New Zealand: MyFarm launches NZ17.64 mln investment in what will become New Zealand’s largest hop garden

MyFarm has launched a NZ$17.64 million investment into what will become New Zealand’s largest hop garden, newsroom.co.nz reported on July 30. The opportunity to invest in Tapawera Hop Garden Limited Partnership ...
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World: Heineken reports higher beer sales, earnings below market expectations in H1

Heineken, the world’s second-largest beer maker, cut its full-year margin forecasts due to currency weakness in some more profitable markets and expansion in Brazil, knocking its shares on July 30, ...
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Germany: Beer sales up 0.6% in last six months

Germans love beer at the best of times, but they are drinking even more this summer, with the hot weather and the football World Cup driving up sales, The Local ...
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EU: Brewers facing shortage of malting barley because of scorching weather this summer

First it was carbon dioxide. Now it is malting barley. After grappling with a shortage of the gas that adds bubbles to lager and the head on a pint of beer, ...
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Vietnam: Sabeco’s Q2 net profit down 6.37%

Vietnam’s largest brewer Sabeco reported on July 30 second-quarter net profit of 1.29 trillion dong ($55.46 million), down 6.37 percent from a year earlier, Reuters said. The company’s total revenue in ...
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UK: Overall beer sales increase 3.6% in Q2 2018

UK’s overall beer sales in the second quarter of 2018 were up 3.6% - but down 1% in the on-trade - versus the same period in 2017, according the latest ...
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USA: Craft beer production, number of breweries grow in first half of 2018

Growth for small and independent craft brewers remained stable for the first half of 2018, according to new mid-year metrics released by the US Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association ...
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USA, MI: Old Post Brewing Company hopes to open in Howell next spring

A former post office in Howell is planned as the location for the city's newest brewery, the Livingston Daily reported on July 30. "We'll try to maintain the feel the ...
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Canada: Molson Coors Canada’s new non-alcoholic Coors Edge beer to be available through Amazon.ca

Molson Coors Canada has announced that its new Coors Edge non-alcoholic beer will now be available through Amazon.ca, Drinks Insight Network reported on July 30. With less than 0.5% alcohol by ...
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World: IGC lowers forecast for total grains, barley output in 2018/19

The International Grains Council (IGC) on July 26 lowered its forecast for total grains production in 2018-19 to 2.059 billion tonnes, down from 2.077 billion tonnes in early July 2, ...
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