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December 29. 2001
Bryggerigruppen wants to sell Cain
The danish brewer Bryggerigruppen wish to sell their UK brewery Robert Cain & Co, whom they bought in 1991.
The wish appear in the latest stock exchange message, where the group at the same time lower their estimate for 2001 to a result of 135-155 mio. dkr. after at disappointing christmassale.
December 25. 2001
Coors buys Carling
The US brewer Coors is buying the Carling brand for £ 1.2 billion from Interbrew in the UK.
Interbrew was ordered to sell Carling by UK regulators after Interbrew bought Bass Brewers and Whitbread in the UK.
The approval of UK regulatory is expected to be completed by Februar 2002.
December 16. 2001
Schultheiss are earning money
After several years with red figures can the German brewer Berliner Schultheiss Brauerei again enjoy the black figures on the bottomline, reports Berliner Morgenpost, who has asked business people.
That means that the Dortmunder Brau und Brunnen daughter Schultheiss is in successful progress for the first time in several years.
The progress be due to the relatively new brand Berliner Pilsener, who grown 13 per cent the last year. In return are the brand Berliner Schultheiss still falling-off.
Berliner Schultheiss Brauerei employ 560 people in Berlin.
December 12. 2001
Carlsberg win the right to carlsberg.no
Oslo citycourt has convicted the norwegian pubowner Eugene McGlynn to hand over the Internet domainenames carlsberg.no and tuborg.no to Carlsberg Breweries. Eugene McGlynn is also convicted to pay 50.000 dkr in compensation plus 58.893 dkr. in costs to Carlsberg Breweries.
Eugene McGlynn had the pub "Slainte Irish & Sports Bar" in Oslo. To make interest for the place he got the idea to registrete the names carlsberg.no and tuborg.no and use them on the Internet.
November 28. 2001
Interbrew looking for posibilities to buy SAB
Interbrew, the Belgian brewer, are analysing the posibilitys to buy South African Breweries, writes Finansiel Times, London.
Hugo Powell, CEO Interbrew, admitted that research on SAB had been carried out for Interbrew, but said there had been no talks on the matter with SAB.
If Interbrew buys SAB it will be the worlds second biggest brewer, only marginally smaller than Anheuser-Busch, USA.
November 20. 2001
Brau-Union buys 33 per cent of Schladminger
Brau-Union, Austria, buys 33 per cent of the much smaller Schladminger Brauerei in Austria.
Schladminger produces high-quality products, f.ex. Schladminger Naturbräu, an Eco-beer, which Brau-Union is very interested in.
November 18. 2001
Bavaria gets complete control in Panama
The Colombian brewer Bavaria intend to buy Cervecería Barú, Panama. If the owner Coca Cola sells will Bavaria have complete control of the beer production in Panama.
November 18. 2001
Heineken close Haldengut
The dutch brewer Heineken close the brewery Haldengut, Winterthur, Switzerland May 2002. The production will be moved to Heinekens brewery Calanda Bräu in Chur.
The productionfacilites in Haldengut are outdated, and an enlargement of the brewery are to expensive, estimates Heineken. Therefore will the production be moved.
Heineken bought Haldengut in 1999.
November 13. 2001
Münchner Hofbräuhaus soon in Chicago
The americans will soon be able to drink of the worldknown HB claymug. With help of franchise partners will the statowned brewery open Hofbräuhauses after bayeris model in sex different US-states. First state will be Chicago.
November 7. 2001
Mr. Heineken steps down
Mr. Heineken, the 77 year old Alfred Heineken, has decided to step down from his chairman post in April 2002.
Alfred Heineken owns more than 50 per cent of Heineken Holding, he will be replaced by board member Maarten Das.
November 3. 2001
BBH acquires brewery in Belarus
The BBH subsidiary Baltika Brewery has entered an agreement to acquire majority shareholding of the brewery Krinitsa situated in Minsk, Belarus.
The present capacity of Krinitsa is 70 million litres of beer annually and the brewery is the market leader with a market share of approx. 21 per cent. The first phase of modernisation of the brewery, which will be completed next spring will among other things bring the brewery's quality of beer up to Western standards.
BBH is owned by Carlsberg, Denmark, and Hartwall, Finland.
Oktober 30. 2001
Interbrew up 18 per cent
Interbrew, the belgian brewer, reported excellent trading results over the first nine months of the year. Compared with the same period last year and excluding Bass Brewers' UK beer business, both volume and net turnover were up by 18% and 28% respectively and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew 12%. Organic growth of operating profit was 14%.
Oktober 10. 2001
SAB in joint venture in China
South African Breweries, SAB, are a part of a new joint venture in China with Sichuan Blue Sword Breweries Group. CRE Beverage, who SAB owns 49 per cent stake in, forms a new company together with Sichuan in the south-west China.
SAB becomes joint owner of 25 breweries in China and the countrys secondlargest brewery group after Tsingtao.
Oktober 9. 2001
BBH sells Kalnapilis
Baltic Beverage Holding, (Carlsberg and Hartwall) sells Kalnapilis Brewery in Lithuania to Bryggerigruppen, Denmark.
Bryggerigruppen has now 30 per cent of the Lithuania market.
