EU: Brewers facing shortage of malting barley because of scorching weather this summer

First it was carbon dioxide. Now it is malting barley. After grappling with a shortage of the gas that adds bubbles to lager and the head on a pint of beer, ...
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Vietnam: Sabeco’s Q2 net profit down 6.37%

Vietnam’s largest brewer Sabeco reported on July 30 second-quarter net profit of 1.29 trillion dong ($55.46 million), down 6.37 percent from a year earlier, Reuters said. The company’s total revenue in ...
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UK: Overall beer sales increase 3.6% in Q2 2018

UK’s overall beer sales in the second quarter of 2018 were up 3.6% - but down 1% in the on-trade - versus the same period in 2017, according the latest ...
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USA: Craft beer production, number of breweries grow in first half of 2018

Growth for small and independent craft brewers remained stable for the first half of 2018, according to new mid-year metrics released by the US Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association ...
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USA, MI: Old Post Brewing Company hopes to open in Howell next spring

A former post office in Howell is planned as the location for the city's newest brewery, the Livingston Daily reported on July 30. "We'll try to maintain the feel the ...
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Canada: Molson Coors Canada’s new non-alcoholic Coors Edge beer to be available through Amazon.ca

Molson Coors Canada has announced that its new Coors Edge non-alcoholic beer will now be available through Amazon.ca, Drinks Insight Network reported on July 30. With less than 0.5% alcohol by ...
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World: IGC lowers forecast for total grains, barley output in 2018/19

The International Grains Council (IGC) on July 26 lowered its forecast for total grains production in 2018-19 to 2.059 billion tonnes, down from 2.077 billion tonnes in early July 2, ...
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World: Brewers to get a good supply of hops this year

Brewers will get a good supply of hops, a key beer ingredient, this year as the world hop harvest is likely to reach a reasonable size, although slightly smaller than ...
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Japan: Kirin ramping up beer output as ‘unprecedented’ heat wave continues in Japan

As Japan’s “unprecedented“ heat wave continues to blanket the country, sales of summer essentials such as beer, ice cream and air conditioning units have seen notable sales increases across the ...
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EU: Baltics, Scandinavian barley crops significantly damaged by weather

Drought conditions are so bad in the Baltic/Scandinavian regions this year that most locals cannot remember a similar situation, H. M. Gauger GmbH said in their July report. Denmark and ...
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