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USA | Boston Beer may have to pay Ardagh Metal Packaging some USD 175.5 million in damages, after an Illinois jury issued a verdict in favour of the packaging supplier. In its lawsuit against Boston Beer in 2022, Ardagh alleged that Boston Beer fell short in contractual minimum purchases of aluminium cans from 2021 to 2025.
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USA | What a great way to honour a person. The Michael James Jackson Foundation, founded by Garret Oliver of Brooklyn Brewery in honour of the late British beer writer, said that in just five years since its inception, it has assisted 71 individuals in entering the brewing and distilling industries. The non-profit foundation is dedicated to providing education scholarships to people of colour in the United States.
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Canada | And about time too. On 1 April (no joke) the federal government announced an additional two-year extension of the 2 percent cap on the annual alcohol excise duty inflation adjustment, and of the 50 percent reduction on excise duty rates for the first 15,000 hl of beer brewed in Canada, effective 1 April 2026.
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USA | Shares of Constellation Brands were slightly down on 8 April, after the beer, wine and drinks producer said it pulled a longer-term forecast, citing an “evolving socio-economic backdrop and limited near-term visibility”.
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USA | US spirits exports were down 3.8 percent in value to USD 2.37 billion in 2025, according to the 2025 American Spirits Exports Report, released on 31 March by the Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS). Overall, exports were weighed down by declines in two major markets, Canada and the EU, due to trade tensions and retaliatory actions. Indeed, excluding Canada, US spirits exports were actually up 2.5 percent in 2025.
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USA | One year after Canadian provinces began removing US wines from store shelves in retaliation for Mr Trump’s tariffs, new data underline how the bans and “Buy Canadian” campaigns triggered a collapse in US wine exports. Full-year 2025 trade data from the Wine Institute shows that exports to Canada fell 78 percent year-on-year, driving a USD 357 million decline in value.
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USA | Craft brewer Firestone Walker has acquired the US rights to Trumer pils from the Texas firm Gambrinus, the brewer of Shiner Bock. It plans to move production from the Trumer brewery in Berkeley, San Francisco, to its own Paso Robles brewery in California and start serving the award-winning German-style pilsner as early as this summer. The deal, announced on 27 March, will add roughly 28,000 barrels of Trumer to Firestone Walker's output, pushing its annual sales to over 500,000 barrels beer, observers said.
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USA | Tilray Brands, the brewer of Shock Top and a host of craft beers, will buy some of BrewDog’s American assets. The announcement (16 March) came just two weeks after the company acquired BrewDog’s brewing operations in Australia and the United Kingdom. Under the deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, Tilray will take on BrewDog’s brewery, bar, and hotel in Columbus, as well as the bars in New Albany and Cleveland – all in Ohio – plus the bar in Las Vegas.
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USA | Dramatic change is afoot in Chicago’s craft beer industry. At least five breweries have already closed or announced closures this year. Industry experts predict more are on the way, local media reported on 11 March.
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USA | The cannabis and beverage company Tilray Brands clinched a deal to buy parts of the insolvent BrewDog for a fraction of its previous valuation. But the transaction fails to excite its investors. Tilray’s share price fell 3.2 percent to close at USD 7.36 on 3 March. Management acknowledged that the acquisition will make a limited contribution to earnings in the short term. Only from the 2027 financial year onwards, the integration is expected to generate annual net sales of USD 200 million, and a modest EBITDA of between USD 6 million and USD 8 million.
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