Labatt Breweries of Canada has acquired a distillery known for spirits and canned cocktails as the brewery looks to expand its ready-to-drink offerings — a bright spot for a company grappling with a declining beer market. The distillery makes the Nutrl vodka and vodka soda drinks, along with several other spirits and mixed drinks. The vodka soda market, in particular, saw triple-digit growth over the past three years, he said. That year, the province’s spirits market grew 7.6 per cent, according to the LCBO report — up 8.6 million litres to almost 122 million litres. Nutrl vodka soda, for example, now sells in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.

Source: thestar January 27, 2020 21:00 UTC