Portal:Beer/News archive

This is the archive for the news featured on the Portal Beer's main page.

2008

 * January 28 — Miller Brewing has offered a US$ 10,000 reward for information regarding the murder of one of their executives January 26 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (WISN)
 * January 25 — Scottish & Newcastle, the largest brewing company in the United Kingdom, has agreed to be split up and taken over by Heineken International and the Carlsberg Group in a deal worth ₤7.8 billion. (BBC News)
 * January 15 — The rising price of hops has caused some British Columbia microbreweries to reformulate their beer recipes. (CBC)
 * January 15 — A tractor-trailer carrying a load of beer overturned on an intersection of Interstate 15 in Victorville, California. (Victorville Daily Press)
 * January 13 — Sales information shows that ale sales in UK supermarkets grew by more than 6 per cent last year, while lager sales fell less than one per cent. (The Observer)
 * January 9 — Thieves accused of stealing 2,000 cases of Heineken from a shipping company in Trinidad and Tobago were caught by police less than an hour after the heist. (Trinidad & Tobago Express)

2007

 * December 29 — Heineken International will purchase Belarus-based Syabar Brewing Company. (The Scotsman)
 * December 14 — Flying Dog Brewery will move all of its brewing operations at their Aspen, Colorado headquarters to their Frederick, Maryland facility to improve operating efficiency and combat rising ingredient costs. (Baltimore Business Journal)
 * December 9 — The price of hops (pictured) has increased by 350 to 400 percent in the last year, due to increased demand coupled with drought in the United States and flooding in Europe reducing the supply. Market analysts expect an increase in the price of beer. (The Morning Call)
 * December 6 — San Miguel Corporation has announced that its planned initial public offering of its San Miguel Beer Division will be pushed back to the second quarter of 2008. The IPO is expected to raise 25 billion Philippine pesos for the company. (Reuters)