Prior to prohibition there were a large number of craft breweries in the U.S., during prohibition they all of course were forced to close. In the years following the repeal of prohibition Americans acquired a taste for questionable quality macro-breweries (Bud, Pabst, Coors, etc). About a decade or two ago the craft beer movement in the U.S. […]
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As a fan of beer, technology, and business I may have stumbled upon the perfect article this morning on Bloomberg to write a quick weekend note. Apparently, a nuclear scientist–who looks like he would feel quite at home in any brewery–crafted a beer mug designed with the same technology used to store liquid nitrogen. The […]
I thought I would point out, after my Chinese beer market piece, that Tsingtao today announced a 68% rise in 1H09 profits, backed by a 12.9% increase in volumes. This helps support my argument that Tsingtao is very well positioned to take advantage of significant unrealized potential within the Chinese beer market. Tsingtao’s leading foreign […]
I was perusing the internet the other night, as I usually do, and began to notice a trend. It all started with this headline “SABMiller Halts Beer Volume Drop on Chinese Demand”. At first I didn’t think too much of, so I move on. Several minutes later, on a completely unrelated site, I come across […]