Oktober 3. 2001
Binding take over Henninger
The German brewer Binding-Brauerei take over by November 1. the brewery neighbour Henninger Brauerei in Frankfurt.The take over is taking place to create a "Frankfurter-solution", and not becouse of an strategic plan.
Both brewers has experienced a fall in the sale of their most important brands Henninger Kaiser Pilsner og Binding. The fall is 30 per cent totaly in one year.
The take over include Henningers Highlander, but not Gerstel and Karamalz, which are to be brewed by Mannheimer Eichbaum-Brauereien AG, who like Henninger is a part of Actris AG.
Oktober 2. 2001
25 per cent less beers
Bad weather and the terrorattack in the USA are accused for an intence step backwards fore the oktoberparty in München, Germany. In the first nine days are the turnover gone 25 per cent below normal. At the same time is the visitors numbers gone 15 per cent back too about 2,8 mio. people.
Oktober 1. 2001
Ale and witt from Carlsberg
Carlsberg has today relased Abbey Ale on the danish market. The ale has earlyer been tested on a small number of restaurants. Now is 50.000 botles send out too wineshops, ISO and Dreisler markets, specialstores and restaurants.
At the same time spreds Carlsberg Hvede from 30 pubs too between 200 and 300 pubs and restaurants around Denmark.
September 20. 2001
Interbrew must sell Carling in UK
The UK goverment desidede Tuesday to order Interbrew to sell the Carling, Caffery’s and Worthington brands, to end the Bass Brewery battle.
The sale will leave Interbrew as the number three brewer in the UK after Scottish & Newcastle and whoever buys the Carling brand, which, as UK’s biggest brand, has a marketshare of 18.1 per cent.
As buyes is Heineken, SAB and Anheuser Busch mentioned. Carlsberg-Tetley announced in June, that they were interested in buying Carling.
September 18. 2001
Warsteiner wish a "Star Alliance" in the brewery sector
Germanys biggest private owned brewery Warsteiner are working on a establishment of a strategi-model like the airline companyes SAS - Lufthansa’s "Star Alliance".
The alliance schall be a counterbalance to the brewery giants on the international beer market.
September 13. 2001
Heineken Holding up 20 per cent
The result of Heineken Holding N.V.'s participating interest in Heineken N.V. for the first half of 2001, including extraordinary income received by Heineken N.V., turned out at EUR 175 million, compared with EUR 125 million in the same period last year. Heineken N.V.'s profit on ordinary activities for the first half of 2001 was 20% higher.
September 4. 2001
Red Beer from Harboe
Harboe Brewery, Denmark, has just send out "Red Beer" in the danish discountstore Netto. Red Beer is a pilsnertype with both pilsner malt, caramel malt og melanoidin malt.
September 2. 2001
Foster’s international EBIT increased strongly
The Australian beverage group Foster’s profit by the international sale of Foster’s lager and the sale of Molson outside the brewerys homemarket performed strongly in the last year. The earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) has gone up from $ 6.6 m to 24.3 m. That is a improvement of 268.2 per cent.
In Australia was the improvent 4.9 per cent.
August 22. 2001
Ulmer Brewery are closing
A long expected closing of Ulmer Münster Brauerei, Germany, is now a fact. The 24 workers lose there jobs Martz 31. 2002, latest, where the 115 year old brewery finaly close.
The beermark Ulmer Münster Bier are being hand over too the brewerypartner Memminger Brauerei.
August 21. 2001
Carlsberg CEO leave for the art
The Carlsberg Breweries A/S CEO Flemming Lindeløv leave his position on 31. August 2001.
He will take up the position as CEO of the art-industricompany Royal Scandinavia an associated company of Carlsberg A/S. Flemming Lindeløv are also buying a sharepost in Royal Scandinavia.
New CEO of Carlsberg Breweries A/S is appointed to be Executive Vice-president Nils Smedegaard Andersen. He has been working with Carlsberg for a total period of 16 years.
August 14. 2001
Asahi is now the biggest brewer in Japan.
After 47 years is Kirin Brewery not the nr. one brewer in Japan. Asahi has in first half of 2001 sold 100,3 m cases of beer, and Kirin has only sold 99,1 m cases.
Asahi’s new low-malt brand Honnama has tripled the company’s sales expectations since the beer came on the market in February.
August 14. 2001
Victory for W&B
Shareholders controlling 53 per cent of Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries in England rejected the hostile £485m ($689m) bid from Pubmaster yesterday.
The chief executive of Pubmaster, John Sands, said: "We are disappointed with the outcome but respect the views of Wolves' shareholders.
It is thought unlikely that Pubmaster will attempt a fresh bid.
W&B are still planing to close Mansfield Brewery and sale the Camerons brewery in Harlepool.
August 9. 2001
Carlsberg achieves strong position in Poland
Carlsberg Breweries has bought several breweries in Poland. Bosman Browar Szczecin S.A. (Bosman) and Kasztelan Browar Sierpc S.A. (Kasztelan), both owned by the German Bit_burger beverage group. Furthermore, Carlsberg Breweries has acquired the majority shareholding in Browary Dolnoslaskie Piast S.A. (Piast) through the Dutch holding company Dyland.
Carlsberg Okocim becomes an undisputed number three brewery in the Polish market with a total production of nearly 4 million hl beer.
