USA: Kirin puts Four Roses whiskey line up for sale

Japan’s Kirin Holdings has put its Kentucky bourbon brand Four Roses up for sale at a price of $1bn, as the brewer pivots away from the struggling spirits sector towards ...
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Ireland: Carlow Malting Company set to begin construction of new malting plant next year

Carlow Malting Company is set to begin construction on its new maltings plant in 2026 which will be ready for production in 2027, the Farmers Journal reported on October 22. The ...
Published 23/10/2025 More

World: Better-than-anticipated wheat and barley yields boost the forecast for total grains

Better-than-anticipated wheat and barley yields have boosted the forecast for total grains (wheat and coarse grains) production in the 2025-26 marketing year, according to the International Grain Council’s (IGC) most ...
Published 23/10/2025 More

World: Heineken lays out plan to grow beer sales, cut costs

Dutch brewer Heineken said on October 23 it aims to deliver mid-single-digit organic net revenue growth each year until 2030, with profit growth ahead of that, as it laid out ...
Published 23/10/2025 More

Nigeria: Guinness Nigeria reports sharp 315.49% increase in pretax profit for quarter to end of September

Guinness Nigeria Plc has published its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, reporting a pretax profit of N15.8 billion, a sharp 315.49% increase from N3.8 billion ...
Published 23/10/2025 More

Malaysia: Heineken says Malaysia beer volume up by a low single digit in Q3

Heineken NV, which holds a 51% indirect stake in Heineken Malaysia Bhd, said beer volume in Malaysia grew by a low single digit in the third quarter (3Q) of 2025, ...
Published 23/10/2025 More

USA, MN: Mana Brewing opens new craft brewpub in the Twin Cities

A new craft brewpub opened in the Twin Cities this week, promising to be a destination for "divine beer, divine pizza and a divine time", Bring Me The News reported ...
Published 23/10/2025 More

World: Heineken expects fall in 2025 beer sales

Dutch brewer Heineken warned on October 22 that its 2025 beer sales would fall as macroeconomic challenges worsened, further downgrading its volume guidance from the previous quarter for which it ...
Published 22/10/2025 More

Germany: Budweiser beer to restart sales in Germany as Anheuser-Busch Bud

Decades after a legal dispute over the beer brands Bud and Bit, the world's largest brewing group, AB InBev, is bringing its lager beer back to the German market under ...
Published 22/10/2025 More

UK: Scotch Whisky Association urges for a multi-year freeze on spirits duty

The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) is urging the UK Chancellor to deliver a multi-year freeze on spirits duty in the upcoming Autumn Budget. The trade body highlighted mounting regulatory costs, ...
Published 22/10/2025 More