Slovenia: Heineken starts bottling its flagship beer at its Laško brewery

Less than two years after it was acquired by Dutch brewer Heineken, the brewery in Laško has started bottling its owner's flagship beer. The next step will be making the ...
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Germany: Number of breweries increases last year

In spite of a constantly shrinking market during the last several years the number of breweries in Germany keeps growing, Deutscher Brauerbund said earlier this week. Last year, 16 new breweries ...
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India: AB InBev training Indian farmers to boost barley output

World’s biggest beer brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is training Indian farmers to boost barley output as part of its endeavour to increase local procurement and reduce imports, The Financial Express reported ...
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EU: Large malting barley producing countries publish their planting intentions for 2017

In their latest report, H. M. Gauger GmbH published the following planting Intentions 2017 in the large malting barley producer countries: In France, winter barley acreage may reach 1.431 mln ha ...
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EU: Malt production in Germany increases in July-November 2016

Malt production Germany July-November 2016 amounted to 775,000 tons versus 758,000 tonnes over the same period in 2015, H. M. Gauger GmbH reported earlier in March. Barley use in the ...
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EU: Yields are seen higher for winter barley, lower for spring varieties this year

The European Union's crop monitoring service MARS forecast on March 27 that the average soft wheat yield in the bloc would jump above average this year, more than offsetting a ...
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Romania & Hungary: Heineken settles row with small Romanian brewer out of court

A row between Heineken and a small Romanian brewer backed by the Hungarian government looked to be over on March 27, just days after Budapest threatened to ban the Dutch ...
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Zambia: Finance Minister tours Zambian Breweries’ malting plant ahead of its formal opening

Zambia’s Finance Minister Hon. Felix Mutati toured the Zambian Breweries’ new state-of-the-art maltings plant in the Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ) this week to familiarise himself with the ...
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Nigeria: New details reported as to why Diageo failed in its bid to increase share capital in Guinness Nigeria Plc

There are fresh indications as to why Diageo Plc, the parent company of Guinness Nigeria Plc, failed in its bid to increase its share capital in the brewery giant, the ...
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USA: The Brewers Association reports craft beer industry results for 2016

The Brewers Association (BA) — the trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers — on March 28 released 2016 data on U.S. craft brewing growth. With over 5,300 ...
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