August 6. 2001
Interbrew buys Beck’s
The Beligan brewer Interbrew has paid DM3,5bn ($1.56bn) for the fourth-biggest brewer in Germany, Beck’s & Co.
Interbrew was willing to pay that price to get an international brand, witch they had longed for.
Beck’s has a volume of over 5.5m hectolitres. Approximately 60 per cent of its beer production is exported, the main export market being the United States. Beck's is the most important German brand internationally with presence in more than 120 countries.
August 1. 2001
Old beercan sold for £25
An unopened beercan form the late 1930s was the other day sold for £25 at an auction in Chester.
The beer, withs was expected to fetch £5, was from Lassell & Sharman at Caergwrle Brewery in North Wales.
The beercan was bought by a label collector from Essex.
July 31. 2001
Sales drop for SAB
South African Breweries, SAB, reports a drop in sales in South Africa, but a rise in volume by 32 per cent in Poland. The brewers business in China, Russia and Czech Rebublic are all performing well.
July 28. 2001
Interbrew buys Diebels
The begian brewer Interbrew buys 80 per cent of the stocks in the german brewery Diebels.
Diebels has searched for a international partner and see Interbrew as perfect.
Diebels are brewing 1,5 m hectolitre beer yearly, and is the biggest german specialbeerbrewery.
July 24. 2001
GPS in a beer
The canadian brewer Molson introduces the Coors Light Tracker Bottle, an exciting new instant-win promotion. For the first time ever, Global Positioning System (GPS) technology will be used in a consumer promotion to locate winners and fulfill their prizes. Until September 28, consumers in the province of Quebec will have a chance to find 1 of 3 Coors Light Tracker Bottles in 12 and 24 specially marked bottle packs of Coors Light.
When found, the Coors Light Tracker Bottle is activated by simply twisting off the cap. Winners are located using GPS satellites and are "tracked-down" to their location by the Coors Light/ MusiquePlus Tracker Team.
July 20. 2001.
Microbrewery in Schorndorf
For several years has no beer been brewed in Schorndorf, Germany, but from December 1. 2001 will that be history. Klaus Bischoff and Michael Schumacher plans this day to open the microbrewery Restaurant Kesselhaus with room for 250 guests.
July 18. 2001
5200 year old brewery
The remainings of a 5200 year old brewery is found in Egypt. Polish archaeologists has found the brewery in a big excavation in the Nile-delta at Tell el-Farcha.
The brewery is dated to approximately 3300 - 3200 bc, and is the oldest brewery in the Nile delta, and possibly in the hole world.
July 17. 2001
Apple-beer
Landskron-Brauerei, Görlitz, Germany, has introduced a new beer-mix drink "Agent Apple". It contains half applejuice half beer. The alcohol per cent is 2,5.
The brewery hopes to sale the product to the fitnesspeople.
July 17. 2001
Beck’s for sale
It is likely that the german brewery Becks & Co will be sold in a couple of days. The 67 shareholders has hat a debate about the future for the brewery, and it is predicted that the brewery will be sold to a foreign brewer.
Beck’s is Germany’s largest beer exporter, and has build up a good export to UK and USA.
The company-direction does only expect to be able to maintain the precent level of income for three to five years, before the international competition on the beermarket will erode the brewerys earnings.
July 11. 2001
Grolsch brewing Miller in Europe
Grolsch, the Dutch brewer, has made an agreement with Miller Brewing, USA. Grolsch shall brew Miller Genuine Draft, MGD, and distribute the beer on several European markets, specialy France and Netherland.
July 6. 2001
S&N with at small plus
Scottish &Newcastle, the UK brewer, came out with a small plus on the bottom line after an expected first-ever annual loss.
Underlying pre-tax profits for the year were in line with expectations at £427.5m. However, S&N posted a £272.1m pre-tax loss after goodwill amortisation and exceptionals items.
July 3. 2001
SAB on shopping
South African Breweries, SAB, are in shopping mood this summer. In the last days they have bought the control of to breweries, Mysore Breweries in India and Nile Breweries in Uganda.
The takeover in India, Indias third biggest brewer, represent to breweries with a capacity of 480.000 hectolitres.
In Uganda are SAB acquiring majority interest in Nile Breweries from the Madhvani group of companies. This acquisition takes SAB’s stake in Nile Breweries to 93.1 per cent.
July 2. 2001
S&N loss
Scottish & Newcastle, the UK brewer, is expected to announce a loss tomorow, tuesday. The red figures in the account is the first ever for the company.
The results are due to sale of Center Parcs and pubs.
July 2. 2001
Neger-beer
Reider Brauerei in Austria are accused by the socialistic youth of racism with the beer called Neger-Bier (negro-beer).
The beer is a mix between wheetbeer and cola.
The brewery are quite calm, because the beer has been out of the assortment a month. There was to litle demand.
June 30. 2001
Collector series from Labatt
Labatt, the canadian brewer, celebrates the World Championships in Athletics with a special Blue collector can series.
There are eight cans in the series all featuring the original artwork designed for the World’s. The collector cans are being produced at Labatt's Edmonton brewery. More than three million collector Labatt Blue cans will be shipped out along with about five million Blue bottles capped with World's crowns featuring the same designs. The collector series will be in the market from July 2nd to August 21st, available at 2500 retailers across Western Canada.
