Pentair receives additional BMF order from Cerveceria Nacional

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Pentair Beverage Systems has delivered a Beer Membrane Filtration (BMF) System to SABMiller subsidiary Cerveceria Nacional in Guayaquil, Ecuador that replaces the brewery’s diatomaceous earth (DE) filter. Following the successful implementation of Pentair’s BMF technology at the Quito production site, it is the second Cerveceria Nacional brewery in Equador to switch from DE to BMF. (more…)

SABMiller China Venture to Pay $851 Million for Brewery

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SABMiller Plc (SAB)’s joint venture in China agreed to pay HK$6.6 billion ($851 million) for beermaking assets from Kingway (124) Brewery Holdings Ltd. to boost its share of the world’s biggest market for the beverage. (more…)

Diageo Completes Beer Business Deal

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London-based Diageo Plc. (DEO) has completed its joint venture with India’s largest spirits company United Spirits Limited, to own United National Breweries’ traditional sorghum beer business in South Africa. (more…)

Newcastle Gets Honest with Consumers

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Newcastle Brown Ale is kicking the year off in high gear with the next wave of its popular “No Bollocks” campaign. The “No Bollocks” retail program is designed to drive consideration of Newcastle among adult consumers, over the age of 21, shopping for in-home consumption and entertaining. (more…)

US. Brewers Association Launches KegReturn.com

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The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American craft brewers—announces the launch of KegReturn.com, a site that provides tools to help consumers, homebrewers, retailers, wholesalers, brewers and scrap yards redirect kegs back to the breweries that own the kegs. (more…)