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What’s different this time? When Heineken bought into London’s Brixton brewery last year, the usually vocal commentariat kept quiet. After London’s craft brewer Beavertown announced the sale of a minority stake to Heineken on 21 June 2018, all hell broke loose. Well, not quite. But many breweries and fans took to the internet to voice their disappointment. In fact, hours after the deal was announced, Manchester’s craft brewer Cloudwater wrote on Twitter that it will not be attending the annual Beavertown Extravaganza event to be held on 7 and 8 September 2018 in London.
Europe/Russia
The financial investor CK Corporate Finance was to take over two regional breweries – Diebels and Hasseröder – from AB-InBev. The sale was announced in January 2018 and was to be completed by June. However, as was announced on 2 July 2018, the one-man outfit from Kronberg near Frankfurt has been unable to fulfil his contractual obligations. Read: the investor Daniel Deistler probably could not cough up the money, estimated at less than EUR 200 million for the two breweries, whose combined beer output is around two million hl.
Europe/Russia
Ending weeks of speculation, the craft brewer Beavertown, founded by Logan Plant, the son of Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, announced on 21 June 2018 that Heineken has acquired a minority stake.
Europe/Russia
Is this political activism? The pub chain JD Wetherspoon, known for its affordable drinks selection, is to sell more drinks from the UK and non-EU producers. In particular, it will replace French champagne and German beers in the run-up to Brexit. The switch will affect all 880 Wetherspoon pubs from 9 July 2018.
Europe/Russia
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has predicted that England fans will drink 14 million extra pints (80,000 hl) at the pub during the World Cup group stages.
Europe/Russia
The Dutch brewing group Bavaria has changed its name to Swinkels Family Brewers to better reflect its product range, the family-owned firm said. “We are more than Bavaria”, Chairman Jan-Renier Swinkels said. Next year Swinkels will celebrate its 300th anniversary.
Europe/Russia
On 12 June 2018, one day before the start of the German beer cartel trial in Düsseldorf, the German Radeberger Group withdrew its objections to the fine imposed on the brewer by the Federal Cartel Office.
Europe/Russia
Beer promoters without their own brewery have been called various names: from beer firms, gypsies and virtuals to cuckoos, imposters, pseudos and fakes. The connotations attached to each name, ranging from the neutral to the pejorative, are far from accidental.
Europe/Russia
When is Netflix turning VJ Mallya’s colourful life into a TV series? The script could run to several seasons. The most recent development in the convoluted plot saw Mr Mallya step down as director of his Force India Formula 1 team at the end of May 2018.
Europe/Russia
If you were to cross Eataly with Denver’s Wynkoop brewery you will get – at least conceptually – LaM.U, La Manufacture Urbaine, a café-restaurant with a brewery, bakery and coffee roaster, which opened its doors in the Belgian city of Charleroi, south of Brussels, last year.
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