USA: Off-premise beer sales top $1 bln in four of the last five weeks - Nielsen

Beer category dollar sales in off-premise retailers have now topped $1 billion in four of the last five weeks, according to market research firm Nielsen, Brewbound reported on June 30. For ...
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Canada, SK: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority reduces some production taxes for larger regional breweries

The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority has reduced some production taxes for larger regional breweries that sell beer in the province, but rates for smaller craft brewers — who want ...
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Canada, NB: Bagtown Brewing reopens in a larger facility

Bagtown Brewing, a nanobrewery that was opened in 2017 by group of commerce students at Mount Allison University in Sackville, Nova Scotia, has reopened after a six month hiatus in ...
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USA, TX: 4J Brewing Company launched by four sisters in Houston

Four sisters have opened a brewery after their dad decided to teach them how to brew beer for fun. Jennifer Mathis and her three sisters, from Houston, Texas, used to ...
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Brazil: Diageo doubles efforts to strengthen presence in e-commerce channels

Diageo Plc, the world’s largest spirits maker, has doubled efforts to strengthen its presence in e-commerce channels in Brazil as the coronavirus pandemic triggered lockdowns, driving customers to drink at ...
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EU: Barley crop prospects in Central Europe between rather poor and fair

Parts of Germany, Poland, and Central Europe (Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Croatia) suffer from dryness since years, which reduced subsoil moisture to dangerously low levels, H. M. ...
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USA: Brewers Associatin cuts another 17% of its workforce

The Brewers Association has announced a second round of layoffs, cutting 17% of its workforce, the national trade group confirmed to Brewbound. The layoff amounted to nine additional employees of the ...
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USA, KY: Brew Bridge becomes Owensboro’s first brewery since 1903

For the first time in 117 years, Owensboro has a brewery. Brew Bridge, the first brewery in town since Owensboro Brewery closed in 1903, has started making beer, The Lane ...
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USA, WA: Otherlands Beer now open in Bellingham

Bellingham, Washington continues its pursuit of the “Most Breweries per Capita” title. Otherlands Beer is now open in the city’s Sunnyland neighborhood at 2121 Humbolt Street. That means it is ...
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Canada, ON: Red Barn Brewing Company days away from opening in Chatham-Kent

A small family farm in rural Chatham-Kent has evolved into a new local brewery that stays true to its homegrown roots, AM800 reported on June 27. “The red barn is kind ...
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