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SABMiller Rejects A-B InBev’s $104 Billion Takeover Bid

SABMiller Rejects A-B InBev’s $104 Billion Takeover Bid

SABMiller, the world’s second-largest beer company, this morning rejected a third takeover bid, worth $104 billion, from the larger Anheuser-Busch InBev saying that the offer “substantially undervalues” the company. After a meeting, SABMiller’s 16-member board, excluding three directors nominated by U.S. tobacco company Altria Group Inc., its largest shareholder, formally considered and rejected A-B InBev’s third proposal of 42.15 pounds per share in cash (USD $64.49)

Stone Releases Coffee Milk Stout

Back for the cold(er) weather months, Stone Brewing Co. is releasing freshly brewed batches of Stone Coffee Milk Stout. While the recipe remains essentially the same, this year the bittersweet, creamy, coffee-laced stout has a slightly elevated alcohol content, ringing in at 5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV).

Two Roads and Evil Twin Collaborate on a ‘Two Evil’ Geyser Gose

Two Roads is proud to announce its first ever brewing collaboration with friend and contract brewing partner- Evil Twin Brewing. The story of this particular collaboration begins with an unlikely expedition down a road less traveled.

Otter Creek to Triple Capacity in Expansion

Otter Creek to Triple Capacity in Expansion

Otter Creek Brewing yesterday broke ground on an expansion that will more than triple its annual production capacity, ultimately making it Vermont’s largest brewery by volume.

Copperpoint Brewing Announces South Florida Distribution

The Boynton-Beach based craft brewery Copperpoint Brewing has announced distribution plans, partnering with Cavalier Distributing as their distributor for south Florida, specifically Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties.

Bear Republic Strikes Silver at 2015 GABF

Bear Republic Brewing Company® claimed a silver medal at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition, receiving their twenty-second medal overall. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest national beer competition that recognizes the most outstanding beers produced in the United States. The top three winners in each category were announced September 26 at the Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado.

Ireland’s Rye River Brewing Company Adding 150 Jobs

150 new jobs are to be based in a new state of the art craft brewery and visitor centre created by beer and cider business The Rye River Brewing Company in Celbridge, Co Kildare. The new jobs will be created over three years and along with the investment of €4m into the new plant and visitor centre will be worth an extra €12.5m to the local economy. The new positions will be spread across manufacturing, customer service, brewing, export, general operatives and management whilst up to 100 jobs will be generated in the construction of the new brewery plant and visitor centre which is hoped to open in late Spring 2016, subject to planning.

Narragansett Introduces Reanimator Helles Lager as Next Chapter in Lovecraft Series

Narragansett Beer today announces the release of Reanimator Helles Lager as the third installment in its Lovecraft Series of beers celebrating the works of famed horror author and Providence native, H.P. Lovecraft. The new brew inspired by Lovecraft’s classic tale, “Herbert West—Reanimator” brings life back to Narragansett’s previously retired Bock beer, a play on Dr. Herbert West’s obsession with resurrecting the dead.

The Lost Abbey to Release My Black Parade

In anticipation of Dia De Los Muertos and inspired by the profound flavors of Mexican Chocolate, The Lost Abbey will be releasing it’s newest and very limited celebratory creation; My Black Parade. Continuing The Lost Abbey’s trend in being inspired by worldly religious-based stories, My Black Parade tells the story of unrequited love being remembered each year on Dia De Los Muertos. A crowd of believers, that grows with each procession, making a yearly pilgrimage to an unmarked grave, waiting for true love to show up.

Fish Tale Beyond the Pale Ale Named ‘World’s Best Beer’

Fish Tale Ale’s Beyond the Pale Ale, produced by Fish Brewing Co in Olympia, WA was named the 2015 World’s Best Beer by the World Beer Awards. To receive this award, the beer was first judged in a regional style heat in America. Winners from all regions including Asia and Europe were then tasted against each other to select the World’s Best Style. From these world winners, the World’s Best Categories beers were selected, from which the World’s Best Beer is selected.

MadTree Brewing Releases Citra High

MadTree Brewing begins a new round of distribution of the extremely popular Citra High, part of its ‘High’ series of Imperial IPAs.

Crown Packaging Reevaluates Its Craft Business

Crown Packaging Reevaluates Its Craft Business

After aggressively adding more than 350 craft beer clients in 18 months, Crown Beverage Packaging — a leading supplier of aluminum cans for beverage manufacturers — is now struggling to keep up with demand from the very customers it sought, and is considering altering the ways it services craft customers. Over the last week, Crown began informing a number of craft breweries that it would no longer be able to fill orders of printed aluminum cans, Brewbound has learned.

Stone Releases Stone Brewing Co. Releases 24 Carrot Golden Ale

ESCONDIDO, CA – To highlight the homebrewing talent that helps foster innovation among the craft beer community, Stone Brewing Co. hosts an annual Stone Homebrew Competition & American Homebrewers Association (AHA) Rally. This year’s prize-winning contender was created by Juli Goldenberg, QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity) homebrew club member and founder of the San… Read more »