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Germany – Only around 1.9 billion hl beer were consumed world-wide in 2018. This represents a decline of 38 million hl or 2 percent over the previous year, according to the latest Barth report, released in July 2019.
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Belgium – Rumour has it that AB-InBev is considering selling off business units in South Korea and Central America to cut its massive debt pile after it had to junk its Asia IPO.
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United Kingdom | Molson Coors has saved the London craft brewer Hop Stuff from bankruptcy. Hop Stuff merely called it an asset sale. Fact is, Hop Stuff, which was started in 2013, entered into administration in early July 2019.
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United Kingdom | Heineken’s pubs business, Star Pubs & Bars, is being investigated by the industry watchdog over suspicions that tenants on rent-only contracts are still forced to stock Heineken beers and sell them at inflated prices.
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Germany | Hemp drinks have been around Germany for a while now. But Oettinger brewery, renowned for its economy labels, is the first major brewer to launch a hemp beer mix. Called Hanfkiss (Hemp Kiss), it is a 2.5 percent ABV shandy, infused with green tea, herbs and hemp extracts.
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Belgium | AB-InBev has won a multi-million dollar case against the Special Tax Inspectorate (BBI), media reported on 22 June 2019.
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Austria | As of 1 November 2019, smoking in Austrian pubs and restaurants will be prohibited. The long-running issue, in a country among the last in Europe to hold out against a smoking ban, had initially appeared to be resolved with the implementation of the ban on 1 May 2018.
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Scotland | After the introduction of price controls in 2018, alcohol consumption has dropped 3 percent. Scotland’s health secretary, Jeane Freeman, welcomed the figures released in June 2019.
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United Kingdom | You would not have thought that Scotland needs more punters on its whisky trail. Over 2 million tourists stopped by her 68 Scotch whisky visitor centres in 2018. But Kentucky is catching up fast and so is Ireland.
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Ireland | In the former Guinness Power Station at St James’s Gate, Diageo has opened its new, USD 28 million “urban distillery” Roe & Co in June 2019. The plant will distil 14,000 litres of whiskey in every run, with an annual maximum capacity of approximately 500,000 litres of alcohol.
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