A new company, Drinkly, has launched in Edinburgh in response to demand for beers, wines and spirits, ordered from your phone. You can have your favourite beverage delivered in 1 hour. Meaning you can order it as you sit on the bus or as you leave work and your order will be there within the hour. Drinkly was founded by John Robertson, in 2016 because of his poor experience of buying drinks online with little attention to taste. Drinkly allows customers to buy their favourite alcoholic drinks conveniently to their home, office or to send as a gift in 1 hour or a day and time to suit them.

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Drinkly allows customers to buy their favourite alcoholic drinks conveniently from their home, office or to send as a gift to be delivered in 1 hour or a day and time to suit them. Drinkly is part of a growing trend of on demand services such as Deliveroo and Uber that are making food and ordering a taxi more convenient. Drinkly started the service in November with busy professionals, customers gifting from all round the world and those that don’t live beside a decent off licence being their top customers.

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John Robertson, Founder & CEO of Drinkly explains:
“My vision is to make the most incredible range of drinks brands convenient to buy online, using technology and his years of experience to recommend great new brands based on customer’s taste”.
Carrie from Meadowbank writes
”Great service, very reasonably priced, friendly and prompt delivery. Much needed in Edinburgh.”
John is one of only a handful of beer sommeliers in Scotland, has sold the most expensive whisky in the world and is passionate about taste. Drinkly is partnering with passionate Off Licences that share his vision to bring an outstanding selection of alcoholic drinks to customers conveniently.

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The new company offers beers, wines and spirits delivered in 1 hour working with many great hand selected brands including many that are locally produced. Drinkly works by visiting their website, choose the brands, pay for your drinks, choose your time for delivery and confirm the ID that will be shown upon delivery.
Prior to launching the company’s founder & CEO John Robertson, worked in international sales and management roles in the drinks industry for almost 17 years, and has launched and helped grow some of the best brands in the industry including Innis & Gunn, Kingfisher Beer and Whyte & Mackay’s brand portfolio. John is one of Entrepreneurial Scotland’s Saltire Fellow’s having studied at Babson the No. 1 University for Entrepreneurship in the world.
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