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ORION TOWNSHIP. MI - Ten years ago Powers Distributing saw what appeared to be an oncoming wave of craft beer. Keen on riding that wave, the metro Detroit distributor launched a subsidiary, International Beverage Company. Last week, Powers ...
Read More »Cargill buys Australia’s biggest beer malter
Minnetonka-based Cargill is a large global producer of barley malt for beer and other alcoholic drinks, but it does not have a presence in the Australian malting market. Cargill is buying Joe White Maltings, which has seven plants and supplies brewers ... and more »
Read More »Why Are American Drinkers Turning Against Beer?
Gallup's new alcoholic preferences survey, summed up in the image above, finds that beer's lead over wine has slipped by 20 percentage points since the early 1990s. But the demographic breakdown is even more brutal. Young drinkers and nonwhite ... Americans Now Love Wine as Much as BeerPacific Standard all 2 news articles »
Read More »Sorry lite beer: Some getting ‘tired of the taste’
Bad spring weather and a sluggish economy have been cited by brewers such as Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors as reasons for the recent poor sales of some of their flagship light beer brands. But a couple of new surveys might give greater cause for ... and more »
Read More »Dakotas rank as top beer-drinking states
Tip a cap or take a gulp: but either way, folks in the Dakotas have a new claim to fame - they reside in two of America's top beer-drinking states. The Beer Institute, a trade organization that represents the $246.5 billion beer industry, recently ...
Read More »Ken Grossman: How He Built Sierra Nevada One Beer At A Time
Ken established Sierra Nevada back in 1980 when he showed his friend the basics of homebrewing beer. He began brewing five-gallon batches of beer on his own and soon became a proficient homebrewer. In 1976, Ken opened his own store, The Home ...
Read More »Postal Service would love to ship you beer
In its ongoing quest to find new revenue streams, the Postal Service is hinting that Congress should make it legal to use the mail to ship beer, wine and liquor -- which competitors such as Fed Ex (FDX, Fortune 500) and UPS (UPS, Fortune 500) can ... and more »
Read More »Battle of the Beers 2013: Firehouse Grill crowns champion in local beer …
BLUE ASH, Ohio -- The votes are in and the judges have spoken. Cincinnati has a new leader when it comes to local craft beer. The Firehouse Grill in Blue Ash held a “Battle of the Beers” competition on Sunday featuring almost all of the Cincinnati-area ...
Read More »Cruyff: Germans were stronger because they drank more beer
Netherlands legend Johan Cruyff is surprised by recent claims about systematic doping use in West Germany in the 1960s and 1970s and joked that he thought their impressive fitness was down to drinking plenty of beer. A recent investigation by the ... and more »
Read More »Is Japan’s Beer Market Set to Fizz on Abenomics?
Japan's long-stagnant beer market may have finally started picking up in the wake of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's pro-growth economic policies, known as “Abenomics.” But it's hard to be sure just yet, given that shipments actually fell in the first half ... and more »
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