China Resources Snow Breweries Limited (CR Snow) on Tuesday officially announced that it had leveraged on its assets to restructure Jiangsu Santai Beer Co., Ltd thus obtaining the rights to use the Santai trademark and the marketing channels for Santai Beer. (more…)
In the past few years, the nation-wide trend of craft brewing has developed a following of aficionados as zealous, finicky and committed as its counterpart in the wine world — if a little scruffier. The trend has led to an explosion in the number of breweries operating nationwide, up nearly 20 percent in the last five years alone, according to the Brewers Association. (more…)
Beer is to be legally classified as an alcoholic drink in Russia for the first time, according to a report. (more…)
Anheuser-Busch is planning to shut down its downtown Manitowoc malt facility later this year. (more…)
Robert Lobovsk? (36), currently European Marketing Manager for Pilsner Urquell, will soon be responsible for global marketing of the brand, including all countries to which the lager is exported. (more…)
Molson Coors Canada, the Canadian division of Molson Coors Brewing Company, a global brewing company, has increased the availability of its North American style microcarbonated lager, Molson M, across Canada. (more…)
Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Canadian subsidiary, Labatt Breweries, has said it is taking legal action to prevent the National Hockey League handing a sponsorship contract to its arch-rival, Molson Coors. (more…)
The Brewers Association’s Membership Coordinator and Brewery Detective Erin Glass keeps an eye on brewery openings, closings, transitions and breweries in planning. With so much interest in craft brewing today, there is a lot more detective work and a large number of calls and emails to breweries in planning, those on the cusp and those recently opened. (more…)
SABMiller Plc, which walked away from last year’s biggest beer acquisition, faces the prospect of paying the most ever for Foster’s Group Ltd. as it tries to boost profitability. (more…)
Senator Charles Schumer announced that he is joining more than 20 bipartisan colleagues to introduce legislation that will cut the excise tax on small breweries in half, helping small brewers across New York reinvest in their business, hire new employees, and revitalize downtown communities. (more…)