June 26. 2001
Increase in Russia
Sun Interbrew rapports continuous sales-growth on the russian market. The brewery group, who has brewerys in Russia an Ukraine, has increased the sale 15 per cent in Q1 2001.
In spite of the god sale is the brewer still losing money on the russian market. In Q1 this year was the loss 0,7 m Euro, against 2,4 m Euro the year before.
June 25. 2001
Svyturys increase beersale
The Svyturys brewery in Lithuania can, according to Reuters report a positive development in May. The beer-sale in Lithuania go up, and at the same time there is incipient shortnes of wodka.
The brewery has increased the sale with 21 per cent in proportion to the five first months last year.
The danish brewer Carlsberg owns 58 per cent of the brewery.
June 19. 2001
Carlsberg will buy Carling
Carlsberg-Tetley, UK, inform the British government on tuesday, that it would like to buy the Carling lager brand - or the rights to make Stella Artois in the UK. The announcement is a attempt to solve the problems about Interbrews buy of The Bass Brewerys in UK, writes Financial Times.
To acquire the rights to produce the Stella Artois brand in UK, owned by Interbrew in Belgium, Carlsberg-Tetley may be willing to buy all of the Withbread group, estimats the newspaper.
June 18. 2001
Carlsbergs plasticbottle is a succes in Denmark
Carlsbergs beerbottle of plastic has become a great succes in Denmark, specialy in convenience shops, in those are each fifth Carlsberg now in plastic, while it is each tenth in retail shops, writes the danish newspaper Jyllandsposten.
The plasticbottle stands for about eight per cent of Carlsbergs total beersale in Denmark, and the goal is ten per cent.
Only a few other countrys has taken the plasticbottles to there hearts. In for example Austria are the biggest brewer, BBAG, hesitating to introduce the plastikbottle.
June 13. 2001
Krönleins advance
The swedish brewery Krönleins has overtaked Kopparberg as the fifth greatest supplier to Systembolaget, the swedish beer- and wine monopoly. Krönleins now supply 6,3 per cent, and Kopparberg 6,2 per cent.
In the top of the list gain Spendrups constant upon Falcon.
June 12. 2001
New Carlsberg Brewery
Carlsberg Brewerys has opened a brewery on Cyprus. The brewery has a capacity of 400.000 litres per day, and shall produce beers to Greece and Lebanon.
June 6. 2001
Free beer for teen years
140 fired workers from Guinness brewery in Dundalk receive 14 bottles of premium beer every week for next decade.
The workers gets also a generous sums of cash, free private health care, and scholarships for children. The Dundalk plant is the first Guinness has ever closed, and the company wanted to ensure that the departing employees as well as the community at large maintained a positive image of the brewer.
June 6. 2001
Fifth succesive year
Belhaven Brewery, Scotland, (Belhaven Best and St. Andrews Ale), reports a fifth succesive year with record sales and profit.
Four months ago the company bought 15 pubs from Maclay Group. That helped to rise the sales volumen of Belhaven Best by 5,8 per cent.
By September it expected to open two more Pivo Caffé Czech bars and two more Yard bars.
June 1. 2001
Binding cuts down
The Oetker owned Binding Gruppe in Germany, who among others are Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei, DAB, will cut one million hectoliter of their beerproduction in the next tree years. The reason is a falling sale and the downward tendensy in the German beerconsume.
Binding is the secondlargest brewery group in Germany.
May 31. 2001
Carlsberg acquires controlling interest in Türk Tuborg
Carlsberg Breweries has concluded an agreement to increase its shareholding in the Turkish brewery Türk Tuborg from 2.24% to 50.01% by acquiring a 47.77% stake of the total share capital from Yasar Holding. The parties have estimated the total value of Türk Tuborg to be approximately DKK 960 million. Yasar Holding will retain about 15% of the share capital. Türk Tuborg is listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
May 30. 2001
Succes for Hirt
The sale from Brauerei Hirt, Austria, continuous to rise. In 1999 the sale got up 5 per cent, and in 2000 the climb continued, now with 4 per cent. The marketingchief of the brewery thinks, that the succes is due to an effective advertising campaign.
An other reason could be, that the brewery offers people to ordre privat labels over the Internet. Between 70 and 100 does that every day.
May 29. 2001
Beer on museum
The Thor Breweries museum in Randers, Denmark, opend yesterday a comprephensive enlargement. The reason was, that the museum had received two beercollections from respectively deceased editor Svend Aage Dantoft, Randers, and pensionist Svend Aage Pedersen, Randers.
Totaly has the museum received 2400 beers, who now stands on nice glassshelves in Randers.
May 24. 2001
Interbrew wins appeal in UK
Interbrew, one of the worlds biggest brewers, has won the first battle in The High Court over the Competition Commission in UK.
The High Court ruled that Competition Commission acted unfairly. The commission should have given Interbrew an opportunity to comment on an alternativ plan, instead of forcing the Interbrew to sell al of Bass.
The parties meats again to debate the next step.
May 23. 2001
W&B chief i double-role
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, UK, is negotiating with Robert Breare, the entrepreneur, and Pubmaster, to buy the company or part of it, but now is W&B’s deputy chairman, David Thompson being accused of playing a double-role, writes The Guardian, UK.
