Australia: Barley farmers meaningfully break into Saudi market for the first time in five years

Australian barley farmers have moved on, big time. Facing massive Chinese tariffs and an urgent need to ship a bumper harvest, they’re piling into one of the world’s mega markets ...
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Ukraine: Beer and malt production decline in January-February this year

Ukraine’s beer output totalled 1.98 mln hl in January-February this year, down 3.6% versus the first two months of 2020, trade association Ukrpivo reported on March 15. Zero-alcohol beer and beer ...
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Australia & China: Australian government takes next step in China WTO barley action

The Australian government has formally taken the next step in taking its Chinese counterpart to the World Trade Organization over China's decision to implement tariffs on Australian barley due to ...
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Australia: Asahi to buy barley directly from farmers

In a move that will go some way to help combat China’s tariffs on Australian barley exports the Japanese-owned Asahi Beverages will now source malt direct from Australian growers for ...
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Japan: Pandemic propelling an unexpected boom in alcohol-free beer

His social life severely curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic, Tadasu Masuda found himself embracing the opportunity to take what in Japan is known as “liver rest days” and try out ...
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UK: 2,000 pubs permanently closed and some £8.2 billion in beer sales lost last year

A year on from the first national lockdown in the UK, the British Beer & Pub Association has revealed that 2,000 pubs have permanently closed and some £8.2 billion in ...
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UK: Number of breweries increases by 216 last year

The Covid-19 pandemic’s devastating impact on pub, bar and restaurant beer sales hasn’t put entrepreneurs off launching new brewing businesses, with the total number of UK breweries increasing by 216 ...
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USA: Molson Coors beginning to brew beer again after cyberattack

Molson Coors is beginning to brew beer again after a cyberattack, FOX 6 Milwaukee reported on March 16. According to a filing with the SEC last week, the company acknowledges "a ...
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USA, WI: City Brewing being purchased by a consortium of investors

La Crosse's City Brewing announced on March 16 that a consortium of investors is purchasing the company, WXOW.com reported. In a release, it said that the investors including "Charlesbank Capital Partners ...
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USA, OH: Hoptometry Brewing Company to become Tiffin’s third brewery in 2022

Despite COVID-19’s hard hit on local breweries, the craft beer industry is coming back stronger than ever. Tiffin already had two breweries in town, the Tiffin Brewery and the Laird ...
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