China: Asahi eyes China’s market with ‘resilient’ growth

Born in Italy since 1963, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, a global leading high-end beer brand promoted by Asahi Group officially entered the Chinese market. It launched an iconic flagship "House of ...
Published 19/09/2022 mehr

EU & UK: Malting barley trade at standstill at the moment

Malting barley trade has come to a standstill; the French, English, Scandinavian FOB prices have come down sharply, the northern crops provide for an obvious surplus in the EU – ...
Published 18/09/2022 mehr

EU: Barley production forecast slightly down from COCERAl’s May report

In its fourth forecast for the 2022 crop, COCERAL sees the total grain crop in the EU-27+UK at 287.9 mln tonnes. This would be down significantly from the 309.5 mln ...
Published 18/09/2022 mehr

UK: Rising carbon dioxide prices put UK beer industry under threat

The UK beer industry is under threat, as rising carbon dioxide (CO2) prices could impact production - and even cause a shortage of the beverage ahead of the busy Christmas ...
Published 18/09/2022 mehr

France: Good winter barley crop harvested this year, differences reported across spring crops from southwest to northeast

France harvested a good winter barley crop of 8.2 mln tonnes (incl. 800 thousand tonnes of fall-planted spring barley), can select +/- 2.2 mln tonnes for malting depending on markets. ...
Published 18/09/2022 mehr

Australia: Old barley crop supplies and exports shrinking

Australia’s old crop barley supplies and exports are shrinking; June shipments were 223,000 tonnes of malting barley (statistics only show 53,000 tonnes as per super strict Australian specifications) and 313,000 ...
Published 18/09/2022 mehr

USA, FL: Wulfaven Brewing Co. gearing up for its grand opening

Wulfaven Brewery, which markets itself as "Carrollwood's first microbrewery," is finally gearing up for its grand opening, cltampa.com reported on September 16. The North Tampa brewery took to its Instagram page ...
Published 18/09/2022 mehr

Qatar: Budweiser promoting its alcohol-free lager at upcoming soccer World Cup

Budweiser is promoting its alcohol-free lager at the upcoming soccer World Cup in Qatar, balancing its role as the official beer of the event with the strict regulations on the ...
Published 16/09/2022 mehr

Germany: Oktoberfest is back after two years of pandemic cancellations

Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations — the same bicep-challenging beer mugs, fat-dripping pork knuckles, pretzels the size of dinner plates, men in leather shorts ...
Published 16/09/2022 mehr

EU: Northern, central Europe fares well, winter and spring grains affected by drought in France, Mediterranean, Balkan countries

This year’s European drought supposedly is the worst since hundreds of years. MARS, the Joint Research Centre of the EU, predicts substantially lower yields of summer crops than last year, ...
Published 16/09/2022 mehr