In 2013, U.S. drinkers will be able to taste Black Crown, a new, stronger version of Budweiser, said Bloomberg. The drink, which Anheuser-Busch InBev NV said has a more distinct flavor and taste than regular Budweiser, was selected for production from 12 experimental varieties submitted by head beermakers at each of the brand’s U.S. breweries. (more…)
Carlsberg holds more potential for investors than its rivals brewers this year as its Russian performance continues to improve, according to an analyst. (more…)
Germany-based Beck’s has introduced Beck’s Sapphire, a golden pilsner brewed with German Saphir aroma hops in the US. (more…)
Anders Roed is in a difficult position for a marketing manager: He is not allowed to advertise on television, in newspapers or on the Internet. Yet the head of marketing at Ringnes in Norway has seen a succession of foreign visitors recently keen to gain insights from him. (more…)
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…)
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.
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…)
For the second consecutive year, Anheuser-Busch InBev will serve up a new brew to Super Bowl viewers. (more…)
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 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…)
