Michael Vachon is to leave Maverick Drinks – the craft spirits distributor he co-founded in 2013 - at the end of this year.

I had 720 bottles I had to sell in order to pay my rent, which was due in three weeks. I didn’t have another job so I just had to get out there and start knocking on doors.”

The Milk & Honey Distillery has named Maverick Drinks as the sole UK distributor for its collection of whiskies, gins and herbal liqueurs.

Dublin distillery Teeling has named Maverick Drinks as its UK distributor which will be effective from the new year.

That Boutique-y Drinks Company has launched That Boutique-y Rum Company (TBRC) available now in the UK through Maverick Drinks.

Maverick Drinks has partnered with an online beverage learning platform called Jerry to bring the software to the UK.

Vestal, the vodka made from small relatively unprocessed potatoes from single regions and bottled by vintage, is to be distributed in the UK by Maverick Drinks.