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What is the thing that beverage salespeople and their managers hate most about their jobs and are therefore the worst about procrastinating about it? I'll give you a hint: doctors [...]

Jay Hebert, the owner of Paper City Brewery in Holyoke, Massachusetts, turned a hobby into an award-winning brewery in 1996 and has enjoyed a profitable business ever since, turning out [...]

The American Antitrust Institute has been much in the news of late, with public statements and a white paper on the A-B Inbev/Modelo merger. The group has also recently released [...]

It is an exciting time for craft beer. Business is booming with new breweries opening nationwide and more established brewers expanding into new markets. In fact, it seems like a [...]

The National Beer Wholesalers Association, in coordination with the Beer Industry Electronic Commerce Coalition (BIECC), has released a study on the issue of global data synchronization (GDS) and the importance [...]

The Journal and Courier, a newspaper published in Lafayette, Indiana wrote last week that 'Beer barons win big as rule sunsets.' The Journal lamented the demise of the rule 'that [...]

After a story about rolling back the beer tax went out on the Associated Press wire two weeks ago, some local newspaper have picked up on the story. In the [...]

The Master Brewers Association of the Americas and McNab, Incorporated announce the winner of the MBAA 2001 Presidential Award to be Mr. H. A. Teass, Jr. for his paper entitled [...]

The Brewers Association of America (BAA), the trade association which represents small brewers who produce fewer than 2 million barrels of beer annually, is deeply concerned about the distributor contracts [...]

A package that is likened to 'a miniature vending machine in your refrigerator' is now available through packaging giant Riverwood International. According to the company, the new Fridge Vendor 12-pack [...]

Great Britain's Rexam PLC has agreed to buy American National Can, the world's second-largest producer of aluminum beverage cans, for $2.1 billion. The deal announced last week will give the [...]

AP -- The AFL-CIO is threatening a boycott against Coors beer over a labor dispute at a Michigan packaging-materials plant in which the Coors family owns a controlling interest. Graphic [...]

A replacement worker at a Graphic Packaging Corp. plant was killed November 8th when a paper bale fell on him. Graphic Packaging Corp. is a spin-off of the Coors Brewing [...]

AP--Locked out union members at a Graphic Packaging Corp. plant in Kalamazoo, Mich., called for a boycott of Coors beer, the primary product of one of Graphic Packaging's major customers. [...]

Graphic Packaging International Corp. said last week that shareholders have approved a merger with packaging rival Riverwood International Corp. The new company, Graphic Packaging Corp., will be headquartered in Marietta, [...]

Coors Brewing Co. said last week it has extended an agreement to buy packaging products from a unit of Graphic Packaging International Corp. for another three months. Coors reported to [...]

Mead Packaging of Atlanta, Georgia, launched its new Mead Intelligen system at the Drinktec Interbrau show in Munich, Germany. According to the company, the system is designed to optimize packaging [...]

Information about several papers discussed at the National Conference of State Liquor Administrators Annual Conference on the role of beer distributors and state-based alcohol regulation held on June 16, 2009 in Nashville, Tennessee is presented.

The article explores the important role of beer in the U.S. colonial society. Frank Clark, historic foodways supervisor for Colonial Williamsburg Co., is leading an occasional program called "The Art and Mysteries of Brewing" which manifests the early brewing methods and talks about the place of beer in colonial society. Clark is also into making an 18th century-style beer and a research paper on colonial beer noting on the taste of Ale, who does the brewing, and the ingredients they use.

Storopack, Inc., of Cincinnati, OH, has introduced their patented PaperPlus Classic paper cushioning machines, which fashion two sheets of kraft paper together to form a protective paper mattress which protects [...]

The article focuses on the deal regarding sale of Grupo Modelo to Anheuser-Busch InBev SA that has been approved by Mexico antitrust authority and antitrust regulators in the United Kingdom. As mentioned, the deal is yet to be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice and American Antitrust Institute (AAI) has asked the department to stop the deal. According to AAI, if the deal happens, it will create anticompetitiveness in the U.S.

A paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research reports that brewery mergers can result in price spikes to the consumer, not the price efficiencies often claimed by the [...]

The article presents a graph depicting the performance of various beer categories in the U.S. supermarkets since 2008, a map showing the sales of craft beer in the U.S., and statistics on the top 10 craft beer styles in the country.

Last week, a Miller beer distributor in Racine, WI fired an employee whose picture appeared in the local paper. The employee, Isac Aguero, was pictured drinking a beer at a [...]

The article reports that No-Li Brewing Co. located in Spokane, Washington is encouraging its customers to consider a 22-ounce bottle of No-Li beer to its Christmas gift.

The article reports that Full Sail Brewing Co. located in Hood River, Oregon will release a new beer on its Brewer's Share Experimental line, called the "Lord of Darkness" that was brewed by brewer Gavin Lord.

