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Brew Monkey Miller Coors Now One
July 01, 2008 - SABMiller and Molson Coors Brewing Company announced yesterday the closing of the transaction
Boston Brews at New Brewery
July 01, 2008 - The Boston Beer Co. has finished extensive renovations and began rolling out products at its newly acquired Pennsylvania Brewery
Rejected
June 26, 2008 - Anheuser-Busch is set to reject Belgian brewer InBev's $46.3 billion unsolicited takeover offer
Miller Craft Lite on Hold
June 23, 2008 - Miller Brewing has delayed its plans to begin national distribution of the Miller Lite Brewers Collection.
Read This - if You Sell Beer in CA
June 17, 2008 - The California Board of Equalization is requiring brewers who sell beer in the state to file a form
InBev Sweet Talks A-B
June 17, 2008 - Carlos Brito, chief executive of Belgian-Brazilian brewing giant InBev, said all the right things in his bid to woo August Busch IV at Anheuser-Busch
Craft Goes Prime Time
June 11, 2008 - Sam Calagione will join Marnie Old, co-author with Calagione of the new book "He Said Beer, She Said Wine," on NBC's "The Today Show" this Thursday in the 10 o'clock hour.
Done Deal
June 06, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Justice closed its investigation of a proposed joint venture between Molson Coors Brewing Co. and Miller Brewing Co.
Fosters at $57 a Pop
June 04, 2008 - Foster's has created a limited edition beer that will sell for $57.00 for a 750ml bottle.
Merger Mania
June 04, 2008 - Portland-based Columbia Distributing Co., Portland-based Mt. Hood Beverage Co. and Medford-based Gold River Distributing announced that they plan to merge
RealBeer Google The Belgians Want Bud? I'll Drink to That. - Washington Post
Reuters The Belgians Want Bud? I'll Drink to That.Washington Post, United States - Jul 5, 2008Now more bad news gnaws at what's left of our summer bliss: Budweiser -- our Budweiser, a beer as American as...
Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 litres of beer - Reuters South ...
Irish woman seeks "husband" for 120 litres of beer Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 20 hours agoShe did not make the gold, but said she would keep trying until the title and the beer was hers. &quo...
Beer sustains economies of Wisconsin communities - Appleton Post Crescent
Beer sustains economies of Wisconsin communitiesAppleton Post Crescent, USA - 9 hours agoCurrently, Wisconsin has 10571 drinking establishments that operate with beer -liquor licenses, according to Jessica Iver...
No beer here - Chicago Tribune
No beer hereChicago Tribune, United States - 11 hours ago... closed the venerable Latrobe Brewery, which for generations had produced the excellent Rolling Rock beer , and moved the operation out of state.
Fans give up beer, franks - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald Fans give up beer , franksCalgary Herald, Canada - 11 hours agoHe is, however, cutting back on hot dogs and beer at the relatively expensive concession stands at Wrigley Field. "I try to spe...
A place for meditation and beer-drinking at Rothbury - MLive.com
MLive.com A place for meditation and beer -drinking at RothburyMLive.com, MI - 15 hours ago... or adding to the display with materials from the forest floor, or laying flat on the path, resting a beer on a belly,...
Game commission report: Kidnapped raccoon, flaming beer bottle ... - Pocono R...
Game commission report: Kidnapped raccoon, flaming beer bottle ... Pocono Record, PA - 10 hours ago“There were several men and women standing around the blazing fire, and I noticed one individual in particular...
Public smoking ban hits pubs' beer sales - guardian.co.uk
Public smoking ban hits pubs' beer salesguardian.co.uk, UK - 17 hours agoPubs have sold 175 million fewer pints in the past year as a direct result of the smoking ban, according to market analysts AC Nielse...
NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures - The Associated Press
The Associated Press NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gesturesThe Associated Press - Jul 5, 2008The town also has a "zero tolerance" policy for noise violations, and even leaving empty bottles or b...
