Baxter Brewing Company, Maine’s newest microbrewery and the only New England brewer to ship all its beer only in metal packaging (cans and kegs), announced plans today to double its current production capacity after only ninety days of operations. (more…)
Chilean beverage company Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA (CCU, CCU.SN) plans to make investments of 433.9 billion Chilean pesos ($914 million) in the 2011-2014 period, the company said. (more…)
The Sunday Time has reported that SABMiller plc may bid for Brazil’s Schincariol. (more…)
* Controlling shareholder blocks bid from China Resources
* Stake in Kingway will rise to 73.82 pct from 52.45 pct (Add details, update stock price) (more…)
Anadolu Efes on Tuesday announced its total sales volume increased notably by 14% to 8.8 mhl in 4Q2010 year-on-year, the highest quarterly growth achieved during 2010 (more…)
Since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan on March 11, the Chiba brewery of Sapporo was closed. Now the Japanese brewer “estarted to produce beer, though not 100% in operation,” a Sapporo spokesperson said. (more…)
In May, when it became clear that Anheuser-Busch had won the rights to be the official beer of the NFL, I ripped the deal as a “lazy buy.” (more…)
The Russian beer market dropped about 6% in 2010 mainly due to tripled excise tax, the president of Anheuser-Busch InBev Central and Eastern Europe, Mr. Francisco De Sa Neto (more…)
The Brewers Association (BA) on Wednesday announced that legislation seeking to enact a graduated beer excise tax rate of $3.50 and $16.00 for America’s small brewers has been introduced in both chambers of Congress. The BA is the not-for-profit trade group that represents the majority of U.S. brewing companies. (more…)
Last Monday, it was announced that Chicago’s Goose Island Brewery is being acquired by Anheuser-Busch for the sum of $38.8 million dollars. Goose Island (tagline “Chicago’s craft beer”) produces a number of highly sought-after brews, including Bourbon County Stout and Sofie (a Belgian style farmhouse ale), in addition to their more accessible 312 Urban Wheat and Green Line Pale Ale. (more…)
