Canada, AB: Wood Buffalo Brewing closes down

Wood Buffalo Brewing, the Fort McMurray location of Alberta brewpub chain Bear Hill Brewing, has closed down after approximately six-and-a-half years in business, the Canadian Beer News reported on May29. According ...
Published 31/05/2019 More

The Philippines & Vietnam & USA: San Miguel planning breweries in Vietnam, US

San Miguel Brewery Inc. (SMB) is expanding overseas by investing $70 million in a new brewery in Vietnam and looking for a potential site in the United States for another, ...
Published 29/05/2019 More

Ukraine: Winter barley harvest could rise to 3.3 mln tonnes this year

Ukraine’s 2019 winter wheat harvest is likely to rise 8.4 percent to 25.9 million tonnes due to a higher yield, APK-Inform consultancy said on May 28, citing state weather forecasters. It ...
Published 29/05/2019 More

Sri Lanka & China: Sri Lankan beer trying to conquer Chinese consumers

Ranil Oninda recently did a "brave" thing - promoting Sri Lankan beer in Qingdao, a coastal Chinese city best known for its century-old brewer Tsingtao, China.org.cn reported on May 29. As ...
Published 29/05/2019 More

USA: Constellation Brands subsidiary fined for trade practice violations

Crown Imports, a subsidiary of drinks giant Constellation Brands, has been fined US$420,000 by the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) for alleged “trade practice violations” in ...
Published 29/05/2019 More

UK: Pub giants stock beer over fears of no-deal Brexit

About £6 million of Spanish lager Estrella Damm was snapped up by Marston’s pub chain ahead of the original March deadline for our EU exit – scheduled for October, the ...
Published 26/05/2019 More

Russia: Beer production up 2.7% in January-April

Russia’s January-April beer production increased by 2.7% versus the same period last year, Rosstat reported on May 24. Total output over the first four months of this year amounted to 2.29 ...
Published 26/05/2019 More

USA: US court rules partially in favour of Molson in ad row with AB InBev

A U.S. court on May 24 barred Anheuser Busch InBev NV, the world’s largest beer maker and brewer of Budweiser brand beers, from using parts of its marketing that said ...
Published 26/05/2019 More

USA, NJ: Neck of the Woods Brewing officially opens its doors in Pitman

It’s been a long road but as noted in a recent Instagram post, Neck of the Woods Brewing in Pitman has finally opened its doors (and tasting room) to the ...
Published 26/05/2019 More

USA, KY: Country Boy Brewing breaks ground on $1.8 mln expansion of its production brewery in Georgetown

Country Boy Brewing, one of Kentucky’s most popular and innovative craft brewers, announced on May 23 that it is breaking ground on a $1.8 million expansion of its production brewery ...
Published 26/05/2019 More