
Largest Beer Bar In The World Opens In Leuven, BA
From vtm: The largest beer bar in the world is on the Grote Markt in Leuven. In ‘The Capital’ they…

Craft Beer Beginning To Take Off In Israel
From TabletMag: Dekel is part of a growing crop of craft-beer brewers in Israel. Ten years ago, the only domestic…

Is Natural Gas Fracking Threatening The Reinheitsgebot In Germany?
From Bloomberg: German brewers called on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to block the tapping of shale gas by means of…

North Korean Brewing Venture Fails
From the New York Times: Mr. Kim and his partners managed to start production after workers strapped brewing equipment to…

Brewhouse & Kitchen Set To Open in Portsmouth, UK 3/4
From Portsmouth.co.UK: Brewhouse and Kitchen is turning The White Swan, in Guildhall Walk, into a ‘craft beer’ pub featuring…

Ippon Matsu Beer New Packaging Concept
Here’s a new design concept for Ippon Matsu Beer by Kota Kobayashi. The pine tree on the label is a…

German Beer Consumption Hits All Time Post-Unification LOW
From USA Today: Germans are emptying fewer beer steins these days. Consumption of the national beverage fell by 1.8 percent…

Budvar Wins Trademark Battle With Budweiser in UK
From the Associated Press: PRAGUE (AP) — A British court has rejected for good brewery Anheuser-Busch’s request to block rival…

Brooklyn and D. Carnegie & Co. To Collaborate On New Brewery In Stockholm, Sweden
Here’s the official press release from Brooklyn: BROOKLYN, NY—Brooklyn Brewery, D. Carnegie & Co., and Carlsberg Sweden today announced the…

Beer Officially Classified as “Alcohol” in Russia Now Limiting Sales
Prior to Jan 1st 2013, beer was classified as food in Russia. Beginning today, beer will officially be classified as…