Is Megabrew, the potential tie-up between AB-InBev and SABMiller, permanently off or just temporarily? Crystal ball gazers wondered after it was announced on 25 March 2015 that the Brazilian owners of 3G (who also have a 20 percent in AB-InBev) are buying a majority stake in Kraft Foods, together with investor Warren Buffet.

That calls for a celebratory beer: For the first time ever, in 2014, American craft brewers reached double digit (11 percent, no less) volume share of the U.S. beer market, the Brewers Association reported on 16 March 2015.

Isn’t that strange? U.S. craft brewer Full Sail is sold to private equity and no outcry ensues? Is it because the buyer was not AB-InBev?

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.