Spirits Has Solid Post-Recession Growth

Dear Client: The US spirits industry operated under "better circumstances than we experienced over the last couple of years," said Distilled Spirits Council ceo Peter Cressy this afternoon at the group's annual briefing, which helped ramp up volume and dollar sales growth in 2011 as we emerge from the recession. Spirits suppliers posted volume growth of 2.7% in 2011 compared to the prior year, reaching 195.8 million 9-liter cases. David Ozgo, svp, economic and strategic analysis for DISCUS, noted that