The biggest brewers in the UK, by market share, are the following: Molson Coors – 17.8 % ABInBev – 17.4 % Heineken – 17.1 % Carlsberg – 14.8 % Diageo – 4.8 % Notice that, despite the huge upsurge in craft beer brewing (that many… Read More
The world beer market has long been dominated by three or four large multinational conglomerate brewers, who brew around 50% of the world’s beer every year (about 1.2 billion hectolitres). They consistently buy up their competition, or well performing new brands, to stay at the… Read More
Your average international brewing conglomerate might attract sneers and derision from craft beer fans but requiring the capacity to brew literally millions of beers a year takes some serious effort. And that means some serious production facilities to go with it too. Sometimes running into… Read More
If you drink beer, the Coors family name should be a familiar one to you. Proud manufacturer of such popular American beers as Coors Light, Coors Brewing Company was founded in 1875 in Golden, Colorado. Today they are the third largest brewer worldwide. They grew… Read More
Seeking to emulate the explosive growth of the craft beer boom in our own fair isle and across the pond in the USA, the New Zealand government has recently announced a $13.5 million dollar investment in the industry. Called Brewing Success, it will be run… Read More
The name Anheuser Busch InBev should be very familiar to regular readers of this website, so frequently do we mention the biggest brewing conglomerate in the world. However, a descendent of the original founder himself, Adolphus Busch V, has recently branched out into an entirely… Read More
In honour of our recent article on the discovery of the oldest evidence of brewing in the world, we thought we’d count down some of the world’s oldest breweries that are still operating today. In the interests of, well, keeping the list interesting, we discounted… Read More
This week, archaeologists investigating an ancient Natufian burial chamber near Haifa, Israel, discovered what they consider to be evidence of a 13,000-year-old brewing process. Previous finds have indicated that organised brewing did not begin until about 5000 years ago, so this finding might cause a… Read More
Sometimes controversial but obscenely popular craft beer titan BrewDog recently announced a 55% revenue increase on the same time last year. With sales reaching £78 million already in 2018, it is shaping to be a very strong annual showing indeed for the makers of Punk… Read More
Obviously, London gets a lot of love in the UK craft beer scene. Only really rivalled domestically by Manchester, the capital is one of the best places in Europe to sample varied and delicious beers from local independent brewers. In fact, 36 new breweries opened… Read More