The article reports on the deadline of entries for the British International Brewing Awards, saying that the judging for the competition will be held in Burton-upon-Trent, England on February 13-15, 2013.

The article reports that New Glarus Brewing Co. co-founder Deb Carey of New Glarus, Wisconsin has met with the U.S. President Barack Obama in a meeting of small business owners with the White House Business Council.

The article offers information on new 11.2 oz. bottle packing of Guinness Generous Ale, Guinness Black Lager and Guinness Draught from Guinness & Co.

The article evaluates the beer Budweiser by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV.

The article informs that chief executive officer of D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. Dick Yuengling has reported that their company is planning to build a new brewery.

The article reports that Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. changes its janitorial contracts for its 12 breweries across the U.S.

The article reports on the collaboration between PepsiCo Inc. and Anheusen-Busch Inbev NV for a joint project, which aims to reduce costs through combination of their acquisition processes.

The article focuses on the relaunch of Hudy 14-K Cicinnati beer in September 2009 from the Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co., a subsidiary of Christian Moerlein Brewing Co.

The article reports that bar operators have received approval from Great Britain's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to continue to conduct business as tied houses, which means that they can take beer exclusively from their main suppliers.

Information on papers discussed at the Master Brewers Association of the Americas (MBAA) District Rocky Mountain summer meeting on August 19, 2009 is presented, which include topic on the history of the Wild Mountain Smokehouse and Brewery in Nederland, Colorado owned by Tom Boogaard.

The article announces the plan of the University of California, Davis to construct a state-of-the-art building that focuses on wine, beer and food science research and will be named August A. Busch III Brewing in honor of August A. Busch for his contributions in the brewing industry.

The article announces the new seafood line of Icelandic USA Inc.

The article discusses the plan of Barth-Haas Group to give grants for hop research projects.

The article discusses how the Forum of Private Business criticizes Diageo and InBev for modifying their payment terms with small suppliers.

The article evaluates the low-calorie light blond ale from Redhook Ale Brewery Inc.

An interview with Jeff Coleman, owner of Paulaner Hacker-Pschorr company, is presented. When asked about how the business' turnaround is going, he says that the retail distribution is back in the course though it takes time to rebuild a strong and fully supportive distributor. He states the advantages of authentic beer from original brewery such as higher, sustainable pricing and margin. He also mentions that in competing with craft brands, they revert into small universal strategy.

An interview with Tom Cardella, chief executive officer (CEO) of MillerCoors LLC, is presented. He discusses the success of the company's new specialty beers featured at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) in Colorado in 2010. He admits that the company owns a craft brewery that could put out close to 50,000 barrels. He mentions how he ties small breweries together.

An interview with Larry Bell, founder of Kalamazoo Brewing Co. Inc., one of the largest craft breweries in the Midwest in the 1990s, is presented. Bell provides details on the company's anniversary celebration which included a wholesaler dinner and a tour to the production brewery. He discusses why consumers continued to drink craft beer despite the recession. He also mentions the reduction of prices of craft beer in the summer of 2010.

Anheuser-Busch has quietly removed the paper top that has long shrouded bottles of Michelob and Michelob Light, ending a 40-year packaging tradition. Bob Franceschelli, marketing director of Michelob beer and [...]

In papers filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan this week, Major League Baseball (MLB) claims that Anheuser-Busch InBev is two-timer that jilted its loyal baseball partner for a fresh, [...]

Note: The following story recently went out on the Associated Press national wire and was picked up by many regional papers: AP--The alcoholic-beverage industry is pressing Congress to lower the [...]

An interview with Jim Koch, founder of Boston Beer Co. Inc., is presented. When asked if how did the partnership of his company and Weihenstephan began, he said that the German company wanted to make a new kind of beverage with Boston Beer which motivated it to organize a deal with him. He also adds that his company and its partner had a good business relationship. Moreover, he provides details on Infinium, a beer which was developed under the partnership of Boston Beer and Weihenstephan.

An interview with Rich Lozyniak, chief executive officer of North American Breweries Inc. (NAB), is presented. He says that the 24-ounce can line at Genesee Brewery will allow the company to have a presence in new markets. He emphasizes that KPS Capital Partners LP is interested in bringing lean manufacturing to the business. He stresses that NAB will not tamper the identity of IBU brand, instead preserve it as what NAB done with other brands it acquires.

An interview with Rich Doyle, the co-founder of the Mass Bay Brewing Co. also known as Harpoon Brewery, is presented. When asked on the next move of their company, he mentions on the revival of the American beer culture such as beer halls, great pubs, and beer gardens. Doyle also believes that commitment and luck has helped the company survived through the tough years. He adds that craft brewery is a great industry where he spent his entire working career.