Heineken has seen worldwide volume growth of its namesake lager grow by 8.3 percent. This is the best in a decade, according to FoodBev Media. This translates to a venue growth of nearly six percent in 2019 to 23.89 million euros (CA$34.62 million). During 2019, Heineken saw double-digit growth in more than 40 markets, include…
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Beer sales are dropping in China as restaurants, bars, and nightclubs shut down over fears of the coronavirus. According to Fortune, Danish brewer Carlsberg said a segment of its China beer sales has been “significantly impacted” by the outbreak. Reuters has reported that AB Inbev has suspended production at its Wuhan brewery. The various company…
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Rob Fink is founder and producer of award-winning non-alcoholic craft beer, Big Drop Brewing. Fink is dedicated to making great beers that are no more than 0.5% ABV (0.4% in Ontario). Fink is no stranger to challenging well-established business models. As a lawyer in 2016, aged 38 and having just become a father – he found himself bucking…
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It only makes sense. For years drinkers have been combining alcohol with the caffeine buzz of Red Bull. Now it’s coming to you in a can of hard coffee. According to Thrillist, canned hard coffee will be THE drink of 2020, saying that it is “like a pair of sneakers that go with your entire…
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Last year was not a good one for Canadian breweries, with demand dropping by four percent, the largest one-year reduction since National Prohibition from 1918-1920, according to Sylvain Charlebois and reported by the Cape Breton Post. Data from AC Nielson states that while 15-years-ago, beer accounted for 50 percent of all Canadian alcohol sales, this…
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An obscure tool used to warm beer on cold winter nights in Central Europe could make a come-back when drinkers realize what else it can do. According VinePair, the beer warmer is called a bierwärmer in German – or ohříváček in Czech. The warmer is “a narrow metal tube with a hanger,” says Aleš Dočkal,…
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One of the big USA style movers in 2020 will be “softer-on-the-palate juicy IPA” as opposed to IPAs that have a strong distinction between malts and hops. This is according to a new article in The Beer Connoisseur which drew its data from market research firm IRI Worldwide. Leading the way forward with this is…
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Labatt Breweries of Canada, owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, has acquired Banded Peak Brewing Ltd. According to the Calgary Herald, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Banded Peak operates a taproom and brewery in southeast Calgary, an area some refer to as the “Barley Belt”. The small craft brewery, founded in 2016, is known for…
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A record number of chickens have given up their wings to allow Americans to engage in their favourite pastime this Sunday – watching the Super Bowl and eating hot wings. To put that in perspective, if Kansas City Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid ate three wings per minute, it would take him about 900 years to…
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Tenth and Blake Beer Company, the U.S. craft division of Molson Coors has acquired Detroit-based Atwater Brewery. The brewery is highly regarded in the Michigan craft beer community for its traditional German-style lagers and unique ales. “The agreement with Tenth and Blake is both the culmination of our past and the catapult to our future,”…
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