The Wizards and Witches Beer Festival, organised by Rock Star Beer Festivals, is described as a “wizarding world of wonders complete with magic, debauchery and mischief,” according to its Facebook event.

Students at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México have turned agave residue into flour, helping to decrease the waste produced by the Tequila industry, as reported by Excelsior.

Genesee Brewing in New York State has built a giant, 27ft Christmas tree which is made out of 520 empty beer kegs and adorned with 20,000 lights, marking the fifth consecutive year that the brewer has constructed its ‘keg tree’.

As we enter the final furlong of 2018, we thought it was time to look back at the six biggest wine and spirits trends to have taken hold in the UK this year.

Actor and DJ Idris Elba is to open a cocktail bar and live music venue in London next month complete with a hidden drinks menu and access to a chauffeur-driven, bar-branded Aston Martin.

Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds have announced a partnership that will see Reynold’s Aviation American Gin served on Virgin Atlantic flights.

California has become the first US state to enforce a ban on restaurants handing out plastic straws to diners unless specifically requested, in a move lawmakers hope will make customers “pause and think again” about their own impact on the environment.

He once wrote a song called Two Shots of Happy, One Shot of Sad and now U2 frontman Bono is set to get into the whiskey business.

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels director Guy Ritchie has bought another pub in London. Ritchie, who also has his own micro-brewery called Gritchie on a farm in Dorset, bought The Luckin in Fitzrovia after it was closed down earlier this year.

Drinks giant Diageo has launched a range of flavoured, edible straws to accompany its line ready-to-drink canned serves, as drinks and hospitality firms look for new ways to advertise their eco-friendly credentials to consumers.