A part of the reconstruktion of W&B is a sale of its Cameron brewery to Castle Eden. But that brewery is trying to sell its own brewery in the same town to Persimmon, a housebuilder where David Thompson is a non-executive director.
May 19. 2001
The german "Reinheitsgebot" is older that earlier assumed
In the Statsarchives of Wiemar, Germany, is a statutory order from 1348 found. "Kein Brauer soll etwas anderes als Malz und Hopfen zu seinem Bier tun". This ur-Reinheitsgebot from Thüringen is 168 years older than what the duke of Bayern Wilhelm IV is famous for.
The proof from the statsarchive is publish to day, May 19., by Hubert Erzmann, who, as employed on the archive, has found the order.
May 15. 2001
Carlsberg expand in Rusia
The Carlsberg Breweries owned Vena Brewery in Skt. Petersburg, Rusia, has hat a progress on 173 per cent in the first quarter. That lead now to, that Carlsberg will enlarge the brewery for 230 m Dkkr. Productioncapacity in Vena will be doubled to 2,4 m hectoliter.
The expand in Rusia be due to for example the marketing of Tuborg and an enlargement of the sale of the local brand Nevskoye.
May 8. 2001
Offer on Spendrups
Spendrup Brewery, Sweden, has increased their salesvolumen of beer with 1,5 per cent in a strongly faling market. Spendrup has now 25,7 per cent of the beersale in Sweden.
Spendrup Invest AB has given a offer on Spedrup Bryggeri AB. The brewery board recommend the shareholders to sale til Spendrup Invent. The offer is 42 Skr per share.
May 4. 2001
Foot-and-mouth influence brewer
Foot-and-mouth in Britan has cost Scottish & Newcastle 3m £, said the company on Thursday.
Fewer pubvisits and higher cost of deliveries is the cause.
May 4. 2001
No Bud in Germany
Anheuser-Busch have hard times to find a name for their american Budweiser in Germany.
Federal Court of Justice in Germany has decided, that A-B can’t use the names "American Bud" or "Anheuser-Busch Bud" in Germany. Both names is too much like "Bit, the diminutive of the German Bitburger.
In advance may A-B, the worlds biggest brewer, not sell their main brand under the name "Budweiser" in Germany, because the Czech brewery Budejovicky Budvar already sell their worldknown beer under the name "Budweiser" in Germany.
May 3. 2001
Can-deposit decided in Germany
The german federationgovement has decided to introduce deposit on cans and disposable bottles. January 1. 2002 puts a deposit on 0.25 Euro (49 Pfennig) on disposable-packing. 1,5 liter bottles impose a deposit on 0.50 Euro (98 Pfennig). The deposit does not include wine-, champagne- and snapsbottles.
May 3. 2001
Wheatbeer taste like champagne
After months of experimenting has the brewery Brauhaus Pfaffenhofen,Pfaffenhofen, Ilm, Germany, made at beer who taste like champagne. The beer is brewed on yeast which normaly are used for champagne. The wheatbeer has a fruity tast with a wine-champagne character.
The "champagne-beer" observe the german Reinheitsgebot.
April 26. 2001
Anheuser-Busch increase
The americans did not turn away from Budweiser, in defiance of that the market leaders lead the price increase in 2000.
Anheuser-Busch group hat a six per cent increase in net sales after excise taxes last year.
International net income rose to $55.4m. One of the reasons is growth from the company's investment in Grupo Modelo, the Mexican brewer which owns the Corona brand.
April 25. 2001
W&B press ahead
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries will press ahead with its radical restructuring plans: To sell some pubs, its Camerons Brewery and close its Mansfield brewery.
W&B has long negotiated with Robert Breare, the entrepreneur, and Pubmaster, to buy the company. But the negotiations has become too prolonged.
Wolves also said the changes to its production operations, which include the sale of Camerons Brewery to the Castle Eden Brewery and the transfer of brewing at Mansfield to Wolverhampton, would reduce annual operating costs by £4m and realise £16m of cash over the next three years.
April 21. 2001
Mossebeer revival
Mosseølets Venner (Mossbeers Friends), Norway, has again reason to be glad, writes Norøls Beerletter. The Brewery Borg has accepted to brew Mossepils after originalrecipe. Maj 11. 2001 invites the people of Moss to taste the brew on Moss By-og Industrimuseum. From that day are Mossepils again availabel in the local stores.
There are plans of building a microbrewery in Møllebyen, where the museum is situated.
April 20. 2001
Labelcollection in Guinness Book of Records
At a party in Schusterstrasse, Altstadt, Schwerin, Germany, let the winehouse Uhle saturday 20. April a labelcollection present. More than 8000 different labels from wine-, beer- and other drinks schall get the collection a place in Guinness Book of Record in Germany. Up till now are no equivalent record in Germany, but the Guinness editors has to deside the approval of the record.
The oldest label is a winelabel from a Uhlebottle year 1900.
April 18. 2001
The struggle about BBAG is over
Two stockholdinggroups have for long being strugling for the power over BBAG, Austrias biggest brewerygroup. The owners of Hopfen & Malz Holding, who in January took over the main part of Getränke-Holding, are now taking over the stocks in GH from the Marsoner-family group. With that achieve HMH over 90 per cent of the stocks in GH and full control over BBAG.
