The Best Beers of 2016
As we enter the final months of 2016, our National Retailer Beer Panel looks back at the best brews they drank during this past year. These range from foreign beers produced by the likes of Cantillon or De Struise...
Anheuser-Busch Discontinues Oculto, Mixxtails, Other New Beers
Like first-season sitcoms that failed to catch on, a number of new beers from Anheuser-Busch that did not generate an audience will be pulled.
This according to an article this week from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The...
How Will President Trump Affect Mexican Beer?
The election season is over and America now knows its next president: Donald Trump.
So what does this mean for Mexican beer?
Trump, of course, spoke harshly of Mexico during his campaign for presidency. He disparagingly described...
AB InBev Buys Karbach Brewing Of Texas
Global drinks giant AB InBev has continued its strategy of scooping up craft breweries by buying Karbach Brewing of Houston, TX.
Karbach will join The High End, the business unit within Anheuser-Busch that focuses on craft and...
Constellation Brands Buys Grupo Modelo Brewery
Constellation Brands, Inc. announced today that it will submit to the U.S. Department of Justice a proposal to acquire a brewery operation from Grupo Modelo, a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Constellation Brands will pay $600 million...
MillerCoors Reports Third Quarter Growth Of 9.6%
Molson Coors Brewing Company today reported that MillerCoors third quarter underlying net income increased 9.6% to $377.5 million versus the same period in the prior year.
This increase was driven primarily by higher net pricing,...
The 2016 Beer Growth Brands: Fastest Growing Beers, Ciders and FMB Brands
The biggest story in beer this past year was soda—hard soda, to be exact. The success of Not Your Father’s Root Beer, which is categorized as a craft beer, started a craze for spiked...
Boston Beer Reports 14% Decline in Q3 2016 Results
Craft beer giant Boston Beer, makers of Sam Adams and Angry Orchard among other popular brands, reported a 14% decline in Q3 net revenue compared with 2015 Q3 results.
In a press release this week, the...
Our Beer Panel Reviews: German-Style Brews
Happy Octoberfest!
For our latest round of National Retailer Beer Panel reviews, we asked panelists to taste and rate German-style beers. These brews could be from anywhere, so long as they followed a German style.
These...
Brooklyn Brewery Sells Off Minority Stake To Kirin Brewery Of Japan
West will meet east in craft beer with this new deal.
The Japanese brewer Kirin announced yesterday on their website that they will acquire an approximately 24.5% stake in Brooklyn Brewery.
Under this partnership, Kirin will support the growth of...