Japanese Brewery Looking to Enter Burmese Beer Market
Kirin Holdings Co, one of Japan’s largest brewing companies, is considering entering the Burmese beer market, according to a report by the Yomiuri Shimbun. (more…)
US. Craft Fights Back vs. the Foreign Beer Giants
Unless you are a modern day Rip Van Winkle and have been asleep for the last 20 years, you know that there is a revolution going on in American beer. Americans are migrating to more distinctive, flavorful and carefully made products in many food and beverage segments (e.g. bread, wine, ice cream, coffee), and it is no different in beer. This is evident in craft beer’s unprecedented gains in share in recent years.
Russia. New Beer Law Draws Cautious Support, With Notes of Pessimism
Viktor, a 56-year-old security guard from Usinsk, in Russia’s Arctic north, said he was not particularly persuaded by a new law declaring beer an alcoholic beverage rather than a food product, and in that way restricting its sale at train stations and the ubiquitous sidewalk kiosks that are still a mainstay of retail business throughout the country. (more…)
Anheuser-Busch to unveil new beer at Super Bowl
For the second consecutive year, Anheuser-Busch InBev will serve up a new brew to Super Bowl viewers. (more…)
Ukraine. Genuine Draught beer with Baltika
Since the middle of January 2013 in Ukrainian stores a new beer will appear — Baltika Razlivnoe (Draught). This is a bar beer taste that will be represented in an original glass bottle of 0,44 l in points of sale all over the country. The first pouring of Baltika Razlivnoe was done in late December 2012 at the Kyiv brewery of Carlsberg Ukraine. (more…)
Heineken and Efes unwind their partnerships in Kazakhstan and Serbia
Heineken N.V. (‘Heineken’) today announced that Heineken and Efes Breweries International N.V. (‘EBI’), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anadolu Efes, agreed to unwind their partnerships in Kazakhstan and Serbia (more…)
US. Buffalo businesses pushing brewery district plan
The city that gave us Buffalo chicken wings now wants to give visitors a new destination where they can wash them down: A brewery district. (more…)
US. New Belgium names Asheville brewery manager
New Belgium Brewing Co. has named Jay Richardson, director of production and information technology at its Fort Collins brewery, general manger of its planned brewing facility in Asheville, N.C. (more…)
Cross-functional process technology at drinktec: Standardized process modules are gaining ground
Modular production increases efficiency (more…)
SABMiller plc And China Resources Enterprise, Limited’s Joint Venture China Resources Snow Breweries Limited Announces Acquisition
SABMiller plc announced that China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (CR Snow), its joint venture with China Resources Enterprise, Limited (“CRE”), has entered into an agreement with Asahi Breweries Itochu (Group) Ltd (“Asahi”) (more…)