April 15. 2001
Monk’s Millennium wins in New Zeeland
The microbrewery Cock & Bull English Pub i Pakaranga, Auckland, New Zeeland, has produced the Supreme Champion i New Zeelands Beer Award. It the second time the small brewery wins the contest.
Cock & Bull tock the award with "Monk’s Millennium", a belgian ale type.
June 21. decides the Australian Beer Award.
April 13. 2001
Warsteiner steps in to Wheatbeer
Warsteiner Brauerei and Schlossbrauerei Kaltenberg Irmgard Prinzessin von Bayern, both Germany, has made a strategic partership. The brewers will strength the sale of "Prinzregent Luitpold Weissbier" and "König Ludwig Dunkel" by forming two new companys.
Schlossbrauerei Kaltenberg will through the partership take advantage of Warsteiners salesorganisation to improve the sale abroad.
April 10. 2001
Peroni maybe for sale
There are rumours that the italian brewery Peroni will be put for sale. Danish Carlsberg and english Scottish & Newcastle are possible buyers. S&N has licens- and distributions aggreements with Peroni, but Carlsberg has ni per cent of the italian market and are seeking for more.
April 10. 2001
Brau Union buys Steyr
Brau Union, Austria, a part of the BBAG Koncern buys Brauerei Steyr 100 per cent. Steyr was partner to Brau Union and continues as a independent company. The 55 employes does therefore not expect big changes.
April 9. 2001
Austias first beerbath
Beer is not only for drinking, it is also to use in baths. Landhotel Moorhof in oberösterreich, Franking, spoiling their guests with the first beerbath in Austria.
The brewery Schnaitl supply the special mix of beer and spices, which are used for the bath.
April 9. 2001
Canadian wants more free time
More than 46,000 inspired, fun loving people have rallied behind the
Blue Light Free Your Time movement by signing an online petition for a new
long weekend in June.
Blue Light, the beer from Labatt Brewery, Canada, and the Time Liberation Front (TLF) officially launched the Free Your Time campaign and the June Long Weekend petition on Monday, April 2, at the centre of Canadian 'Big Business' on Bay Street in Toronto.
"We are overwhelmed by the initial response to the Free Your Time
movement and petition," says Steve Silverstone, Blue Light. "We want Ontarians
to join the "party," help us to continue the fight for more free time and
support us as we take this petition all the way to the Ontario Legislature!"
April 8. 2001
Mikrobrygget "Byens øl" in Copenhagen
From friday 30. March has Calle Henriques in Byens Kro poured his
own strongbeer: "Byens Øl" - brewed specialy for the pub.
After 6 weeks lovely adolescence on Svaneke Bryghus, has Byens Øl got
goldbeer strength on 5,5% and a round and soft taste of hops, pilsnermalt and
caramelmalt, as the brewer from the island Bornholm has given him time to coddle and refine.
April 3. 2001
DAB insolvent
DAB-brewery in Dortmund, Germany, has lost al of the own capital on 17 m Euro after a catastrophic year. The deficit was 30.5 m Euro.
The brewery avoid to be declared insolvent, while the majority shareholder, Binding-Gruppe, are making a rescueplan.
26. March 2001
Park on bottles
The beer "Park Primus", from the brewery Park & Bellheimer, Germany, are comming on bottles again. In three years has Park Primus only been accessible as draught beer, but from the Saarfair in Saarbrücken 31. March will Park Primus again be drawn on 0.33 litre bottles.
20. March 2001
Fresh new label to Albani Påske Bryg
The danish brewer Albani Bryggerierne has follow the new labeldesign on the christmasbrews from 2000 up. Now have also Albani Påske Bryg the new oval label and new design.
17. March 2001
König increase beercan sales
König Brauerei, Duisburg, Germany, hat a turn over of 187m Euro in 2000. The brewery sold 2,3m hectolitres beer. The König-Pilsener stand for 2,23m, and the alcoholfree Kelts about 67.000 hectolitres.
The brewery hat besides an increase i beercan sales on 27,5 per cent.
11. March 2001
Weisse from Carlsberg
This week are Carlsberg, the danish brewer, sending the fourth and last beer in the series Semper Ardens, Weisse, to 30 handpicked restaurants. According to the danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende estimates chief of development at Carlsberg, Torsten Steenholt, that one or mayby two beers from the series possibly will come in common trade.
11. March 2001
Ambev result better than expected
The synergy gains from the merger between Brahma and Antartica, the two Brazilian brewers who formed Ambev, has exceeded expectations. The net profit for Ambev for 2000 was R$ 470m ($229m). The year before it was only R$9m ($4,5m).
Ambev sold in 2000 62m hectolitres beer.
3. March 2001
A Beer-CultureTour
The touristscounty in Niederbayern in Germany will tempt the turist to the area with a Beer-KulTour (CultureTour). The touristcounty in Passau and Rottal-Inn has put together a route, where everything is about baroque art and beer. On the tour pays visit to churches, monasterys and brewerys.
3. March 2001
20 per cent net profit
Heineken increased its net profit 20 per cent in 2000, compared with 1999. At the same time Heineken increased its sales volume in the United States by 15 per cent for Heineken Beer and 13 per cent for Amstel.
