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North Korea launches TV beer ads
North Korea has aired a new TV advertising campaign for a locally-brewed beer, produced using plant bought from a regional British brewer. The lager “Pride of ...

Baltika in Australian licensing deal
Australian firm Independent Distillers (ID) has begun brewing Russia’s best selling beer under licence Down-Under.  Baltika Breweries said in a statement that the decision to licence ID to brew its ...

AB InBev divests can plants to Ball Corp
A-B InBev’s sale of non-core assets continues. The world’s largest and most in-debt brewer is selling four beverage can manufacturing plants, part of what was Anheuser-Busch’s wholly-owned owned Metal Container ...

SAB in black empowerment deal
SABMiller is to sell a tenth of its South African business to black investors in compliance with controversial post-apartheid rules aimed at redressing the balance of wealth in the country. ...

Carlsberg Light launched in China
Carslberg is gearing up for a new product launch aimed at tapping the growing demand in western China for premium light beer. Carlsberg Light, a 3.6% beer brewed with the ...