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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In his latest dispatch, Courthouse News’ western bureau chief recalls the Maui locals who aided his descent into a life of brewing sin.
Read moreA shareholder class action claims directors are selling the Craft Brew Alliance too cheaply through an unfair process to Anheuser-Busch, for $16.50 a share or $321 million, in King County Court.
Read moreThe German government has acknowledged that it picked up the tab when the country’s spy agency recently took dozens of foreign agents on a trip to the Munich Oktoberfest.
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Classic Belgian beers, some of the most famous ales in the world, are fermented with rare, hybrid yeast species, according to a study published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Read moreA dispute between two beer giants took an unexpected turn after Anheuser-Busch filed a counterclaim accusing a MillerCoors employee of stealing its recipes, brewing processes and other trade secrets using contacts and inside information gathered when he worked for Anheuser-Busch.
Read moreThe Seventh Circuit was critical Monday of MillerCoors’ false advertising claims against Anheuser-Busch over multimillion-dollar Bud Light advertisements claiming that Miller Lite and Coors Lite contain corn syrup, pointing out that Miller itself lists corn syrup as an ingredient in its beers.
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The Seventh Circuit on Thursday partially revived a small brewer’s antitrust claims against Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors, accusing the beer giants of making secret deals with Canadian authorities to monopolize the Ontario market.
Read moreIn the MillerCoors v. Anheuser-Busch trademark fight, a federal judge preliminarily enjoined Anheuser-Busch from using the term “no corn syrup” on its packaging, as it implies that its competitors’ beers do use corn syrup, though it can sell the beer packaged like that of as June 6.
Read moreGlobal beer giant Anheuser-Busch must face claims it unlawfully appropriated the brand and environmentalist identity of outdoor clothier Patagonia when it produced a beer by the same name, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Read moreMultimillion-dollar Bud Light advertisements insinuating that Miller Lite and Coors Light contain high-fructose corn syrup went a step too far, a federal judge in Wisconsin said late Friday in an order blocking the ads.
Read moreA Wisconsin judge has ordered Anheuser-Busch to stop suggesting in advertising that MillerCoors’ light beers contain corn syrup, wading into a fight between two beer giants that are losing market share to smaller, independent brewers.
Read moreTwo household names in beer argued before a federal judge Thursday over the veracity and potential harms of Bud Light advertisements claiming Miller Lite and Coors Light contain high-fructose corn syrup.
Read moreThe European Commission fined beer giant AB InBev just over $225 million Monday for trying to keep cheaper imports of its Jupiler beer from coming into Belgium from the Netherlands.
Read moreGuns N’ Roses claims in a federal complaint that Oskar Blues Brewery, of Colorado, violates trademark by selling Guns ‘N’ Rose beer in kegs, and other merchandise with the name.
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