World: Heineken Q3 sales drop as lockdowns return in Asia

Heineken sold less beer in the third quarter as the return of lockdowns in Asia cut into drinking and socialising, hurting sales at the world’s second-largest brewer, the Financial Times ...
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France: Beer prices could rise by up to 30 cents due to higher production costs

The price of a bottle of beer could rise by 15-30 cents in France following an increase in production costs, The Connexion reported on October 26. Pierre Marchica, the managing director ...
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South Africa: Castle Lite beer switching to renewable energy

Castle Lite, a beer brand within the South African Breweries (SAB) stable, is switching to renewable energy. This comes as a response to global calls to grow renewable energy and ...
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India: Antitrust watchdog raids Associated Alcohols & Breweries and Som Distilleries offices as part of alleged price fixing investigation

India's antitrust watchdog on Wednesday, October 27 raided the offices of Associated Alcohols & Breweries and Som Distilleries as part of an investigation into alleged price fixing in liquor products, ...
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Slovenia: Pivovarna Lasko Union to relocate production of its Union beer to Lasko factory from Ljubljana

The Slovenian unit of Dutch brewer Heineken, Pivovarna Lasko Union (PLU), plans to relocate the production of the Union beer to its Lasko factory from Ljubljana by January 2022, See ...
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USA: US hop acreage hits another record in 2021

U.S. hop acreage strung in the Pacific Northwest hit another record high in 2021. Approximately 60,750 acres were strung this year, an increase of 4 percent over 2020. All three ...
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USA, TX: Elder Son Brewing in soft opening phase

Robert Frye never thought he’d turn his homebrewing hobby into a career. But after 18 years in the oil and gas industry, including four downturns, he was ready for a ...
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Canada, BC: Beacon Brewing now open in Sydney, BC

A new family-owned brewery and taproom has announced that it is now open in Sidney, a town on the northern tip of Vancouver Island’s Saanich Peninsula, the Canadian Beer News ...
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Canada, ON: Toronto beer bar to officially launch its in-house brewery

Bar Volo, the oft-lauded Toronto beer bar that closed its original location in autumn 2016 and reopened in a spot around the corner three years later, has announced that it ...
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Canada, MB: Devil May Care Brewing to open its own location in downtown Winnipeg

Devil May Care Brewing has announced that after more than three years of brewing its beers under contract, it will soon be opening its own location in downtown Winnipeg, the ...
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