Argentina: Heavy rains improve wheat and barley crop prospects

Heavy rains in recent days in key agricultural areas have buoyed the outlook for Argentina’s 2023-24 wheat and barley crops, even as the much-needed precipitation slows the soybean and corn ...
Published 25/05/2023 More

Belgium & the Netherlands: Three Trappist Westvleteren beers to become available in independent Dutch liquor stores to tackle illegal resale

Belgian monks have responded to Trappist beers being illegally resold at high prices by making changes to how their beers are obtained, The Drinks Business reported on May 25. After discovering ...
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USA: Beer industry 'in shock' over continuing Bud Light boycott

The entire beer industry is floored that Bud Light is still taking heat over its now-infamous promo with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and the backlash has put rival beers in ...
Published 25/05/2023 More

Canada: 2022-23 barley supplies up sharply from last year’s record low

For 2022-23, Canadian barley supplies are projected at 10.6 million tonnes (Mt), up sharply from last year’s record low of 7.92 Mt, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said in their May ...
Published 25/05/2023 More

USA, KY: Awry Brewing Co. eyeing summer opening in Louisville

Over the last decade, Alex Vogt, Tom Bartle and Tyler Martin have been working toward their dream of owning and running a craft brewery. However, each time the trio started ...
Published 25/05/2023 More

USA, SC: Owner of Striped Pig Distillery acquires majority stake in Ghost Monkey Brewery

Pixie Paula Dezzutti, owner of Charleston’s first distillery, the Striped Pig Distillery (SPD), announced the acquisition of a majority stake in Ghost Monkey Brewery (GMB), a Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, ...
Published 25/05/2023 More

USA, IL: Second craft brewing company on tap for Brookfield

The 9500 block of Ogden Avenue in Brookfield will be home to a second craft brewing company in the coming months, after the new owners of the former Congress Park ...
Published 25/05/2023 More

Ukraine: USDA's Ukrainian barley output estimates cause doubts

The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) first estimates for Ukrainian barley production in the new 2023-24 marketing season surprised market participants, as they are based on much higher harvested areas ...
Published 23/05/2023 More

World: Total grains production to reach all-time high in 2023-24

Total grains production is expected to reach an all-time high in the 2023-24 marketing year, according to the latest monthly forecast by the International Grains Council (IGC). In its May Grain ...
Published 23/05/2023 More

Thailand: Brewer-turned-politician fighting to overhaul Thai beer market’s duopoly

A beer-loving lawmaker in Thailand once arrested for illegal brewing is hoping his party's election win can give him a long-awaited shot at breaking up a $14 billion alcohol duopoly ...
Published 23/05/2023 More