Distilled and Blended Liquors (American Industry Overview)

This paper provides an overview of the distilled and blended liquors industry in the United States. It gives a snapshot summary of the industry, with additional sections on its development, organisation and structure, current conditions and leading companies.

American Industry Overview: Distilled and Blended Liquors

This category includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing alcoholic liquors by distillation and in manufacturing cordials and alcoholic cocktails by blending, processing, or mixing liquors and other ingredients.

Industry Snapshot

According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), the U.S. beverage alcohol industry contributed approximately $385 billion annually to the U.S. total economic activity in the late 2000s. About 30 percent came from distilled spirits. Adult beverages were driven by consumers' growing thirst for fruit-infused vodkas, rums, and other flavored alcoholic beverages. These flavored beverages, combined with mixability, were...

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