Anheuser-Busch InBev

CANarchy-owned Deep Ellum Brewing and Oskar Blues are now selling beer-to-go in Texas after a federal judge sided with the company in a legal dispute with the state’s regulatory agency.

Anheuser-Busch InBev will invest $1 billion over the next two years in its U.S. facilities, with part of the investment directed at improving its hard seltzer production capabilities.

Anheuser-Busch is dipping into Bud Light’s past for the light beer brand’s 2021 Super Bowl ad.

The first major beer drinking occasion of the year is less than a week away as nearly 100 million viewers are expected to tune into Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on February 7. How big is the Super Bowl for the industry? “It is still a big deal for Q1 volumes and is a big jump compared to other weeks in Q1,” National Beer Wholesalers Association chief economist Lester Jones said.

Today, Anheuser-Busch (A-B) is announcing an agreement to sell its Houston-based Longhorn Glass manufacturing facility to longtime partner Ardagh Group, a worldwide leading glass manufacturer. The agreement will help to ensure the long-term health and viability of the Longhorn facility, which supplies bottles to A-B’s Houston brewery.

Anheuser-Busch InBev will use some of its 4 minutes of Super Bowl ad time to push one of its big hard seltzer bets of the year: Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade.

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Budweiser brand won’t be featured during Super Bowl LV for the first time in 37 years, the world’s largest beer manufacturer announced today in revealing its advertising plans for the February 7 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Adam Warrington, who led Anheuser-Busch’s corporate social responsibility team for nearly three years, has left the world’s largest beer manufacturer.

With the hard tea craze on the brink of explosion, Owl’s Brew, a first of its kind, boozy tea, is launching its new Par-Tea Pack 2 ($10.99 per pack; 4.8% alc/vol) in mid-March with three flavors, including Matcha with hints of pineapple and chamomile, White Tea, Raspberry & Watermelon, and a new flavor, Jasmine, Blueberry & Lemon.

Golden Road Brewing has released Passion Wolf Hazy IPA, a fruited hazy IPA with passion fruit, marking the California-inspired brewery’s first official release of the new year.

Michelob Ultra Organic Seltzer, one of several major hard seltzer launches of 2021, has arrived on shelves in variety 12- and 24-packs and 25 oz. single-serve cans.

Veza Sur Brewing Co. added a total of nine medals to its list of accolades in brewing excellence in 2020 – two from the internationally renowned Brussels Beer Challenge competition and seven from the esteemed beer competition in the U.S. market, USA Beer Ratings.

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Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV announced today that it has entered into a strategic relationship with a consortium of institutional investors led and/or advised by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., who will acquire a 49.9% minority stake in AB InBev’s US-based metal container plants for approximately 3 billion USD.