Baltika buys Baku-Castel

Too late. Although Efes CEO Alejandro Jimenez made some ominous remarks at the Canadean Madrid conference in April that Efes was planning further acquisitions in the former Soviet Union states, Efes was beaten to the pole by its Russian rival Baltika when it came to clinching a deal with the French-owned Baku-Castel brewery in Azerbaijan.

A specialist wine school, the Sydney Wine Academy, has been established at the Ryde College campus of the TAFE Northern Sydney Institute.

The climate change threatens beer production in Australia and New Zealand says scientist Jim Salinger.

Reviewing the mainstream beer situation in Australia, it appears that brand preference and brand loyalty is still a state-by-state thing, with each state having a separate, strong identity.

Foster’s latest print ad for Crown Lager plays the national card.

The federal government moved on 27 April to increase the excise on alcohol in alcopops (RTDs) from AUD 39 to AUD 66 per litre, in response to a report showing a spike in binge drinking by teenage girls.

Too late. Although Efes CEO Alejandro Jimenez made some ominous remarks at the Canadean Madrid conference in April that Efes was planning further acquisitions in the former Soviet Union states, Efes was beaten to the pole by its Russian rival Baltika when it came to clinching a deal with the French-owned Baku-Castel brewery in Azerbaijan.

For the third time since the announcement of the IPO of its domestic beer unit, San Miguel Corp. has shrunk the expected proceeds. What has once been touted as a major listing is to fetch USD 147 million only.

What can you expect of a country that considers beer with snakes’ blood a cocktail of choice? Certainly not the bursting of a stock market bubble. But that’s what happened in Vietnam earlier this year. Carlsberg considers itself lucky. Only after most of the shares in brewer Habeco remained unsubscribed to in its IPO was Carlsberg allowed to buy more shares than initially planned.

India currently has 18.5 million hl brewing capacity. Even assuming modest deregulation, capacity will need to double every four to five years, says SABMiller.