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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At Kohler Distributing Co., a 6-million-case beer and wine wholesaler based in Hawthorne, N.J., USA, the economic downturn prompted the company to undertake several initiatives over the past [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sometimes, being at the right place at the right time is all it takes. For an accountant named Norman Morrison, opportunity came knocking when his employer expressed difficulty [...]

The Financial Times ran a video interview last week with SABMiller Chief Graham Mackay on their FT.com site. Mr. Mackay noted that the global economic turmoil is causing slower sales [...]

SABMiller reports it may hold off on expansion projects in developing markets, given higher costs and reduced demand. In a conference call, CEO Graham Mackay pointed to 'volatile and unpredictable [...]

At the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) Conference in Scottsdale, AZ, this week, top A-B executives expressed confidence in the improving outlook for the company. 'We have restored [...]

AP -- The Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar was celebrating its 110th anniversary this week, with its director saying Wednesday the company still hoped to reach new markets despite its long [...]

Anheuser-Busch announced this past week that its breweries in Fort Collins, Colo., and Jacksonville, Fla., are joining the company's ongoing effort to package and deliver millions of cans of safe [...]

Labatt Breweries of Canada, a subsidiary of InBev, announced this week that it would soon undertake one of the largest expansion projects in its London brewery's 158-year history.' Labatt did [...]

Anheuser-Busch Cos. reaffirmed its 2005 earnings outlook at a meeting in St. Louis this week, saying it is confident in restoring growth despite a continued decline in U.S. beer sales. [...]

Warren Buffett, the noted investor, and the world's second richest person, called his recent investment in Anheuser-Busch, an entry into a 'fascinating' industry that nevertheless may not generate quick payoffs [...]

The brewery that is now known as The Lion started out as the Luzerne County Brewing Company, in Wilkes-Barre, PA in 1905. Luzerne survived Prohibition, producing soft drinks, but it [...]

AP--Beer isn't the only thing coming to a head at Pittsburgh Brewing Co. A dispute with local sewer and water authorities is, too, after the brewery's attorney said it likely [...]

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. reports that it has achieved first quarter 2005 diluted earnings per share of $.27, an $.18 increase over the same period last year. Net revenue [...]

Molson Coors Brewing Co. will start making and selling beer in Russia later this spring. The brewer expects to spend $16 million over the next four years to market Coors [...]

AP--Long a Wall Street darling for churning out double-digit earnings per share quarter after quarter, Anheuser-Busch Cos. has fallen on flatter times as it duels to defend its market share [...]

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. reports that it posted full year earnings per diluted share of $0.86 in 2004, a 22.3% increase over the prior year. The brewer reports that [...]

Molson Coors Brewing Company today announced that the company will close its brewery in Memphis, Tennessee, in early 2007. The brewery employs 410 people. The closure is among the initiatives [...]

Anheuser-Busch, Inc., the U.S. beer subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Cos., Inc., has reported it increased U.S. beer shipments to wholesalers to 103 million barrels in 2004--up 400,000 barrels or 0.4 percent [...]

Asia Pacific Breweries, the maker of Tiger beer, has received approval to expand its production capacity in Vietnam. The capacity of the Asia Pacific brewery outside Hanoi will be increased [...]

Big Rock Brewery Income Trust has announced a distribution of C$0.09 per trust unit. The payment will be made on 15 December to unit-holders of record on 30 November. The [...]

AP--Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. on Tuesday reaffirmed its earnings outlook for 2004, projecting a sixth straight year of double-digit earnings per share growth. In a presentation to investors and analysts in [...]

Denmark's Carlsberg A/S has had to revise its expectations for 2004 following what it called disappointing figures from its Swedish business which it said could not be compensated for by [...]

Denmark's Carlsberg is shifting resources from its mature markets in Europe towards Asia, where young and rapidly growing populations present opportunity for beer sales growth. Carlsberg CEO Nils Andersen told [...]

The independent UK brewer and pub-owner Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries said today that trading over the summer months has been strong, following the good first half-year performance reported in May. [...]

