The spirits category recorded a minor increase in total volume sales, boosted by a rebound in on-trade volume while the off-trade witnessed a decline in sales. Nevertheless, off-trade volumes remained significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels.
Restrictions in opening hours of bars and nightclubs continued to have a negative effect on volume sales of spirits in 2021. The two most popular spirit-based drinks in bars and clubs are Bacardi-cola and vodka Red Bull, most often combined with Smirnoff Red vodka.
A key launch in the spirits category was Diageo’s launch of its alcohol-free version of Gordon’s Gin, which uses the same botanical ingredients as in the regular alcoholic version to deliver the taste of juniper berries. Non-alcoholic spirits is dominated by specialised brands and Diageo is the first major player to bring a mainstream spirits brand into this category.
A full recovery of the on-trade will help the spirits category to recover and achieve growth over the forecast period. Demand in the on-trade will normalise in the second half of 2022 and the first half of 2023, which will be an essential step in the recovery of the category as a whole.
Non-alcoholic spirits is in the early stages of its development and is likely to see strong growth in the forthcoming years although it is unlikely to become a mainstream category as yet. There is a wide gap between the taste of regular spirits and non-alcoholic alternatives.
For domestic spirits such as Dutch gin and vieux the outlook remains broadly negative, although marginal growth is possible as volume sales recover in the on-trade. The core target audience for domestic spirits is ageing and despite producers of Dutch gin trying to attract new consumers to their category, they have largely been unsuccessful.
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Spirits
This is the aggregation of whisk(e)y, brandy and Cognac, white spirits, rum, tequila, liqueurs and other spirits.
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