Bars have been closed for over three months, Carnival celebrations are canceled and it’s not clear when things will get better. That’s a big problem for Germany’s many small brewers, which rely heavily on selling draft beer to bars and restaurants.
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Budvar, the Czech brewer that has been in a long legal dispute with U.S. giant Anheuser-Busch over use of the “Budweiser” brand, increased output to a record last year, when the pandemic saw people drink less in bars and more at home.
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Olympic downhill skiing champion Picabo Street sued the brewery Western Collective over its marketing of the IPA “Picabo Juice,” claiming they owe her licensing fees and are using her name without her permission.
Read moreA federal court in Texas ruled in favor of the CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective on its claim that beer produced on leased premises does not count toward the production threshold at which they can no longer sell beer to-go. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code authorizes to-go beer sales by Texas brewers with a production below 225,000 barrels a year.
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Some suppliers of Belgian beers are waking up to a post-Brexit hangover as exporting their brews to thirsty British drinkers across the Channel becomes more difficult and prices go up.
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Advancing a class action false advertising lawsuit against Pabst Brewing Company, a federal judge on Thursday agreed drinkers may have been duped into buying Olympia beer due to an outdated and inaccurate slogan.
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Brazilian brewer Ambev has launched an unusual new product aimed at uniting two great, if disparate, causes: saving the Amazon rainforest and love of beer.
Read moreAn appeals court in California reversed the denial of class certification for convenience stores that sell beer manufactured by Anheuser-Busch and purchased from distributor Donaghy Sales. The proposed class claims defendants violated wholesale beer pricing by providing certain retailers with consumer coupons for discounts off the retail price of beer.
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A controversial decision to provide alcohol, marijuana and tobacco to homeless people quarantined in hotel rooms in San Francisco has sparked controversy, but several addiction treatment experts say it is not an outlandish strategy.
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A newly discovered method for detecting the presence of beer in archaeological findings could help unlock the mysteries of how prehistoric cultures brewed malted beverages, performed rituals and organized their societies.
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Anheuser-Busch cannot be prevented from making advertising claims about Miller’s use of corn syrup in Miller Lite beer when Miller itself lists the sweetener on its beer’s ingredients list, the Seventh Circuit ruled Friday.
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The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday questioned whether consumers were deceived by Bud Light’s claim about not using corn syrup in its beer, during the latest hearing in an advertising fight between Anheuser-Busch and the maker of two of its competitors.
Read moreBavaria on Tuesday canceled the iconic Oktoberfest for the first time since World War II, dealing a fresh blow to Germany’s beer industry already hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreIn Belfast’s coronavirus lockdown, Guinness still flows freely, as vans kitted with kegs visit driveways to pour pints for drinkers parched since pubs shut their doors.
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Czech breweries have switched from barrels to bottles and cans after demand for draught went down the drain as pubs in the world’s most beer-loving nation closed amid the Covid-19 pandemic, experts said Wednesday.
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A David-versus-Goliath beer industry fight will go to trial after a federal judge ruled a jury must decide whether MillerCoors violated San Diego brewer Stone Brewing’s trademark during a marketing campaign makeover.
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Drink a Corona beer to fortify your prayers or get ready for the arrival of the messiah: rabbis in Israel have offered an array of guidance on responding to coronavirus.
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In his most recent dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief plumbs the depth of fruity beer blasphemy.
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Multiple people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said.
Read moreBeer sales in Vietnam are down before the lunar new year, bar owners said, as a tough new drunk-driving law threatens to put a lid on celebrations in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets for beer.
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