Burnt Faith has launched what it says are the UK’s first-ever premium brandy ready-to-drink cans

Walthamstow brandy distillery Burnt Faith has launched what it says are the UK’s first-ever premium brandy ready-to-drink cans.

Announcing the cans, Simon Wright, Burnt Faith founder said: “All other categories – rum, vodka, whisky, gin – have long since ventured into ready-to-drinks because of modern consumer shifts around price, accessibility, and experimentation. Ready-to-drinks in the UK alone are now worth over £800million and growing fast, up 20% in value last year, but brandy’s been completely missing from the shelf.

“Brandy has incredible potential in this space, but someone needed to step up and break new ground. We’re prepared to take on that challenge.”

The new 250ml cans, Burnt Faith Brandy & Apple and Burnt Faith Brandy & Ginger, both use Burnt Faith’s signature brandy.

Burnt Faith Brandy House, Credit: Burnt Faith

Produced at 6.2% ABV, with a recommended retail price of £3.50, the Brandy & Apple can delivers notes of citrus blossom, juicy fruit, and marmalade with a cinnamon apple crumble finish. Meanwhile, Brandy & Ginger brings burnt orange and fragrant ginger with biscuit and spiced honey, finishing with toffee and toasted coconut.

Simon said: “We didn’t want to build another ‘safe’ brand, this is our call to modern drinkers to look again at what they think brandy is and how they experience it.”

Simon says: “Brandy is the third largest spirit category globally but you wouldn’t know it from how it’s marketed, it’s most definitely the ‘silent spirit’. We’re not just building a brand, we’re building a community.”

Burnt Faith finished the 2024/25 financial year on £600,000 in revenue which is up from £120,000 in 2023/24. The distillery has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support “inventory expansion, distribution growth, consumer education initiatives, and innovation”.

Find out more about Burnt Faith here

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