The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery of Farmville, NC, reports it will focus its efforts on dark beers. The brewery opened in late August, selling Duck-Rabbit Porter, Brown Ale, Amber Ale and [...]

Big Rock Brewery Income Trust will increase its monthly cash distribution by C$0.01, to C$0.09 per trust unit. The increase will take effect for the September, 2004 distribution paid to [...]

The Danish brewer Carlsberg has said that its full year earnings will be hit by the poor weather across Western Europe this summer. The company made the statement while unveiling [...]

Lion Nathan has posted a rise in H1 net profit slightly above expectations. The Australian brewer, which had expected flat profit, announced today that net profit before one-off items rose [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] VITAL STATS BEST BEERS, INC. CEO: John Miller HEADQUARTERS: Bloomington, Ind., USA EMPLOYEES: 34 ANNUAL SALES: US$15 million GOALS: To continue to distribute the best brands available to [...]

VITAL STATS CITY BREWING CO., LLC PRESIDENT/CEO/PRINCIPAL: George Park III HEADQUARTERS: La Crosse, Wis., USA EMPLOYEES: 400 CASE VOLUME: 30 million GOALS: To be the premier contract beverage producer. [ILLUSTRATION [...]

SABMiller, one of the world's leading brewers, is setting out to reduce fossil fuel emissions from its beers by 50 percent per liter of beer produced by 2020. The company [...]

The trend toward more premium beers has extended to the land Down Under thanks to a growing base of consumers looking for better quality brews and new styles of beer. [...]

The folks who run the Anheuser-Busch distributor Premium Beers of Oklahoma could spend all of their time complaining, 'Gee, everyone else has it so easy.' After all, Premium Beers has [...]

Adolph Coors Co. said its fourth-quarter earnings rose 79 percent as higher prices, improved European sales and favorable foreign exchange rates helped it more than offset a decline in U.S. [...]

Carlsberg is reinforcing the Spanish heritage of its San Miguel brand with a packaging revamp and 7m [pounds sterling] marketing push. The design across the can, bottle and multipack formats [...]

Pilsner Urquell will tee off its marketing efforts this summer with a golf campaign after signing a deal to become the official beer of the Open Championship. The Czech lager [...]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- Heineken USA has acquired the rights to import, market and sell Newcastle Brown Ale in the United States. The company said this move will serve as [...]

ST. LOUIS, MO. -- Anheuser-Busch Inc., the largest brewer in the United States with more than a 48-percent share of domestic beer sales, said almost 15 percent of all its [...]

Stout by name, lager by nature. It's a mix that has enabled Diageo-owned Guinness to continue leading the stout category. This has, however, left the rest of the category overly [...]

Euro Beers, the largest importer of speciality brews in the Irish Republic, has blamed its collapse on beer discounting by supermarkets, following the abolition of the controversial groceries order. The [...]

Brewer SABMiller is expecting beer sales in China to grow by double-digit percentages in the next few years. Andre Parker, MD for SABMiller Africa and Asia, told Reuters: 'Our expectation [...]

Brewer Fuller Smith & Turner sees a good future for the off-trade brands it has inherited from Hampshire-based brewer Gales, according to its beer and brands director John Roberts. Speaking [...]

Everyone knows that the national beverage of Germany is the beer, and the places where it is partaken of are quite a feature of the country. The varieties of beer [...]

Sports sponsorship remains a key strategic part of the commercial plans for Carlsberg UK. The company points to a year of healthy growth on key brands in 2004, driven in [...]

Scottish Courage hopes to challenge Hoegaarden's dominance of the white beer market with the launch of Kronenbourg Blanc in the off-trade, Managing director John Dunsmore said the company hoped to [...]

SABMiller has told analysts that its Miller Brewing Co. unit is now performing above expectations. SABMiller said Miller beer volumes dropped 2.7 percent in the 11 months through February, after [...]

AP--The Dutch brewing company Heineken said Wednesday its net profit was almost unchanged in 2003, as a rise in the value of the euro against other currencies hurt earnings. Net [...]