In Europe had the worlds second largest brewer succes in France, Netherland and Italy, but problems in Polan.
The results achieved in Asia continued to rise, while sales in Africa showed a slight increase.
27. February 2001
Baltika launching non-alcoholic beer
Baltika, a Rusian brewery, owned 75 per cent by Baltic Beverage Holding (Hartwall and Carlsberg), launcing a non-alcoholic beer "Zero" on thursday 1. Marts.
Russia is one of the world's fastest-growing beer markets, and the brewery feels that the market is ready to with taste and no alcohol.
25. February 2001
New BlåGul (BlueYellow) from Pripps
The swedish brewer Pripps, who is a part of Carlsberg Sverige, has introduced BlåGul 7,2 in Systembolaget in Sweden. BlåGul 7,2 is a follow up to BlåGul 5,2.
24. February 2001
Thy Classic
Thisted Bryghus, Denmark, has send Thy Classic on the market. The beer is dark to golden.
To the beer is used four maltsorts, among others smoke malt, who has a great sense for the beers aroma.
23. February 2001
Heineken to Germany
Heineken has bought 49,9 per cent of Brau Holding, the second largest brewer in Germany. The owner Stefan Schörghuber keep 50,1 per cent. Together the make BrauHolding International.
Besides the cooperation in Germany, Heineken schall marketing Paulaner Weissbier outside Germany.
21. February 2001
BBH sells Kalnapilis
The Board of Directors of Baltic Beverage Holding has decided to sell its 87 per cent stake in the Kalnapilis brewery in Lithuania.
In addition, the Board of Directors of BBH is considering merging the Carlsberg Breweries-owned brewery Svyturys with the BBH-owned brewery Utenos Alus at a later date. This will have to be approved by minority shareholders and the Lithuanian competition authorities. Conditional on the merger of the two breweries, Thomas Kucinskas, currently Managing Director of Svyturys will be appointed Managing Director of the combined activities of BBH in Lithuania.
18. February 2001
Heineken on it's way to Germany
Heineken i probably on it's way to enter the german marked.
According to Schörghuber Group, who owns Brau Holding, are there negotiations with Heineken over the sale of 49 per cent of Brau Holdning. If it ends with a sale, Heineken will be the first of the worlds biggest brewers who take a considerable steep in to the german marked.
17. February 2001
Recordresult for Carlsberg
Carlsberg, the danish brewer, made a record profit before tax in the last year, over 3 b DKK. It is 39 per cent better that the year before.
The brewers sale of beer and soft driks grow 7 per cent in the same period.
In spite of the fine results the Carlsberg stock fall heavyly on the Copenhagen Stockexchange. The reason is, according to the stock-analytics, that the future is't looking sufficintly good.
13. February 2001
Carlsberg plans to sell brewery in Polan
Okocim, Polan, 47 per cent owned by Carlsberg, Denmark, are making plans to sell a brewery in Chociwel, writes NetPosten on basis of an article in the polish newspaper, Puls Biznesu.
It is also decided, that a brewery in Krakow are to be closed within 2003. The closing and the sale are taking place to reduce overcapacity.
Carlsberg has restructured it's polish activites, and at the same time lost markedshares.
13. February 2001
Foster lift results
Foster, Australia’s biggest brewerage company, lift ist results for 2000 9,8 per cent. But the succes was strongly helped by good performance in the companys california wineactivities, and doubling in international beer profits.
10. February 2001
The only brewery in Pakistan closed
Pakistan’s only brewery, Murree Brewery, has been temporarily closed by the authorities. The reason is,that the brewery produce to much pollution.
New maschinery must be bought in India to stop the pollution.
The closing is a hard blow against the brewery, who in advance only can supply beer to the countrys three per cent non muslims.
10. February 2001
On pub on the Internet
Now it’s posible to visit the pub on the Internet. In Brazil is the first Internet pub open. Here people can meet, and have a beer!! Or almost.
On the adress www.bardoze.com.br it’s posible to go on pub, even in office time. The pub are on open 24 hours. Only between 12.00 and 06.00 GMT is the door open.
8. February 2001
Beername to the court
Binding-Gruppe, Frankfurt, Germany, will, by law prevent the brewery Eichbaum in selling "Feuerio Prinzen-Tropfen". Last month revealed Eichbaum the new product with six per cent alcohol, which they make in a cooperation with Feuerio.
The name has a similarity with "Feuerio-Tropfen", which earlier was brewed on Mannheimer Traditionsbrauerei. The rest of that brewery exist today as the brand Habereckl by Binding Group. Untill two years ago had Binding and Feuero a cooperation. Thats is now history, and now wants Binding to stop the new brand on account of the name-similarity with the earliere "Feuerio-Tropfen". Feuerio means, that they have the right to the name. It will now be up to the court.
6. February 2001
Royal Spring Beernews of the year 2000
The society Danske Ølentusiaster ( Danish Beerentusiasts), who counts 1000 members in Denmark, has elected "Ceres Royal Spring" to "The danish beernews 2000".
The finish in the voting was close between Ceres Royal Spring and Thy Økologisk Humle from Thisted Bryghus.
Ceres Royal Spring were victorious with 34 per cent of the votes. Thy Økologisk Humle got 31 per cent.
