USA, FL: Lakeland Brewing Co. to close on January 8

Lakeland Brewing Co. and Old School Annex is calling it quits. Last call is scheduled for Jan. 8, The Ledger reported on December 28. The city’s eponymous brewing operation survived just ...
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Canada, AB: 18 new craft breweries launched in Alberta in 2017

Craft beer has been making a splash across Alberta in recent years, the CHAT News Today reported on December 31. Terry Rock with the Alberta Small Brewers Association said they gave ...
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USA, MA: RiverWalk Brewing Co. launches taproom and brewery in Newburyport

RiverWalk Brewing Co. recently opened their new taproom and brewery at 40 Parker Street in Newburyport, MA. The 20,000 square foot space houses a 30 barrel brewhouse, taproom featuring twelve ...
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India: Kingfisher beer losing market share to high-end foreign beers

Though Kingfisher is still the largest beer brand in India, it has lost 4.3% market share by volume between 2011 and 2016, according to data from market researcher Euromonitor marking ...
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Azerbaijan: Government approves increase of import excise rates on alcohol and cigarettes

The Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan has approved new excise tax rates on imported goods, which will come into force on January 22, 2018, AzerNews reported on December 25. In particular, ...
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EU: Poor weather during winter planting expected to lead to an increase in spring barley area

Dreadful weather in Northern Europe (from Scotland to Finland, incl. the northern regions of Germany and Poland) delayed and damaged grain crops and even left quite some fields unharvested, H. ...
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Australia: Barley crop expected to total around 8 mln tonnes in 2017/18

In 2016/17, Australia had harvested 13.414 mln tonnes of barley, a record crop favoured by ideal weather conditions, H. M. Gauger GmbH reported on December 5. Exports were 9.465 mln ...
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Germany: Barley malt output slightly down in 2016/17

Germany’s barley malt production in 2016/17 is estimated at 1.850 mln tonnes versus 1.870 in 2015/16, H. M. Gauger GmbH reported early in December. In July/August 2017, the nation’s maltsters produced ...
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Malawi: Castel Group’s investments in its Malawi business totals about $22 mln

Castel Group has revealed that it invested about $22 million (about K16.1 billion at current exchange rate) in Carlsberg Malawi which has since changed to Castel Malawi Limited, the Nyasa ...
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Vietnam: Prime Minister urges to keep Saigon Beer brand name unchanged

The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade to keep Saigon Beer brand name unchanged, VietNamNet Bridge reported on December 26, citing a representative of the Business ...
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