Mark Anthony Brands International’s White Claw Tequila Smash and Green Apple
- RTDs. Tequila Smash – a tequila-based hard seltzer – comes in Strawberry Lime and Mango Passion Fruit flavours at 5% ABV, while Green Apple is malt-based, like the flagship White Claw brand, at 4.5% ABV
- Available now in the UK off-premise through multiples Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose, among other retailers
- Tequila Smash has an SRP of GBP2.50 (US$3.30) per 25cl can, Green Apple is sold at GBP2.30 per 33cl can
Clonakilty Whiskey Highball and Gin Soda RTDs
- RTDs, featuring Clonakilty’s namesake Irish whiskey and Mink Gin, respectively, both at 7% ABV
- Debuting in Japan this month, available through the Lawson off-premise multiple
- SRPs of JPY438 (US$3.10) for the Whiskey Highball, JPY350 for Gin Soda, both in 35cl cans
Bacardi Passionfruit
- Passionfruit flavoured white rum liqueur, 27% ABV
- Launching in the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Poland and Luxembourg throughout April and May
- SRP not disclosed for a 70cl bottle
Figlia Sole
- Aperitif, alcohol-free
- Released in the US earlier this month through selected off-premise operators as well as online
- SRP of US$43 per 75cl bottle
Cygnet Gin’s Cygnet 77
- Gin, Wales. Aged for “over” 12 months in ex-Welsh whisky casks and blended with manuka honey, 44% ABV
- Debuts today (22 April) – World Earth Day – at Harrods in London as a four-week exclusive ahead of wider release
- SRP of GBP129 (US$173) per 70cl bottle
Dictador Game Changer
- Rum, source region not specified, matured in a “blend of barrels” filled between 1999 and 2019, 40% ABV
- Rolling out worldwide from this month to markets including Czech, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
- SRP of EUR170 (US$195) per unit, number of bottles available not disclosed
Kaikyō Distillery’s Hatozaki Triple Cask Reserve
- Whisky, Japan, aged for an unspecified period in ex-bourbon and -sherry before a six-month finish in ex-umeshu plum liqueur barrels, 46% ABV
- Released in the US late last week, on sale in “most major markets” in the country
- SRP of US$74.99 per 75cl bottle
