While aged whisky usually carries a large price tag, what if you could do the work yourself at home? Devised as a way to bring the finer tastes of the world to a wider audience, Whiskey Elements is a home kit that allows you to 'age' whisky at home by 3 years in just 24 hours.

Around 90% of people worldwide consider spirits to be an affordable luxury. No longer is drinking vodka, rum and gin just a means of intoxication – it's an experience to be savoured. But with the definition of ‘craft’ unclear, is it becoming little more than a marketing tag?

Traditional brewing involves companies producing core beers on a large scale. But a new trend is emerging whereby ‘beer architects’ constantly create exciting new flavours to be produced by other brewers. What impact is this novel approach having on the food and drink industry?

Japanese Asahi Breweries has seen its whiskey brand Nikka break the one million bottle mark in Europe for the first time. Nikka’s sales increased by 45% across Europe in 2014 – the soar in sales was driven by France, where more than 600,000 Nikka bottles were bought alone.