USA, NE: Ploughshare Brewing Co. to close down

Matt Stinchfield was a chemist before he became the award-winning head brewer and founder of Ploughshare Brewing Co., the Lincoln Journal Star reported. On July 8, while driving across the country, ...
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Canada, NB: Hammond River Brewing opening new location in Rothesay

Hammond River Brewing has announced that its new and much-expanded location will be opening next week in Rothesay, New Brunswick, approximately 10 km from the original brewery in Quispamsis, Canadian ...
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Spain: Experts forecast increased demand for barley in Spain

There is the potential for increased demand for barley in the Spanish market after dryness was experienced across key growing regions this year, according to experts. Recent figures from the EU ...
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Thailand: ThaiBev unlikely to suffer much from impending excise hike or year-long morning period

CIMB Research is maintaining its “add” recommendation on Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) with an unchanged target price of S$1.07, The Edge Markets reported on July 7. In a report on July 6, ...
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France: France’s barley exports outside the EU total 225,455 tonnes in May

France exported 225,455 tonnes of barley outside the EU in May, official customs data showed on July 7. The monthly volume was dominated by 184,597 tonnes shipped to Saudi Arabia, ...
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Thailand: Microbreweries gaining entry into Thailand’s beer industry

Thailand's 150 billion-baht (S$6.1-billion) beer market is controlled by two large companies: Boon Rawd, producer of Singha, and ThaiBev, producer of Chang, which between them garner a 90 per cent ...
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Austria: Beer production up 2.2% last year

Austria’s total beer output grew 2.2% to 9.497 mln hl last year, the Union of Austrian Brewers said in its annual report. Domestic beer consumption dropped by 0.3% to 8.534 mln ...
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Greece: Fine on Heineken upheld by Greek court

Greece’s Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB) welcomed a damning appeals court judgment against Heineken’s 98.8 percent-owned Greek operating company, saying this clearly supports its claim for damages of €100 million-plus against ...
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EU: Winter barley output seen falling this year

The European Union winter barley harvest is expected to be lower than last year mainly because of a fall in Spanish output due to frost and drought, while rain in ...
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UK: Bairds Malt reports decline in turnover and pre-tax profits for year to September 30, 2016

One of the UK’s main maltsters has blamed “competitive pressures in the malting division on processing fees” for a drop in turnover and profits, The Press and Journal reported on ...
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