Heineken plans to invest about USD 470 million in its seventh plant in Mexico, a facility in the northern border state of Chihuahua.

Is this some sort of backlash against AB-InBev’s market clout? After the state of Illinois, Kentucky is now the second U.S. state in recent years to pass legislation that bans brewers from distributing their own products.

All the things you can squeeze out of a capsule: coffee, soft drinks … so why not beer? On 4 March 2015 Brazil’s regulator approved a joint venture between the country’s top brewer AmBev and Whirlpool Corp., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of household appliances.

Always read the fine print first before buying your beer. Early this year, Anheuser-Busch settled a class suit filed against it by two Miami residents who had alleged that the company was deceptively advertising Kirin beer as imported from Japan, when in fact it is brewed in the U.S. using domestic ingredients.

While the current expansion stage to 20 million hectoliters is still in full swing, Constellation Brands, USA has already placed an order for the next expansion stage of the Compañía Cervecera de Coahuila, Mexico. Ziemann International GmbH, Germany again will play an important role in increasing the production capacity of the brewery in Piedras Negras. The project shall be completed in 2017.

Craft brewers going international: Mikkel Borg Bjergsø, the Danish brewer who roams the globe making beer under the Mikkeller label, is forming a partnership with San Diego’s craft brewer AleSmith to produce his beers locally, U.S. media report.

It’s a cruel world. For years, brewer SABMiller was talked up as the ultimate takeover target for AB-InBev and there was very little they could do to silence this kind of unwanted speculation.

Ahmegawd, a Budweiser ad caused such an uproar during Super Bowl that it got the beard-and-sandal brigade running into verbose overdrive on social media during the week that followed.

The rumour mill about some well-established craft breweries looking to “change ownership” is swirling like a tornado. The Elysian and 10 Barrel sales to AB-InBev in the space of a few months have made craft beer consumers exceedingly worried about their loyalties.

Remember the counting song “ten green bottles hanging on a wall”? It comes to mind as AB-InBev buys yet another U.S. craft brewer. The target this time is Elysian Brewery, a 50,000 barrel (58,000 hl) beer company from Seattle. The deal was announced on 23 January 2015, though no financial details were disclosed.