The deliberations on the alcohol prohibition bill have been causing consternation among tourists, businesspeople and even labor unions, as the question, to beer or not to beer, is expected to have a serious impact. (more…)
Two months after exposing illegal sale of liquor in Tamil Nadu post business hours, there has been no change on the ground. Liquor sales continue to soar despite prohibition in the state and customers lining up in front of shops even though shutters are down. (more…)
Excise Minister T.P. Ramakrishnan has said that the restrictions that had been imposed on the sale of liquor in the State have not yielded its main objectives. (more…)
Sapporo beer is taking a walk on the dark side.
Hoping to keep pace with a growing number of consumers looking for the next new thing, the Japanese beer maker is releasing Premium Black, its first new beer since its Premium Light was launched in 2004. Sapporo is the top imported Asian beer brand in the U.S., a perch it has held for over 30 years. (more…)
Breweries are popping up all over the city, and craft beer bars are taking up sizeable spaces in areas ranging from Kennedy Town to Ap Lei Chau. Not seen on this scale before, craft brewers are creating a new category of tenants for industrial as well as retail landlords. (more…)
China’s beer market may be shrinking but foreign brands are gaining ground despite being more expensive than their local rivals. (more…)
The AIADMK government is serious about bringing in total liquor prohibition in the state and it will be done, assured chief minister J Jayalalithaa in the assembly. (more…)
The Vietnam Brewery Limited Company (VBL) officially changed its name to Heineken Vietnam Brewery Limited Company (Heineken Vietnam Brewery) and released a new logo on August 1. (more…)
From January till June 2016 the decline of beer production in China stood at 4.3% according to the official data by NBSC. (more…)
If the “Made for each other blend set the filter trend” for a popular cigarette brand in the 1960s and after, beer, and specifically craft beer, has been increasingly setting the trend in the last few years, what with even hardened drinkers switching off from hard liquor. (more…)
