USA | AB-InBev will have to defend itself against claims by Patagonia that it misappropriated the outdoor company’s brand, a federal judge has ruled.

USA | AB-InBev let a deadline to buy all of Portland-based Craft Brew Alliance pass on 23 August 2019. Under a 2016 agreement, it had until the following day to purchase the rest of CBA’s shares, it did not own, for a pre-determined price of USD 24.50 per share. The decision sent shares of CBA down.

USA | A new report from California State University, San Marcos, shows that San Diego County’s craft beer industry continued to grow to 155 independent craft breweries in 2018, providing the region of 3 million inhabitants with a total of 202 brewery locations.

USA | It pays to be smart. Designed and conducted by craft brewing expert Ray Daniels and The Siebel Institute faculty, the three-day course covers the essential topics everyone needs to understand before embarking on a brewery business venture.

USA | So this is AB-InBev’s take on localism in beer: change the label. Catering to Midwestern pride, the brewer will be selling its value brand Busch Light as a limited edition in select states with the cheeky label “Busch Latte”.

USA | Having made sweeping sustainability pledges, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo did the only logical thing and stepped away from a plastics lobbying group, the Plastics Industry Association, amid activist pressure.

Brazil | After years of investigations into the country’s biggest corruption scheme, “Operation Carwash” is still bringing up more dirt.

USA | Off-premise beer sales are up in the low single digit percentages this year, according to market research firm IRI. But this is thanks to flavoured malt beverages, or alcopops made from malt, which are included in beer statistics.

USA | After the abandoned IPA and the sale of Australia’s brewer CUB to Asahi in July 2019, AB-InBev must have felt compelled to issue some genuinely positive news, and pronto: The head of its incubator, ZX Ventures, Pedro Earp was giving interviews to CNBC and Bloomberg.

USA | It would be cruel to say that it was only a matter of time. But after another set of disappointing figures, Molson Coors’ CEO Mark Hunter is stepping down in September 2019.