Heineken launches 2011/2012 UEFA Champions League campaign
Premium international beer brand Heineken® today announced the launch of its new campaign for the forthcoming 2011/12 UEFA Champions League season, titled ‘Legendary Football’. (more…)
Beer de Luxe. Gourmet glasses for gourmet beers
Beers aged in port wine barrels, stouts, champagne beers and historical recipes roused from their slumbers – more and more brewers and beer connoisseurs are discovering their love of gourmet beers. (more…)
SABMiller invests further into Chinese beer market
Global brewer SABMiller (SAB.L) is expanding further in the world’s biggest beer market with its Chinese joint venture agreeing to pay around $42 million on Thursday for an investment in a brewer in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou. (more…)
Foster’s Affirms Rejection of SABMiller’s $9.6 Billion Bid as ‘Inadequate’
Foster’s Group Ltd. (FGL), Australia’s biggest brewer, affirmed its opposition to SABMiller Plc (SAB)’s hostile takeover bid after the cash offer was cut to A$9.25 billion ($9.6 billion) on dividends paid. (more…)
India. United Breweries to set up two greenfield breweries
United Breweries is setting up two greenfield breweries — one in Mysore and the other in Patna — and also proposes to add capacity to several of its existing breweries . “Investments for new breweries are in the range of Rs 150 crore per brewery and the total investment for the year is around Rs 500 crore,” Mr Cedric Vaz, Executive Vice-President – Marketing, told Business Line. (more…)
Canada. Viterra Malt reports lower sales on a year-to-date basis
Viterra, a vertically integrated global agri-business headquartered in Canada, today published its third quarter financial results and outlook. (more…)
USA: Surly Brewing can choose from several sites to build new $20 million brewery
Surly Brewing Company, a popular craft beer brewery based in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, searches for a new site to build a $20 million destination brewery, with a restaurant and beer garden. (more…)
Uganda. Nile Breweries extends tree planting to Kabale town
Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), Uganda’s leading beer maker, has extended its tree planting drive dubbed ‘Green Towns Project’ to Kabale town, said a company statement. (more…)
“Viking Malt” September Barley Report
Lithuania Barley harvesting is finished and about 20-25 % of malting will be downgraded to feed quality because of high proteins and rain damages. Average results of samples received: Protein 11.6%; Screenings above 2.5 mm 89.9% Germination 96.1% Lithuania will not be self sufficient with crop11- the shortage is expected to be about 20000 MT. Finland Estimated 80-90 % of the total barley is harvested. In the south of Finland (malting barley areas) the figure is even higher. Average yield for the barley is estimated to be 3400 kilos per ha. Estimated quantity of malting barley will be 300-310 000 tons. Due to low screenings and high protein levels acceptance percentage for the malting barley will be around 60 %. Finland will be self sufficient with malting barley and there is also a surplus volume to be exported if the quality is acceptable. Sweden Harvest in general is proceeding very slowly. Harvest normally starts at first in the south and then moves north. This year harvest of malting barley started at the same time in the whole country and harvest is still going on in both parts of the country. Most regions in the grain producing part of Sweden had 150-200%…
Finns consider diluting drinks to cure alcohol hangover
The research was conducted jointly by the Finnish government Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), the Health and Welfare Institute, the University of East Finland and Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. (more…)