Coors to brew far from Rockies - Denver Post
Coors to brew far from RockiesDenver Post, CO - 12 hours agoAd executives could only shake their heads in envy as they witnessed the development of the Coors cachet — a phenomenon born of the beer's high-...
Google The Belgians Want Bud? I'll Drink to That. - Washington Post
Reuters The Belgians Want Bud? I'll Drink to That.Washington Post, United States - Jul 5, 2008If Adolphus Busch, the German immigrant who transformed his father-in-law's no-account brewery into one of t...
No beer here - Chicago Tribune
No beer hereChicago Tribune, United States - 11 hours ago... closed the venerable Latrobe Brewery , which for generations had produced the excellent Rolling Rock beer , and moved the operation out of state.
Sean D'Souza: Add a touch of zing and you're laughing - New Zealand H...
Sean D'Souza: Add a touch of zing and you're laughingNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - A Viennese brewery promised a lifelong supply of beer to any Austrian player who scored a goal in their remaining E...
Beer: Author bubbles with love for brew - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pittsburgh Post Gazette Beer : Author bubbles with love for brewPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Jul 2, 2008It's all handsomely arranged with chapters on regional trends (Pittsburgh's Penn Brewery's beer...
Buzz growing for Point - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Buzz growing for PointMilwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - 16 hours agoBrewery co-owner Joe Martino lifts a glass of beer in front of the logo. The brewery that became Stevens Point Brewery was founded a year befor...
McCain: Cut tax for beer heiress - Tampabay.com
McCain: Cut tax for beer heiressTampabay.com, FL - Jul 5, 2008The Arizona senator took great pains to indicate that the tax holiday would not be available to all brewery heiresses, "Just those with a net ...
Beer spokesmen - Iowa City Press Citizen
Beer spokesmenIowa City Press Citizen, IA - 10 hours ago... the eighth annual Tour De Brew, a 35-mile warm-up for RAGBRAI with beer stops along the way. Cyclists started and ended at Millstream Brewery in Aman...
Coors to brew far from Rockies - Denver Post
Coors to brew far from RockiesDenver Post, CO - 12 hours ago... for just 0.5 percent of US beer shipments, compared with 8 percent for Coors Light. "Basically, Coors is not a unique brewery anymore," ...
Brewers toast real ale success - Norwich Evening News
expressandstar.com Brewers toast real ale successNorwich Evening News, UK - 11 hours agoLesley George, a partner of the Humpty Dumpty brewery in Reedham, said: “Business is going very well and we are busy, we ...
Beer sustains economies of Wisconsin communities - Appleton Post Crescent
Beer sustains economies of Wisconsin communitiesAppleton Post Crescent, USA - 9 hours agoThe Beer Institute’s data, which shows almost double the number of brewery jobs, is higher because it includes importe...
Google The Belgians Want Bud? I'll Drink to That. - Washington Post
Reuters The Belgians Want Bud? I'll Drink to That.Washington Post, United States - Jul 5, 2008In the late 19th century, British syndicates snapped up dozens of American beermakers, including the then-iconic ...
Coors to brew far from Rockies - Denver Post
Coors to brew far from RockiesDenver Post, CO - 12 hours agoBut he's disillusioned by consolidation in the beer industry, and particularly by the prospect of cross-brewing in Coors and Miller facilities. .....
No beer here - Chicago Tribune
No beer hereChicago Tribune, United States - 11 hours ago... Anheuser-Busch bought the Latrobe Brewing Co., closed the venerable Latrobe Brewery, which for generations had produced the excellent Rolling Rock be...
Brewing up success - Fitchburg pride
Brewing up successFitchburg pride, NJ - 2 hours agoThe beer vendors lining the perimeter on the tent stayed busy, but with 16 different tables to visit, there was never a long line at any one table, ...
World's Top Brewery Tours - Forbes
Forbes World's Top Brewery ToursForbes, NY - Jul 1, 2008Herz credits the evolution of the American beer drinker's palate to the advent of home brewing in 1978. It was this year that President Jimmy Cart...
