Thomas Lowndes expands portfolio with Aspall
Cyder.
Aspall, the award-winning cyder, is the latest premium brand to
join Thomas Lowndes impressive portfolio of leading, international
culinary liqueur and spirit brands.
Three variants will be available for use in food manufacturing;
Aspall Draught Suffolk cyder at 5.5% ABV, Aspall Premier Cru at 7% ABV
and Aspall Organic at 7% ABV. The cyder will be supplied non-carbonated
for ease of use and comes in 5 or 20 litre PET containers.
Aspall is a premium cyder that offers genuine quality, authenticity
and heritage because it is only ever made with 100% fresh pressed
English apples and has a distinctive taste. Suitable uses include use as
a soak with vine fruits, dried apples or figs, use as a marinade
particularly for pork and white meat, ie apple and thyme marinade with
Aspall Cyder and, to be used as a savoury sauce, for example in a beurre
blanc to accompany delicate white fish. Cyder can also be incorporated
into apple and pear sorbets or added to traditional chutneys, pork and
apple terrines and apple sauces.
Barry Chevallier Guild, partner at Aspall, comments: "Our
association with Thomas Lowndes will allow the Aspall brand to extend
reach into new and diverse areas creating new consumer touch-points and
helping further to grow the brand. Aspall is a super premium cyder brand
and we anticipate linking up with foods of a similar calibre. As the
leading branded alcohol supplier in the UK, Thomas Lowndes is well
placed to deliver this vision and we look forward to a successful
relationship in the future."
John Meyer, managing director of Thomas Lowndes, commented:
"With consumer interest in the cyder market at an all time high,
Aspall is just the sort of brand we welcome into our portfolio due to
the wealth of new brand extension opportunities it creates. The addition
of Aspall to our portfolio follows hard on the heels of recent new brand
acquisitions such as Charles Ellner champagne, Drambuie[R] Liqueur and
Dooley's[R] Original Toffee and Vodka cream liqueur which serves to
reinforce the breadth and depth of our portfolio."
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