Drinks giant Diageo has reported 3.1% organic sales growth for the three months ending September 2013. (The Drinks Business)

REUTERS - Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that met Wall Street's expectations as it sold more of its namesake soft drinks, as well as teas and waters, despite a challenging economy.

Samuel Adams is proud to reveal the latest class of LongShot American Homebrew winners at The Great American Beer Festival in Denver – craft beer's biggest stage. PRNewswire

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ DeCrescente Distributing Company of Mechanicville, New York, has been selected as the 2013 Craft Beer Distributor of the Year.

(Bloomberg) -- Starbucks Corp.’s juice unit Evolution Fresh will quadruple capacity with the opening of a new factory as the coffee company seeks to increase its share of the $1.6 billion super-premium fruit drink industry.

The shutdown of the US government means that a backlog of new beer labels and recipes unable to be approved by the authorities is building – although taxes are still being collected. (The Drinks Business)

Pernod Absinthe, the first-ever absinthe commercially produced and sold, announced today the re-launch of its original formula.

Stock Spirits Group, the central European distiller owned by Oaktree Capital Management LLC (OAK), is selling shares in an initial public offering at 210 to 260 pence apiece, according to terms of the sale seen by Bloomberg News. (Bloomberg)

Chile has declared a state of emergency after a late frost caused an estimated $1 billion worth of damage to fruit crops, potentially hitting wine production and impacting trade from one of South America's top fruit exporters. (Reuters)

The "world's first" wood-finished whisky was recently discovered in a hidden corner of one of Glenmorangie's expansive Highland warehouses. (PRNewswire)