Asahi Group’s first foray into gin and vodka, a liqueur once served on board the ill-fated RMS Titanic, and Knob Creek’s anniversary bottling are name-checked in our round-up of last month’s top spirits launches.

In June, one of London’s oldest gin brands was revived by direct descendants of the original founders, adding to the ever-growing category, and Spirit of Tom paid tribute to Finnish artist Tom of Finland with the launch of an organic vodka.

Scotch whisky saw William Grant & Sons’s Speyside distillery The Balvenie expand its small range of peated expressions, while in American whisky Brown-Forman looked back to the 1940s with a limited edition Bottled-in-Bond variant of its Early Times Bourbon.

Meanwhile, a certain artisanal mezcal brand is seeking to challenge the UK perception of agave spirits and position the category as “a genuine sipping alternative to single malt whisky”

Read more at source The Spirits Business