UK: Scottish National Party wows to keep up pressure on reaching an agreement with the US to abolish single malt whisky tariffs

A Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament has vowed to keep up the pressure on the UK Government to work with US counterparts in abolishing single malt whisky tariffs, ...
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Greece & the Netherlands: Macedonian Thrace Brewery gets go-ahead to pursue Heineken in court

Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB) has been given the go-ahead to pursue Heineken for damages in relation to anti-competitive practices and market abuse by its Greek subsidiary, the Globe Newswire reported ...
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Australia: Barley crop estimates increase substantially since ABARES December report

Recent local barley crop estimates have increased substantially since the ABARES forecast of December, e.g. GIWA from 3.6 to 4.3/4.5 mln tonnes in Western Australia, H. M. Gauger GmbH said ...
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Canada: Attractive barley price levels expected to lead to barley acreage, production increase in Canada

Canada’s barley crop 2020 is estimated at 10.74 mln vs. 10.38 mln tonnes the year before, H. M. Gauger GmbH reported earlier in February. Barley export estimates for the present crop ...
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Mexico: Constellation Brands has two years to dismantle its Mexicali brewery

Constellation Brands has a period of two years to dismantle in an orderly manner its plant located in Mexicali, Baja California, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) reported ...
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USA, OH: Two longtime friends launch Old Capitol Brewing in Chillicothe

And despite the pandemic, two longtime friends who started a business venture in the Central Ohio community of Chillicothe have gone from brewing craft beer in their garage to making ...
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Canada, QB: Quebec microbreweries now pumping out a wide range of zero-alcohol beers

Stéphane Duchesne likes to tell the story of one particular client at his Magasin Général de Castelnau, in Montreal's Villeray Borough, CBC.ca reported on February 27. The client, whose elderly father ...
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Brazil: Ambev’s profit jumps in Q4 2020

Ambev SA's profit jumped in the fourth quarter from a year earlier as the beer maker posted gains in sales and benefited from tax credits in Brazil, its biggest market, ...
Published 25/02/2021 More

Brazil: Heineken, Coca-Cola Femsa reach distribution deal in Brazil

Mexican Coke bottler Coca-Cola Femsa said on February 24 that it had reached an agreement with Heineken NV over distribution in Brazil, a move that clears a significant legal hurdle ...
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New Zealand: Total volume of beer available for consumption drops 1.7% in 2020

The total volume of alcoholic drinks available for consumption in New Zealand was little changed in 2020, up 0.8 percent, following a rise of 1.7 percent in 2019, the statistics ...
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