Category Archives: beer

Legalization of Pot Could Cost Beer Industry 7.1% of Overall Sales

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

For years, sales of domestic light beer—once the undisputed king of American booze—have tanked as imbibers turn to craft brews, wine and spirits. Now an even bigger threat looms: the growing reality of legal, readily available and socially condoned marijuana.

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Keith Villa, Who Created Blue Moon, Retiring from MillerCoors

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Keith Villa, who created the recipe for Blue Moon, is retiring Jan. 5, after 30-plus years brewing for MillerCoors breweries and more than 20 years as the head brewmaster and global brand

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Summit Brewing IPA Collection Adds Three Flavors

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

New to the St. Paul, Minn., brewery’s portfolio are Summit Wee IPA, Summit Experimental Hop IPA, and Summit Imperial IPA.

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Can’t Sell Your Beer? Turn It into Fuel

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

Chemists at the University of Bristol in England have taken the first steps toward making sustainable gasoline using beer as a key ingredient.

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A-B Looks to Data to Solve Its Biggest Problem—Declining Sales

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

If we were Carlos Brito, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s ceo, we’d be deeply worried.  Sales and share keep slipping in the U.S. 

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Budweiser Provides Free Rides

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Donna Whitaker

AAA and Budweiser teamed to provide the free Tow to Go program for both AAA members and non-members in Florida who didn’t plan ahead for a designated driver, became inebriated and needed a safe ride home over the holidays.

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