The Brewers Association (BA), which represents US independent brewers, has released its annual top 50 list according to craft beer sales volume: along with an overall top 50 brewers list.
Non-alcoholic beer is competing in a number of categories, from conventional beer to craft ale and soft drink, Nirvana Brewery co-founder Becky Kean tells FoodNavigator. “Ideally, in the future, it will just be seen as another style of beer.”
The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (PMMI) has released a new report on machinery and automation trends among breweries and distilleries, who are scaling back on production goals and diversifying offerings to stay competitive.
The Brewers Association (BA) released its annual growth report this week: showing craft brewery volumes have increased by 4% and now account for 13.2% of the US beer market.
After the boom and subsequent plateauing of craft beer sales in the US, on-premise experiential drinking establishments are managing to draw in new customers. Brewpubs, taprooms and game-based bars all saw a surge in popularity in 2018.
After months of legal drama and a two-week trial between Pabst Brewing Co. and MillerCoors, the two beer giants settled a lawsuit last week. Pabst had alleged that MillerCoors, who brews and packages most of Pabst’s products, was attempting to put it...
The Brewers Association (BA) announced late last week that a grant of $900,000 has been awarded to the United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) for the 2018 fiscal year in support of hops research.
Today, 83% of Americans live within 10 miles of a local brewery. The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade association for US craft beer, looks back on the highlights of 2017 for the craft beer industry.
The Brewers Association (BA) has launched Take Craft Back: a tongue-in-cheek crowdsourcing campaign taking aim at AB InBev’s craft beer acquisition strategy by attempting to raise $213bn in pledges to 'purchase' the beer conglomerate.
You’ve heard it before: the alcohol in the beer kills any germs. For a while now, this notion has been treated as being more or less adequate safeguarding for brewers as far as food & beverage safety inspectors were concerned. But, the times they...
Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoors and Heineken USA are among the brewers in the US who have agreed to provide more information on beer labels, including calorie content and other nutritional information.
Bright Brewer's Yeast introduced four premium yeast varieties at Brau Beviale, which have been developed through selective breeding, ahead of a commercial launch in 2016.
The sheer diversity of Europe’s beer market is one of its biggest strengths: opening up the market to new consumers, and boosting export potential, according to The Brewers of Europe.
Dispatches from Canadean International Beer Strategies Conference, Amsterdam
Non-alcoholic beer is no longer seen as a product for abstinence but as a positive choice. And as consumption occasions grow and overlap those of soft drinks, experts suggest big soft drink players will have an increasing interest in the category.
Heineken, Carlsberg, SAB Miller, and AB InBev are backing a pledge from The Brewers of Europe, which commits to listing ingredients and nutritional information on beer.
Despite media reports that a growing number of North American craft brewers are reaching for cans, glass packaging giant O-I insists this isn’t a major trend, nor is it at the expense of glass bottles.
A new report into the role of brewery sponsorship of community and public events could help the industry fight against potential legislative threats, according to The Brewers of Europe.
A supplier of nitrogen generator systems claims that recent developments in its technology can help revolutionise and simplify supply and use of the gas during the brewing process.
Regionally made craft beer brands are retaining national and even global importance to some of the world’s largest brewers, as the industry raises concerns over possible declines in sales, say brewers' groups.
Cost will remain the key setback in adopting greener brewing initiatives like using spent yeast, brewing waste and even vegetable fats as alternative fuels, claims one brewer hoping to pioneer such technologies.
'Green' beer may not appear to be much of a priority for brewers,
but the industry is nonetheless having to wake up to the need for
sustainable production, a leading environmental group has said.
Herb and fruit infused beers are set to become a major growth
category for brewers facing dwindling sales of ale, according to
the manufacturer of a new range of natural flavours.
Heineken has landed the seventh largest fine ever handed out by EU
competition authorities, for a beer cartel it operated with other
brewers, including Grolsch and InBev.
UK brewing scientists have adapted Pursuit Dynamics' award-winning
processing technology for the drinks industry with early results
revealing substantial cost and energy savings for producers.
The recent move to ban beer advertising in Russia is just one of a
number of challenges facing brewers there, but a recent survey of
the country's leading operators suggests that most of them are
relishing the challenges to come....
It is over a month since the Russian authorities clamped down on
beer adverts, and the impact is already being felt. But there is
worse still to come for Russia's brewers, with the legislators
preparing more rules which will...
