About us

Drinks, whether alcoholic, non-alcoholic, hot, or cold, play a vital role across the globe. They are daily essentials, cultural symbols, and social connectors, reflecting traditions, lifestyles, and evolving consumer preferences everywhere.

Today, the drinks world is moving faster than ever. Brand loyalties are collapsing, rituals are shifting, cultural cues are changing, and the pressure to innovate is relentless. The challenge is clear: to survive, brands need resilience; to succeed, they must evolve.

That’s where The Cabinet comes in. We are an innovation consultancy built for drinks businesses and brands that want to lead. Sitting at the intersection of strategy, culture, and creativity, we help businesses launch market-ready ideas with both cultural traction and commercial rigour.

Being free from the constraints of large studios and heavy overheads, in a world where speed matters, we create brands that make an impact, with agility and pace.

Our tools

Great ideas don’t just happen, they need the right systems to move from strategy to execution. Over the last decade, we’ve developed and refined proprietary tools that give brands clarity, confidence, and speed. These tools connect insight to action, ensuring every idea we build is both culturally relevant and commercially robust.

Emergence Sessions

Visual mapping of fast-moving formats, flavours and behaviours

Cultural Flashpoint Scanner

Visual mapping of fast-moving formats, flavours and behaviours

Brand Builders Notebook

A digital space to capture, evolve and scale ideas

Liquid Intelligence

Insight meets R&D for product development

The Drinks Cabinet

Always-on insider reporting, trend journalism, and trade intelligence.