So long Ballast Point IPO. Corona and Modelo beer brewer Constellation Brands Inc (STZ.N) said it will buy San Diego-based craft beer maker Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits for about $1 billion to compete in the fast-growing craft beer market. Read the Complete Article by Reuters Here: Constellation Brands to buy brewer Ballast Point…
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On this special day, I am repeating a story about Vincent Speranza. Here’s to all of our veterans and in memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you for your service! “It took 65 years for Vincent Speranza to find out that his actions in Belgium during World War II had been immortalized…
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SweetWater Brewing Co. Press Release Atlanta, GA (5 Nov 2015) – SweetWater Brewing Co. announced that it has taken the first tangible step toward opening a second brewery, and is exploring options for locations in Western U.S. states, and considering a third location in the Central U.S. The South’s largest brewery purchased equipment from Pyramid…
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A dwindling can supply for craft beers may spell trouble for craft brewers and craft beer lovers. There are three major can producers for beer – Rexam, Ball, and Crown Holdings. Earlier this year, Rexam and Ball announced plans to merge. In an article by Forbes Magazine, there is now some indication that can supplies…
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Belgian Craft Brewers produce artisan ales and lagers resulting in a booming business in Belgium. To understand why the world’s biggest brewer, the Belgian giant AB InBev, is tying up with rival SAB Miller look no further than a modest craft brewery tucked away in a working class Brussels district – Brasserie de la Senne….
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Virginia is for craft beer lovers and is raising money to prove it — $23 million of it. Richmond will sell bonds next week to build a brewery for Escondido, California-based Stone Brewing Co., the ninth-largest U.S. craft-beer maker, on property that’s been vacant for four decades. Stone will pay the 218,000-person city to lease the…
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