Flying Dog moves HQ to Maryland; CEO to stay - Rocky Mountain News
Flying Dog moves HQ to Maryland; CEO to stayRocky Mountain News, CO - Jul 4, 2008Flying Dog began brewing beer in Maryland in 2006. Increased costs for raw materials such as hops, malt and glass prompted the re...
Boston Beer links with a nonprofit - Boston Globe
Boston Globe Boston Beer links with a nonprofitBoston Globe, United States - Jun 29, 2008So Koch did the only thing he could think to do: In addition to brewing beer , making sales, and minding the books, he spen...
Galway archaeologists to demonstrate ancient Irish beer making at UCD - Galwa...
Galway archaeologists to demonstrate ancient Irish beer making at UCDGalway Advertiser, Ireland - Jul 3, 2008... and experimental evidence, they believe that, although probably multifunctional in nature, a prim...
Beer may become the new gas, in price - News 8 Austin
News 8 Austin Beer may become the new gas, in priceNews 8 Austin, TX - 1 hour ago"Recipes have definitely had to change some," Jesse Williams at the New Albanian Brewing Company in New Albany said. W...
Trouble Brewing for Craft Beer Makers - BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek Trouble Brewing for Craft Beer MakersBusinessWeek - Jul 3, 2008More than ever, brewers must spend less time brewing and more time running their businesses. "Profitability is something a lot of compa...
Beer News Police BlotterSpartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), SC - 4 minutes agoAn...
Daily Press, VA -Anheuser-Busch has archives of sales material dating to the turn of the 20th century advocating beer and food pairings. Those archives also contain a ... ::
We aim to please. So can you please aim?Aspen Times, CO - 8 minutes agoIt was...
Seattle Times, United States -Police questioned Williams about an hour after the stabbing after finding him at a nearby bus shelter drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, the same beer found ... ::
Woes brewing for Germans?Philadelphia Daily News, PA - 13 minutes agoSome bre...
Houston Chronicle, United States -Some breweries have already raised prices, and many others say they will follow later this year. The director of the famous HofbrA
uhaus beer hall in Munich ... ::
Trustee presses Van Dyck caseAlbany Times Union, NY - 6 minutes agoBy ALAN WE...
Prague Daily Monitor, Czech Republic -His words were confirmed by Mike Short, CEO of the largest Czech brewery Plzensky Prazdroj, at a news conference Tuesday. Exports make up more than 18 ... ::
Regulating under the influence: Canada's competition watchdog ...National Pos...
Brisbane Times, Australia -Beer and spirit prices are also expected to rise. The tax on the average slab of beer will go up by about 24 cents. At the same time, consumer demand for ... ::
Praj Inds announce Q3 PAT grows by 20%; 9 mths PAT up 60%Moneycontrol.com (pr...
Aspen Times, CO -Beer? Fun? Ask a few of the tens of thousands who attended last weekendA
s events, and their answers will undoubtedly vary. But pose the same question to ... ::
Food for lifeLos Angeles Times, CA - 2 minutes agoBut the quality at lesser o...
National Post, Canada -How many bottles of beer stats can the bureau drink before it reaches a decision on the beer industry. Judge Mactavish reviewed the bureau's drinking habits ... ::
Going GeekPop City, PA - 20 minutes agoThey crowd into a dark corner of the C...
ChartAttack, Canada -By John Papamarko "Fuck Mississauga" was the sentiment shouted by a boisterous fan "rehydrating" in the beer cage. It was a sentiment shared by many who ... ::
The Beer Nut: Rivalry spills overMilford Daily News, USA - 21 minutes agoIn ...
Herald News Daily, ND -Some breweries have already raised prices, and many others say they will follow later this year. "This is not about profit, itA
s about cost increase," ... ::
Wife Guilty Of Anti-Freeze Murder Bid4ni.co.uk, UK - 16 minutes agoKate Knigh...
MSN Money -A pair of those brewers -- Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. and Redhook Ale Brewery -- decided in November to join forces. Anheuser-Busch held a minority stake ... ::
Officer Is Recovering After Man Allegedly Attacked HimWYMT, KY - 1 minute ago...
