Karen O’Neill is straightforward and frank about the future of her alcohol brand, Beekon Batches. Unless an alcohol company with big guns and some bravery comes in to acquire it, it won’t be resurrected and she is walking away. A fermented honey brew coming in at 5 per cent alcohol content, gluten-free, and without additives or sulphites, it was pitched at a health-conscious consumer and sold in a beehive shaped bottle. At one point, there was a deal to stock it in Tesco and Musgrave’s stores as well as orders from the Middle East and Sprout supermarkets in the United…

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