The World of Hospitality Issue 37 2020 | Page 32

32 THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY 2020 DRINK TRENDS Cheers to that: Five drink trends you need to know about in 2020 Food & Drink Russ Clarke is an experienced beer and brewery professional, having worked with one of the fastest growing breweries globally, the leading UK online beer marketplace and a north of England based brewery with over 22 years of industry heritage. Russ is a Certified Cicerone ® with Cicerone ® org and now trains staff in beer tasting, food pairing and beer serving across the UK. As we raise our glass to a new decade, it is a good time to take stock and consider the huge shift in consumer attitude which has heavily influenced the drinks market and will continue to into the 2020’s. For 2020 and beyond the “tinny” is set to continue to expand its market share, alongside draft premixes, low/no ABV and BIG flavour beers, here are the top five drink trends that you need to consider. 1. No & Low Alcohol continues to gain market share and win hearts and minds. More craft and multi-national breweries are developing and bringing to market NA versions of their most popular brands - and we’ll start to see more penetration of the on-trade market with the bigger pub and bar brands feature a NA option on draught (taking the lead example of a small range of M&B and Heineken Pubs in 2018/19).