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Move Over Munich: A World Record Beer Garden Opens in the U.S.
Think “craft beer” and hot spots like Bend, Oregon, Fort Collins, Colorado or pretty much all of Vermont come to mind. But down in North Carolina, Raleigh has been quietly carving out a top spot in...
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The Newest Hub for Craft Beer (Hint: Not Asheville)
The first craft brewery opened in this Southeastern city six years ago. Now it has 17 more — with 20 others in the works. It’s not easy to live in the shadow of one of the craft beer capitals of...
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Just 11 Companies Brew 90 Percent of Beers Sold in the US
Today there are more breweries than ever in the U.S., but finding one that’s independent is a lot harder than you’d expect. Using data from Beer Marketer’s Insights, Market Watch found that a...
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Wheaties Beer Is Unveiled: It’s A Hefeweizen
HefeWheaties is a new beer from Fulton, which collaborated on the brew with another Minneapolis company, General Mills. It had to happen. For years, the Wheaties slogan – “breakfast of champions” — has...
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Now, There’s a Pop-Tart Beer
Craft beer and breakfast foods might not seem a natural fit, but there’s a growing line of breakfast-inspired craft beers. If you thought a beer based on Wheaties was offbeat, you ain’t seen nothing...
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Heineken acquires 50% stake in Lagunitas Brewing
Dutch brewing company Heineken NV has bought a 50% stake in US-based beer maker Lagunitas Brewing Co to expand into the craft beer industry. Lagunitas, whose brands include the popular India pale ale...
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AB InBev Courting SABMiller to Form $270B Drinks Giant
SABMiller has confirmed that Belgian brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev has informed the U.K.-listed company that it intends to acquire it. In a statement made in response to recent press speculation,...
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The Feds Are Investigating Whether the Maker of Budweiser Is Waging a Secret...
On Monday, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the globe’s largest brewer and maker of Budweiser, agreed to purchase SABMiller, the globe’s second largest brewer, for a tidy $104 billion. This, of course, is the...
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Boston Beer Falls as Smaller Craft Breweries Lure Away Drinkers
Samuel Adams maker Boston Beer Co. — once a scrappy upstart that grew by luring drinkers away from macrobrewers — is now losing out to smaller rivals. Boston Beer’s shares fell the most in eight months...
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There have been fish guts in your Guinness this whole time
Ever wondered why Guinness has such a smooth texture? One reason: fish guts. Isinglass, a gelatinous substance obtained from fish bladders, has long been used in the brewing process of Ireland’s most...
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Constellation Brands to Buy Craft-Beer Maker for $1 Billion
By Tripp Mickle Constellation Brands Inc. said Monday it will pay $1 billion for California craft brewer Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits—a record sum for a U.S. craft-beer company. The deal...
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Hot Beer Drinks for Cold Days
Some people—maybe you are one of them—would rather live in sunny, tropical places all year long if they could manage it. My wife is one. Not me. I like seasons. I like raking leaves when it’s time for...
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Queen City Q boycotts Anheuser-Busch beers
By Katherine Peralta Charlotte restaurant chain Queen City Q said Tuesday it will no longer sell beers associated with Anheuser-Busch InBev. The boycott means no more Goose Island, Budweiser, Shock...
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