Turkish Press, MI -or a derivative thereof, eager Americans will down a shot of an alcoholic beverage or take a couple of swigs of beer. If he breaks down in tears on speaking ... ::
Officer Is Recovering After Man Allegedly Attacked HimWYMT, KY - 3 minutes ag...
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany -In our case it is the total amount of the market covered by a title in the last whole year, for example, in UK Beer 2005, all the beer consumed in the UK in ... ::
Oskar Blues Brewery Enters South Carolina MarketBeerAdvocate.com, MA - 59 min...
iNSnet, Netherlands -Because beer is a natural product, the company's efforts in this area initially focused on environmental impacts -- water consumption, energy consumption ... ::
Heineken Makes Sustainability a Natural FitGreenBiz, CA - 2 hours agoBecause ...
RedOrbit, TX -Everything from beer kegs to air-conditioning parts to sprinkler equipment to doors, windows, gutters and siding gets stolen and sold for scrap at a tiny ... ::
I'm Fat. You're Fat. And Your Kids Are Fat, Too.USA Daily - 1 hour agoIf you ...
TheReporter.com, CA -For group sales in advice, call 1- 800-569-2832 ) Gardening in containers such as pots, boxes, or barrels can enliven a deck or patio and provide a green ... ::
just drinks US: Anheuser-Busch hits back at InBev criticism
Anheuser-Busch this week responded to speculation about its future in a letter to its employees amidst the ongoing takeover dispute with InBev.
just the round-up - The week in drinks
The top ten most visited stories on just-drinks this week included news on V&S and A-B and cost pressures at Cott, whilst whisky dominated the spirits headlines.
UK: Diageo to test new Smirnoff flavours
Diageo has begun trialling two new vodka flavours in a select number of pubs and bars in the UK.
FRANCE: Packaging revamp for Champagne Jacquart
Champagne Jacquart has revamped the packaging of its two core ranges, Mosaïque and Tradition.
UK: Thatchers Cider in Old Rascal re-launch
Thatchers Cider is re-launching its Old Rascal, one of the brewer's original ciders, in the UK.
US: Go Fast Sports makes management appointment
Go Fast Sports and Beverage Company has appointed Kevin Conrad as executive vice president and director of North American sales and distribution.
US: Anheuser-Busch extends Cubs' partnership
Anheuser-Busch has extended its marketing relationship with The Chicago Cubs through to 2013.
CHILE: Wine exports up in year so far - figures
Chilean wine exports have risen in both volume and value terms in the first five months of 2008, according to local reports.
US: The Pocket Shot Company expands into Europe
The Pocket Shot Company has entered into an alliance with spirits distributor Pocket Distribution in Europe.
US: NutriPure Beverages to acquire XND Technologies
NutriPure Beverages has signed a letter of intent to acquire XND Technologies.
UK: Greene King delivers robust full year, despite pressures
UK Brewer and pub operator Greene King saw its like-for-like beer sales drop nearly 3% in the off trade, an indication of the current pressure on brewers.
Taking Fairtrade wine to the next level
Fairtrade wine may have some way to go to catch up with flagship Fairtrade categories like coffee, tea and bananas, but it is showing growth across a number of markets, and strategists believe that as the sector scales up reservations raised by some wine critics over the quality of the wines will diminish. Ben Cooper reports.
IRELAND: Coca-Cola plans new plant in Wexford
The Coca-Cola Company is to submit a planning application for the building of a manufacturing and innovation facility in Wexford, Ireland.
CHINA: Beijing Yanjing share issue approved
Beijing Yanjing Brewery is to issue between 85m and 110m new shares with a value of at least Y17.88 (US$2.61) a share, after receiving approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission, local press reported.
US: Boo Koo raises US$1m in private placement
Boo Koo Holdings has raised US$1m through the issuance of subordinated notes in a private placement financing in which director Gil Cassagne and other accredited investors participated.