World: Corona beer fares better than most amid coronavirus pandemic

Corona, the Mexican beer, has come through the coronavirus pandemic better than most, CBS News reported on December 25. Profit from the beer division of alcohol company Constellation Brands, which owns ...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Breweries’ Kaduna state plant ordered to reduce production

The Kaduna state is currently facing acute shortage of beer, after the state government reportedly directed the Nigerian Breweries Plc to reduce the production and sale of its products. According to ...
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Belgium: Beer and chocolate categorised as ‘essential’ items during lockdowns

Belgium has redefined what ''essential'' means in view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by doing the unprecedented. The Belgian government has categorised chocolate as an essential food item as certain ...
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UK: EU exit to see VAT cut on beer on January 1

Breaking free from the EU on January 1 will allow UK ministers to throw traditional pubs a tax cut lifeline, industry chiefs said. Chief executive Emma McClarkin said: "The existing VAT ...
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EU: Weather mostly good for harvesting and planting in November

Autumn weather has been too rainy in October, good for harvesting and planting in November, except for too much precipitation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, H. M. Gauger GmbH ...
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Russia & Ukraine: Russia harvests very good crops this year, Ukraine ships almost all of its barley surplus by November

Russia harvested very good grain crops, so the Agriculture Ministry announced an increase of the 2021 wheat export quota from 15 to 17.5 mln tonnes, H. M. Gauger GmbH reported ...
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South Africa: President announces renewed ban on alcohol sales amid second wave of coronavirus infections

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a renewed ban on alcohol sales and extended a curfew in a bid to contain the fallout from a second wave of coronavirus infections ...
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USA: AB InBev agrees to sell minority stake in can plants

A group of investors led by New York-based private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc. has agreed to acquire a 49.9% minority stake in Anheuser-Busch InBev’s U.S.-based metal container plants ...
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USA, IA: Kinship Brewing Company set to open in Waukee on January 1

Every beer at Kinship Brewing Company has a story, the Des Moines Register reported. There's Dear Annie, a hazy IPA owner Zach Dobeck calls a love letter to his wife. An ...
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USA, NY: Mixed Breed Brewing coming to Guilderland in April

A new brewery and taproom called Mixed Breed Brewing is set to open in a strip mall on Route 146 in Guilderland Center, the Albany Times Union reported on December ...
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