What’s going on in China? Last year’s 1.8 percent dip in beer sales could have been a one-off as many blamed it on poor weather. In fact it was the first year-on-year decline since beer sales statistics became available in 1998.

Having found out that shipping beer to Asia and Australia is challenging, Brooklyn Brewery first tied up with the Hitachino Brewery in Japan to contract brew Brooklyn Lager for them.

Once Australia’s top-selling beer, Foster’s Lager can now be found on tap in just ten bars and pubs scattered across the country: three in the state of Queensland, two in New South Wales, three in Victoria and two in Western Australia.

It’s how you see it. The volume of beer produced in China decreased in 2014 for the first time in 24 years, falling by 2.7 percent to 490 million hl, according to the country’s National Bureau of Statistics.

A planning application for an AUD 60 million (USD 48 million) upgrade at its Adelaide site was made to the relevant authorities by Coopers Brewery in April 2015. The upgrade includes installation of a malting plant and infrastructure to improve access for the trucks using the site each day.

Carlsberg opened its first beer production plant in Myanmar, Asian media reported on 8 May 2015, thus leapfrogging Heineken, which announced its own venture around the same time as Carlsberg did.

The number of breweries and brewing companies operating in Australia is increasing significantly. Although consumption of beer is declining on a per capita basis, the Craft Beer Industry Association of Australia (CBIA) said in April 2015 that there are now about 270 breweries in Australia, a number approaching the previous high of about 300, reached at the end of the 19th century.

Since it’s official that men are from Mars, where do male brewers come from? I’d say from beyond our solar system. Or why do they continue come up with beers for women that are an insult to our intelligence?

The annual excise tax ladled on a glass of beer has weakened demand, leading Coopers Brewery boss Tim Cooper to concede that beer might now be viewed by many Australian drinkers as too expensive.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has apparently submitted plans to the Prime Minister for approval, which will see the government’s share in the Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage company (Sabeco) cut to 36 percent, local media reported in March 2015.