Nearly two years after the Department of Justice (DOJ) signed off on Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (ABI) $100 billion takeover of SABMiller, the government agency still has not completed its review of the merger. The DOJ and ABI filed a joint motion on March 15 asking U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan to approve the “proposed final judgment.” However, several groups have objected to the judgment, as it is currently written, and are now seeking a hearing in order to resolve anti-competitive concerns.
Earlier this month, Brewers Association CEO Bob Pease took the stage at the 2018 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) in Nashville, Tennessee, and extolled the benefits of direct-to-consumer sales. Calling breweries with the ability to sell beer across the bar or to-go “ground zero for bringing new drinkers into the category,” Pease made his case for the continued expansion of the beer category via own-premise sales.
RE: FRESH Radler, which began as class projects within the University of Wisconsin – Madison, is now in commercial production and available in stores. RE: FRESH is a blend of real grapefruit soda and a classic lager beer.
Weihenstephan, the World’s Oldest Brewery, and Sierra Nevada, one of America’s pioneering craft brewers, have released their eagerly-anticipated Hefeweissbier, “Braupakt” through a series of road show unveiling events in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Stem Ciders is expanding distribution to the Wisconsin market with their diverse portfolio of craft ciders. The Colorado based craft cidery has partnered with Breakthru Beverage Wisconsin to bring both can and draft offerings throughout the state beginning this week.
Farmer Willie’s Craft Ginger Beer is now Willie’s Superbrew. The company announced the news today, along with unveiling a new look and bold new flavors.
On Friday, May 25, two-years-young Silva Brewing will add to its ever-expanding repertoire of hand-crafted beers with a new offering: Chuck-Amok Belgian-style IPA. This will be Brewmaster Chuck Silva’s second foray into this modern-day beer style, which has been around just over a decade.
Feelfree US, LLC announced the launch of the Chilart “Cooltainer”, a rugged portable keg dispensing system that serves beer cold for up to three days without the use of power.
The Oakshire Brewing team is excited to announce the completion of a leadership transition at the Sales Director position. George Graham, a 25-year industry veteran of both the wholesaler and supplier tiers, officially started at Oakshire on Friday May 18, 2018.
In a move that underscores just how quickly the craft beer segment has evolved, Shmaltz Brewing Company today announced plans to vacate an upstate New York brewing facility that it built just five years ago. The company — which launched in 1996 as a contract-brewed, Jewish-themed craft brand – has sold its brewery equipment assets to Queens-based Singlecut Beersmiths for an undisclosed sum.
In the continued fallout of President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel, the Beer Institute (BI) is now calling on the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission to investigate anticompetitive activity in the aluminum market.
New Belgium Brewing is rolling out 2018’s sour beer offerings in style with the simultaneous release of this year’s La Folie and Transatlantique Kriek.
