USA, MO: Standard Brewing Company announces closure less than two years after opening

Less than two years after opening its doors, Standard Brewing Company (12322 Dorsett Road, Maryland Heights; 314-548-2270) has announced its closure, the Riverfront Times reported on April 20. The brewpub was ...
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USA, NC: Charlotte’s two biggest craft brewers appear headed to court to raise their production limit

Charlotte’s two biggest craft brewers appear headed to court after a campaign to raise their production limit collapsed in the face of opposition from North Carolina’s influential beer wholesalers, the ...
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France: Beer consumption estimated to have increased by 3% last year

France’s beer consumption may have increased last year for the third year in a row, Le Figaro reported on April 18. Since 2014 the nation’s consumption has been increasing by 3% ...
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Africa: Multinational drinks companies battle for share in Africa’s biggest markets

As Nigeria plunged deeper into economic crisis last year, billboards popped up across Lagos, its largest city, promoting Johnnie Walker whisky along with a reassuring message: “Storms Never Last”. The sentiment ...
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India: India’s leading brewers collectively introducing a dozen new beer brands

Heineken, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and Carlsberg are collectively introducing about a dozen new beer brands in India to slake the thirst of its summer-singed consumers, the Economic Times reported on April ...
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China: Diageo has its eye on emergence of China’s whisky drinkers

Given its massive population, China represents a key market for consumer goods companies, and even a small change in Chinese behaviour can have a massive impact on bottom lines, CNBC ...
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Australia & China: Australian barley exports to China on track to beat record shipments of 2014-15

Exports of Australian barley to China are on track to threaten the record shipments set in 2014-15 and could almost double last year exports to the Asian nation, the Weekly ...
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India: Vijay Mallya’s arrest in London sends United Breweries and United Spirits shares down

United Breweries and United Spirits slip nearly 3 percent on April 18 after liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been arrested in London, according to CNN-News18. Vijay Mallya holds 7.9 percent stake ...
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Vietnam: Trade ministry submits plan for divestment of government stake in Sabeco

Vietnam's trade ministry has submitted a plan for the divestment of the government's majority stake in Sabeco, the company's CEO said on April 18, moving the country's largest brewer one ...
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Vietnam: Beer sales up 9.3% last year, projected to grow 10% in 2017

Vietnam ranked in the world’s top-10 beer drinking markets as of the end of 2016, with the total consumption projected up 10 percent year-on-year to reach 4 billion litres in ...
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