Launched in March 2021 by co-founders Chris Frederick and Damola Timeyin, Spearhead is a multi-award-winning business with a growing portfolio of premium brands that include Bayab Gin and Vusa Vodka. The unique filtration process, which uses sustainable coconut shells, creates an exceptionally crisp finish.

Vusa African Vodka – Packaging Of The World Vusa African Vodka – Packaging Of The World

We know that there is an appetite for brands like ours, we’re just making sure that we bring the right people together so making sure that we make the most of the opportunity in front of us. Damola is a brand and marketing strategist and author, with over a decades experience helping brands grow; developing brand, digital and social marketing strategies for businesses, ranging from global alcohol group Pernod Ricard, to UK retailer, Tesco. Spearhead has amassed accolades and on-trade accounts from London to New York, with a pipeline of new launches to come, including a much-anticipated rum and limited-edition flavored lines later this year. Chocolate, brioche, prune and coconut all waft from the glass before you even getting sipping; drink it at room temperature and you’ll get enticing malty aromas too.Vusa Vodka is multi award winning copper distilled African Vodka distilled and bottled in South Africa. With 35,000 units sold since launch to market in 2021, Spearhead is a pioneering, Black-owned African spirits company with global reach. Black-owned, African spirits companies are few and far between in the drinks industry anyway, and there was an absence of brands bringing African alcohol to the world”.

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Vusa is donating a portion of its profits from this vodka to the Khulisani Foundation, which supports urban farming in South Africa. Until now, Africa hasn’t been a major player in the vodka scene, but this is a bottle that’s making us wake up and pay attention.This sweetness was noted by testers, but the prominent notes of lemon peel keep this smooth spirit well balanced. Made exclusively with winter wheat grown in southern Sweden, you can expect a sweet, creamy taste with a touch of heat on the finish. London-based Portobello Road knows how to turn out classic renditions of the spirits you love – its gins, for example, are pretty textbook.