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Frankfurt‘s skyline at night (Photo by Steven Wei on Unsplash)

Germany | It is well known that German brewers sit on too much capacity. But it still came as a shock when Radeberger announced, on 29 September, that it will shutter its Binding brewery in Frankfurt. Over the next twelve months production will be relocated to other breweries and 150 people will lose their jobs.

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United Kingdom | The Old Dairy Brewery must be in bad shape financially that it had to call in the administrators. Whatever the reasons – Brexit delivered the final blow.

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United Kingdom | BrewDog’s CEO was subjected to a vicious online smear campaign, which saw him scammed out of some USD 108,000 in Bitcoin by an ex-lover, The Sun, a newspaper, reported on 27 September.

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Russia | After AB-InBev's decision to manufacture Leffe in Russia caused an uproar in August, the AB-InBev-Efes joint venture reacted and, on 21 September, announced it will suspend production.

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Advertising sign depicting a PepsiCo bottle cap and blue letters saying: “Have a Pepsi” (Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash)

Russia | Looks like PepsiCo and Coke are taking the slow boat out of Russia. In March, PepsiCo had vowed to suspend production and sales of its products after Russia invaded Ukraine. It also said it would continue to sell daily essentials, such as milk and baby formula, for humanitarian reasons.

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United Kingdom | In early September, Heineken bought the 51 percent of craft brewer Beavertown it did not already own, for an undisclosed sum. The deal likely netted its founder Logan Plant, the son of the Led Zeppelin frontman, Robert, tens of millions of pounds.

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Italy | Galloping prices for gas, bottles, and CO2, as well as the erosion of consumers' purchasing power: If the recovery of tourism has supported beer consumption up until now, the end of summer will be the real test.

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BrewDog’s Waterloo bar, its largest yet (Photo: courtesy of BrewDog)

United Kingdom | Scottish craft brewer and bar operator BrewDog announced the permanent closure of six pubs due to spiralling operational costs and a lack of help from a “clueless government”.

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Russia | On 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine. The West has since responded with a barrage of sanctions and appeals to boycotts, which aim to cripple the world’s 11th-biggest economy, stall the war effort, prod ordinary Russians to protest, and deter other foes (namely China) from similar escapades. What are the results?

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Angel statue in Kyiv, Ukraine (Photo by Gleb Albovsky on Unsplash)

Ukraine | Domestic beer production (until end of July 2022) declined by 32 percent over the same period last year to 7.1 million hl, according to industry body “Ukrpivo”. Beer production recovered during the second quarter, after a massive drop of 50 percent in the first quarter.

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