1. February 2001
SAB looks at Nigeria
South African Breweries, SAB, the biggest beermaker in Africa and the worlds fifth-largest brewery, are making plans to entry into Nigeria. The countrys beermarked, the second-largest in Africa, is dominated by Heineken and Guinness owned breweries.
When no interesting breweries are for sale, can building a new brewery be the solution.
The 120m people in Nigeria drink 6,3m Hectoliter of beer a year.
30. Januar 2001
Two danes lead german brewery
Two danes shall lead Hannen-Tuborg Brewery in Germany. The outgoing chief Micheal Hollmann will be replaced by Björn Sönderskov, now vicepræcident in Carlsberg Copenhagen for Westeneurope and export.
He shall, together with Erik Juul Rasmussen, responsibel for technique, lead the german brewery.
27. Januar 2001
Interbrew accept Bass sale
Interbrew, the Belgian brewer, on Friday 26. of Januar accepted, that it must sell Bass Brewers in UK. But at the same time Interbrew decided, that it will try to be allowed to sell Bass in bids, and also that it can be to financial buyers.
Interbrew wish at the same time to be allowed to develop the Bass activities in the interim, so it can be more attractive for buyers.
25. Januar 2001
Rain means decents for Holsten
Summerrain means decents in the total beersale at Holsten-Group, Germany biggest brewerygroup, at 3,7 per cent in 2000 in proportion to 1999. The figures leave out, that Holsten in Februar bought König-Brauerei in Germany.
25. Januar 2001
Brau und Brunnen pick new chief from Tuborg
The brewery group Brau und Brunnen, Germany, suffer from bad results. Therefore was the cheif Rainer Verstynen fired in December. Now the group has employed Michael Hollmann to lead the concern. Michael Hollmann comes from a chiefpost at Hannen/Tuborg Brauerei, Mönchengladbach.
24. Janaur 2001
Polar in to food
Venezuela's Grupo Polar, a brewing company privately held by the Mendoza family, had offered to buy Mavesa, a local food and consumer products manufacturer.
The company's board recommend its shareholders to accept Polar's offer.
18. Januar 2001
Warsteiner increase export
Warsteiner Brauerei in Germany increase the export of the brand Warsteiner with 20 per cent in 2000. The sale outside Germany is now at 628.000 hectoliter.
18. Januar 2001
Gold for Rostock Pils
Rostocker Brauerei in Germany has for several years called there Pils for "Gold from the coast". Now they have received the official goldmedal from Deutschen Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft.. 135 german beers participates in the voluntarly test, who was made by beerconnoisseurs.
Rosstocker Pils må decorate the Pils with the goldmedal the next two years.
13. Januar 2001
New eco-beer in Austria
The small brewery Schladminger Brauerei by Salzburg in Austria shake the competitors. The small brewery are next to Kärntner Brauerei Hirt the second who brings a eco-beer on the market - "Dachstein Naturbräu".
The competitors means, that the reinheitsgebot is nature enough.
13. Januar 2001
Will buy W&B
German newspapers tels, that the german investmentfirm UBS Capital negotiate with the british brewery Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries (W&D). UBS wants to buy W&B.
The negotites are not confirmed.
8. Januar 2001
Anheuser-Busch buys in South America
The American brewer Anheuser-Busch Companies has purchase of approximately 14 percent of Chilean-based Compañía Cervecerías Unidas S.A. (CCU), a diversified beverage company operating principally in Chile and Argentina. CCU is the leading brewer in Chile, holding 90 percent domestic market share.
5. Januar 2001
Hasseröder in new record
Hasseröder Brauerei, Ostharz, Germany, owned by Gilde-Gruppe, has reach a new record. The brand Hasseröder now sels 2,3 b hectoliter. It is a giant rise since the group bought the brewery in 1990. At that time was the production only 100.000 hectoliter.
3. Januar 2001
Interbrew forced to sell Bass
The director general of fair trading blocked Wednesday for Interbrews takeover of Bass.
Stephen Byers, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has decided not to permit the merger between Interbrew SA (Interbrew) and the UK business of Bass Brewers. He accepted the conclusions of the Competition Commission, that the takeover would create an effective brewing and distribution duopoly between Interbrew and Scottish & Newcastle in the UK.
2. januar 2001
Beerfestival in Denmark
The society Danske Ølentusiaster invites now to Beerfestival in Denmark. The festival takes place in København 28. and 29. April. The society promise, that there will be over 100 different beers to taste. Read Danske Ølentusiasters presserelase in danish
2. januar 2001
Carlsberg Breweries approved in Finland
The Finnish competition authorities have given conditional approval to Carlsberg A/S and Orkla ASA to establish Carlsberg Breweries A/S.
The authorities have requested that Orkla sells its shareholding in Oyj Hartwall Abp. ( Finland's largest brewery and owner of 50 per cent of Baltic Beverage Holding (BBH)).
In addition:
Carlsberg A/S and Orkla ASA accept that Carlsberg Breweries A/S shall not use its 50 per cent shareholding in BBH to influence Oyj Hartwall Abp and therefore the competitive situation on the Finnish market
Carlsberg A/S shall discontinue its licence agreement with Oyj Hartwall Abp regarding brewing and selling of Tuborg on the Finnish market
Carlsberg A/S and Orkla ASA accept the decision of the Finnish authorities