Massachusetts Beverage Business

WOODCHUCK CRISPThis is a new 3.2% ABV “session” style cider from Woodchuck.  Dry and delicate in body, it finishes with a complex apple flavor.  Suggested retail is $8.99 per 6-pack.  Available from Burke Distributing, Commercial Distributing Company and Merrimack Valley Distributing. [...] Read More »

WOODCHUCK FARMHOUSE SELECT HARD CIDER SERIESWoodchuck has a new line of small batch artisanal ciders packaged in a 75Oml corked bottle.  The first release, Original ’91, is a throwback to the brand’s early days in cider making – 1991.  Made with local Vermont apples and premium Belgian beer yeast, it has a natural cloudiness and pleasing feel on the palate.  Bottled at 6.9% ABV, suggested retail is $1O.99 per 75Oml.  Available from Burke Distributing, [...] Read More »

HDW CLIX Named for Master Distiller Harlen Davis Wheatley(HDW) and the Roman numerals denoting the number of times it was distilled (159), this vodka is now available.  Using soft red winter wheat, plump rye yellow dent distiller’s grade corn and distiller’s malted barley, combined with a limestone-rich supply of water, the distilling team began the process of cooking, fermenting and distilling from an original 28,4OO gallons of mash, dividing them down and   over a [...] Read More »

BAKON VODKAThe bacon-flavored vodka brand has undergone a redesign.  Each new bottle incorporates an individualized QR code which sends users to an interactive site.  Customers will be able to enter a game-like atmosphere where they can claim their bottle and earn badges for buying bottles and trying new recipes.  In the coming year, Bakon will grow the game with scavenger hunts, photo contests and more.  The company will also be able to use the [...] Read More »