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#86. 50/50: The Cocktail Box Company Bridging Alcohol-Free & Alcohol-Full
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This week, I'm chatting with Jonny Hughes, one-half of the husband-wife duo behind Penthouse Cocktails β a unique at-home cocktail box service offering both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions of the same drinks. Johnny, who also writes for Low No Drinker Magazine, brings his refreshingly honest and sometimes blunt (be warned!) perspective on everything from balancing a business that serves both markets to the challenges of finding quality non-alcoholic alternatives to his perspective on low/no wines.
Johnny also shares practical tips for making non-alc cocktails at home and explains why their 50/50 business model (right down to their pink and blue branding) is both their greatest strength and their greatest challenge in today's competitive alcohol-free market.
WE CHAT ABOUT
0:00 Welcome
2:16 Johnny's story
6:18 Equality between cocktails
9:33 Alcohol consumption in hard times
11:36 What goes into a Penthouse Cocktail
18:15 Building the business around non-alc
22:41 Taste comparison to full-alcohol
25:43 Making cocktails at home
30:55 Socialising and working together as a mixed drinking couple
36:25 Growing the low/no business
41:36 Serving two markets
46:45 Where to find Penthouse Cocktails
50:00 The BBQ-Q
53:33 AF wines taste like s**t
PENTHOUSECOCKTAILS.CO.UK
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CleanCo Tequila*
Nozeco*
Lyreβs Malt*
Stryk Not Vodka*
Limonzero*
Twisst Irish Cream*
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Chapters
1. Welcome (00:00:00)
2. Johnny's story (00:02:58)
3. Equality between cocktails (00:07:00)
4. Alcohol consumption in hard times (00:10:15)
5. What goes into a Penthouse Cocktail (00:12:18)
6. Building the business around non-alc (00:19:12)
7. Taste comparison to full-alcohol (00:23:38)
8. Making cocktails at home (00:26:40)
9. Socialising and working together as a mixed drinking couple (00:31:52)
10. Growing the low/no business (00:37:22)
11. Serving two markets (00:42:33)
12. Where to find Penthouse Cocktails (00:47:42)
13. The BBQ-Q (00:50:57)
14. AF wines taste like s**t (00:54:30)
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