Data Cocktail Recipes

2026
Guinness tops YouGov's 2026 UK drinks ranking as Aperol, Pimm's and Disaronno hold spirits top ten places
Guinness is the UK's most considered alcohol brand for 2026 at 28%, according to YouGov, while three cocktail ingredients, Pimm's, Aperol and Disaronno, sit in the spirits and liqueurs top ten.

2026
Espresso Martini holds fifth on the world's bestselling classics list as International Coffee Day nears
Nearly half of British 18 to 29 year olds would rather end a meal with an Espresso Martini than an espresso, and the drink has held fifth place in the Drinks International Cocktail Report 2026, ahe...

2026
Tequila exports hit 408 million litres as Mexican Independence Day falls on Wednesday 16 September
Mexico shipped 407.98 million litres of tequila overseas in 2025, its highest total in three years, according to the Consejo Regulador del Tequila. With Mexican Independence Day on 16 September, we...

2026
Negroni Week returns on 21 September as UK searches for the cocktail rise 13% year on year
Negroni Week runs from 21 to 27 September, with bar registration closing on 18 September. UK searches for the Negroni averaged 88,221 a month in June 2026, up almost 13 per cent year on year, and t...

2026
Britain lost 1,839 licensed venues in three months and opened 1,794, hospitality data shows
The Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners records 1,839 licensed venue closures and 1,794 openings between March and June 2026, leaving the total at 98,564. Roughly one Britis...

2026
Britain's spritz searches halve in September as the Negroni and Espresso Martini take over
UK search volume data from Ahrefs shows Aperol Spritz interest falling from 186,882 searches a month in July to 100,880 in September, while the Negroni holds flat and the Espresso Martini climbs to...

2026
UK alcohol duty receipts fall to £12.4bn as spirits drop for the first time since the 2023 reform
HMRC's Alcohol Bulletin shows the Treasury collected £12,435 million in alcohol duty in the 2025 to 2026 financial year, £180 million less than the year before, with spirits receipts falling for th...

2026
Nearly Two Thirds of British Cocktail Drinkers Want Lower Strength Serves, NIQ Report Finds
Nearly two thirds of British cocktail drinkers want more low or medium strength options when they go out, rising to 73 per cent of 18 to 34 year olds, according to NielsenIQ's Mixed Drinks Report p...

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A Jug of Margaritas Holds More Than the NHS Weekly Alcohol Guideline, New UK Cocktail Analysis Shows
A new analysis of 103 classic cocktail recipes finds a single jug of margaritas contains 17.4 units of alcohol, more than the NHS recommends for an entire week, while six in ten cocktails carry at ...
