage is being described in cryptic clues. The points on offer vary as the difficulty changes and competition h...
2021-05-2406 min