* Danish brewer forms joint venture to expand China business
* It will own 30 pct of new J/V with Chinese partners
* New company will operate 12 breweries in China (Adds details, quote, share price) (more…)
Tom Long, MillerCoors’ new chief executive, wants to prove that big beer hasn’t gone flat. (more…)
Puerto Rico’s dominant brewer is seeking a piece of the island’s premium beer market. (more…)
Romanians love their beer, especially on a scorching summer’s day, but so far it looks like not even the torrid weather will help brewers defy the droop of recent years. The local beer market fell by 3.5 percent in 2010 and another 2 percent in the first quarter of 2011, forcing local brewers to adapt to the sober new conditions. (more…)
It would seem the global beer industry knows when to say when. (more…)
* Kirin pays 198.8 bln yen to get control of Schincariol
* Kirin buys Aleadri-Schinni, with 50.45 pct Schincariol stake
* Brazil No.2 beer maker could boost Kirin’s overseas strategy (Adds details, background)
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The 9.6 billion Australian dollar ($10.54 billion) indicative bid Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL.AU) received last month from rival brewer SABMiller PLC (SAB.JO) was pitched at a level where it wasn’t worth entering negotiations, the chief executive of the Australian company said Friday. (more…)
The CWB on Thursday released its latest Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2011-12 crop year. (more…)
Foster’s Group has relaunched its iconic beer business with a new name and brand identity as part of its renewed focus as a dedicated, world-class brewer and to celebrate beer’s meaning to Australians. Carlton & United Breweries, the business formed in 1907 through the unification of Foster’s Brewing Company, the Victoria Brewery, the Carlton Brewery and three other Melbourne breweries, has been renamed Carlton United Brewers. (more…)
Molson Coors Brewing Co. is expected to update investors on the global beer market and commodity prices when it reports its second-quarter results before the stock markets open Tuesday. (more…)
