It feels like a long time ago when we were setting up the garden furniture, taking out the BBQ and packing the bikinis for long days out at the beach and summer parties. We stocked up our Aperol, Pimms and ice-cold ciders and whilst it was a bit of a wash out, good times were had!
But as the kids went back to school, the leaves cover the garden and the heating is switched back on, we love some time to reflect on the good summer days. And as part of that, we look back at our best sellers and how different they were to last year!
Our best seller this summer was Cruzcampo. A premium pilsner style Spanish lager from Seville. Fresh, crisp, easy drinking and a real stand out in a crowded Mediterranean beer market as the fastest growing beer launch in history! It's actually a personal favourite of ours and we have two refreshing Cruzcampo gifts - a three can beer box or four can ultimate hamper - both complete with branded pint glass and bar snacks.
Whenever we look at best sellers, Guinness is never far off top spot. What more is there to say about everyone's favourite Stout. Well, one of our fastest growing sellers is our Guinness Zero beer box. The same beautifully smooth taste, balanced flavour and unique black colour of Guinness but without the alcohol. Our leading gift comes with three cans, bar snacks, branded Guinness glass all packaged in a beautiful kraft carrier box.
But also on our best sellers is our Guinness Birthday Countdown gift set. We know that there is nothing sweeter than receiving your favourite tipple on your birthday but why limit this to one day when you can have a whole week's worth of your favourite drinks and goodies? This set includes Guinness Foreign, Guinness West Indies, Guinness Original, Guinness chocolate including mini pints and Guinness crisps. Really is the ultimate treat box!
Number four on our best sellers was the beautifully colourful and unbelievably tasty Inch's Cider. We have a few gift sets here with a three can beer box or four can ultimate hamper complete with branded pint glass and bar snacks. And also check out our Inch's Birthday Advent Calendar for a treat every day for a week! Fresh, juicy and made with 100% British apples, it is a sweet and dry cider offering great taste and we have the perfect Inch Birthday treats.
Finally in our top five sellers, we have one that has taken even us by surprise. Au Vodka is the fastest growing vodka company in the world. A luxury vodka brand from Wales, its meteoric rise has been quite something. Ultra premium, great tasting and ten unique flavours, if you haven't tried it, you are missing out. We have some great gift sets including a matchbox gift or larger hamper... and mixture of 5cl bottles or pre-mixed cans. And of course we have an Au vodka birthday countdown set too for that luxury birthday gift.
Its been quite a summer, busy as always at HDD Towers and now we move to one of my favourite times of the year... cold evenings, open fire and Halloween!!