‘Tax is unlikely to deter drinkers’
The treasury wants to raise taxes on alcoholic beverages and set a minimum price per unit
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Heineken buying Distell will allow for its diversification in the wake of waning beer sales
Heineken set to brew up local market
Nigeria’s palm wine tappers face stiff competition
Large companies such as International Breweries and Nigerian Breweries are vying for the population’s drinking money
Alexandra’s black market for booze under lockdown
Underground liquor has a long history in South Africa. Its next chapter is being written under the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown
High hopes, not much dope in marijuana beer and gin
It’s now okay to smoke cannabis, or at least it’s legal as long as you don’t buy your supply. But what about drinking it?
Cheers to the world’s fastest growing beer market
Africa is forecast to be the fastest growing total beverage alcohol region over the next five years.
Beer and stinky feet could be a fatal combination – for mosquitos
Could a new manmade concoction of mundane odours stop malaria?
Betting on addiction is a sure winner
It is no coincidence that the biggest companies by far on the JSE trade on human weaknesses.
New quick stale-beer tester could prove food freshness
A cheap and quick system for testing how fresh beer is could give people a tool to test how fresh all their food is.
Exploring Africa’s favourite beers
Snapshots of Africa’s most popular beers and the breweries that created them during colonialism and post independence.
Designated driver needed on this sipping safari
This book reveals that there is more to craft beer than the the price tag and cute names.
The journey to the bottom of a (craft) beer glass
Beer-eaucracy is putting the cork in a craft beer revolution that could provide widespread development.
World’s biggest brewers mull $245bn tie-up
AB InBev is considering a takeover of SABMiller to consolidate its position in a market facing the increased popularity of indie craft beers.
Climate change has beer over a barrel
Without hops, there can be no beer – and South Africa’s hops farms are in serious trouble because of climate change.
Craft brew is the new black
Two young beermakers are taking an artisinal approach to the still untapped black market.
Allan Gray invests in Zimbabwean beer and cellphones
Despite Zimbabwe’s shrinking economy, Allan Gray is upping its stakes in the Zimbabwean sorghum beer and mobile phone markets.
A local success: SABMiller’s Nigerian ‘Hero’ beer
"Oh Mpa," the Nigerian version of SABMiller’s Hero beer, is using a nostalgic appeal to local political ideologies to widen its marketshare.
Holy water replaces beer in Zim
Brewers are facing a stiff challenge from churches as hard-pressed Zimbabweans turn to God.
Is it beer o’clock in Cape Town yet?
Yes. Yes it is. And time flies at the Beerhouse in Long Street, where the range of ale is matched by the quality of the food.
The Who’s Brew of SA beer
South Africans are acquiring a taste for ‘craft’ ale, and the Jo’burg festival of beer will have something to tap into every palate.
Swaziland faces possible beer shortages
Swaziland beer drinkers face a thirst-inducing shortage of brews in the coming weeks, as the biggest brewery upgrades its bottling equipment.
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M&G Newsroom: April 29 2013
Oilgate 2, the Free State winelands and some on-air beer tasting: if you missed us on the radio on Monday morning, listen to this.
The Devil made me brew it
It may be named after the rocky landmark, but Devil’s Peak Brewing Company is making the sort of beers that could arouse Satan himself.
For those of stout heart
Very few pubs, including those specialising in craft beer, appear to be keen on keeping locally produced stout or Russian Imperial Ale on tap.
Cheers to a good year for craft beer
There is an inevitability about the Clarens Craft Beer Festival, a guarantee that things will get tulip-glass shaped after a day spent drinking.
A passion for brew of a different flavour
Thankfully, any disbelief about the brews being poured at Cullinan’s Cockpit Brewhouse is usually followed by another appreciative pull.
Moving from bland to blonde
The number of artisinal beer-makers has expanded at a rapid rate as consumers seek alternatives to the big brands.
Beer and loathing in Clarens
The Clarens Beer Festival proves that South Africa’s emerging brewmasters are as varied and colourful as their audience.
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SABMiller to take over Foster’s for $10-billion
Australian beer giant Foster’s has accepted an improved takeover offer worth Aus$9.9-billion from British-based brewer SABMiller.
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SABMiller third-quarter volumes up 3%
Brewer SABMiller beat forecasts with a 3% rise in quarterly volumes, boosted by growth in Africa and Asia.
Wurst-case scenario
<strong>Brent Meersman</strong> something very democratic about the German people’s delicious, wholesome and large food — and about beer in general.
It’s made in Eshowe, brew
A man and his microbrew – which won serious accolades at the Britain’s Wetherspoons Real Ale Festival – are hoping to take on KZN and then the world.