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December 15 - December 17, 2008
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Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 17-December-2008

1 EUR = 1.3722 USD
1 EUR = 0.8971 GBP
1 EUR = 1.6896 CAD
1 EUR = 2.045 AUD
1 EUR = 123.872 JPY
1 EUR = 3.269 BRL
1 EUR = 37.854 RUB
1 EUR = 9.4073 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 17-December-2008

1 USD = 0.7288 EUR
1 USD = 0.6537 GBP
1 USD = 1.2313 CAD
1 USD = 1.4903 AUD
1 USD = 90.2715 JPY
1 USD = 2.3823 BRL
1 USD = 27.5858 RUB
1 USD = 6.8555 CNY
Currency Rates, EUR/USD Chart

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Average Market Prices Change trend

December 17, 2008

Type Crop 2008 Crop 2009
2rs Barley EUR123.0-125.0 EUR139.0-141.0
6rw Barley EUR117.0-119.0 EUR129.0-131.0
2rs Malt EUR346.0-348.0 EUR357.5-359.5
6rw Malt EUR337.5-339.5 EUR344.0-346.0
Feed Barley EUR97.0-99.0 nq

Note: Just click on the price link and you will be led to our Market Price History. Average barley market prices are French and are estimated on FOB Creil basis. Average Malt Prices are theoretical and based FOB Antwerp being estimated on French malting barley. The changes are compared to last Newsletter's prices. Arrows indicate the direction of the change.


Top Industry News

India: SABMiller’s Indian profit to double, if the brewer wins a court case against pricing controls and a monopoly wholesaler in Andhra Pradesh ...Click here
EU: Court rules that Anheuser-Busch InBev cannot use the ‘Bud’ trademark in EU ...Click here
China: Yanjing Brewery to allocate funds raised through a share placement for expansion ...Click here
United Kingdom & India: United Breweries reportedly interested in Cobra Beer UK ...Click here
Ireland: Irish pubs report another sales plunge in November ...Click here
India: Asia Pacific Breweries to make one more step of expansion in a month or so ...Click here
Ukraine: Slavutich Carlsberg Group mulling closure of Kiev brewery ...Click here
World: ABARE forecasts world barley production to increase by 20 mln tonnes in 2008/2009 ...Click here
Australia: Disagreement on terms ends ABB and AWB merger talks ...Click here
Canada: Barley production 2008/09 to be 7% higher than last year – Statistics Canada ...Click here
France: Barley crop to be 12.3 mln tonnes in 2008/2009 - ONIGC ...Click here
EU: 2.8 mln tonnes of barley licensed for export from the EU since the beginning of MY 2008/2009 ...Click here
Australia: Hops growers expanding production and list of varieties planted ...Click here




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United Kingdom & China: Tsingtao beer to be soon available on trade in the UK ...More Info
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United States & China: American craft beer promoted in China ...More Info
Canada: CWB posts interim and final payments for barley pooled in the 2007 – 2008 crop year ...More Info
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Russia: Total investments in modernisation of SUN InBev’s Kursk plant to reach 70.9 mln roubles this year ...More Info
Japan: Ministry of Agriculture purchases via tender 12.65 thousand of feed barley ...More Info
United Kingdom: The EU Parliament says the British pint to be left in peace ...More Info
Ireland: Polish beers sales feeling the crisis as Poles leave Ireland ...More Info
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Brewery News

India: SABMiller’s Indian profit to double, if the brewer wins a court case against pricing controls and a monopoly wholesaler in Andhra Pradesh
SABMiller Plc, challenging state governments in India to loosen the rules on beer sales, said profit in the country may double if it wins ...More Info

EU: Court rules that Anheuser-Busch InBev cannot use the ‘Bud’ trademark in EU
An EU court has ruled that Anheuser-Busch InBev NV’s European Union-wide trademark on ‘Bud’ isn’t valid for beer and certain other uses, Bloomberg reported ...More Info

China: Yanjing Brewery to allocate funds raised through a share placement for expansion
Yanjing Brewery Co, one of China’s largest beer producers, announced it had raised 1.12 billion yuan ($164 million) through a share placement, Reuters reported ...More Info

United Kingdom & India: United Breweries reportedly interested in Cobra Beer UK
India’s United Breweries Holdings is considering bidding for the UK assets of Cobra Beer, Namnews cited a report by the Economic Times on December, ...More Info

Ireland: Irish pubs report another sales plunge in November

Irish pubs report a 20 percent plunge in pub draught sales in November, the Herald published on December, 15.

Industry experts are describing the crisis as "meltdown" for the market, which has seen an even bigger drop in the sale of bottle and canned beer - at 25 percent.

This follows drops of 8 percent for draught beer and 10 percent for canned beer the previous month.

Internal statistics compiled by the country’s biggest brewers shows only cheaper brands are holding steady as consumer spending wanes.

Sources predicted the financial pressure of the sales slump will lead more pubs to close or go into examinership.

The latest figures came from the largest drinks companies and distributors - Diageo, Inbev, Budweiser, Heineken and the Gleeson Group.

For the year so far, beer sales are down 5 percent. However, the rate of the fall accelerated as consumer confidence plummeted in the face of recession.

Pubs and shops are finding it hardest to sell premium brands as drinkers face a leaner Christmas and prepare for the predicted financial woes of the new year.

Cheaper drinks such as Bavaria, Tuborg and Dutch Gold are maintaining their sales figures.

All sectors of the beer market combined in 2007 ...More Info


India: Asia Pacific Breweries to make one more step of expansion in a month or so
Asia Pacific Breweries said it will enter the West Bengal market in a month in line with its pan-India expansion plans, Business Line reported ...More Info

Ukraine: Slavutich Carlsberg Group mulling closure of Kiev brewery
Slavutich Carlsberg Group is mulling a complete stop of its Kiev plant, Kommersant – Ukraine cited the company’s General Director Petr Chernishov on December, ...More Info

Barley News

World: ABARE forecasts world barley production to increase by 20 mln tonnes in 2008/2009
World barley production is forecast to increase by 20 mln tonnes to 153 mln tonnes in 2008 – 2009, ABARE posted this month.

The European ...More Info

Australia: Disagreement on terms ends ABB and AWB merger talks
ABB Grain Ltd., Australia’s largest barley exporter, and AWB Ltd. ended talks about a possible merger after failing to agree on terms, Bloomberg reported ...More Info

Canada: Barley production 2008/09 to be 7% higher than last year – Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (STC) released its estimate of the nation’s barley production in 2008 – 2009 on December, 12.

According to STC, barley production increased to ...More Info

France: Barley crop to be 12.3 mln tonnes in 2008/2009 - ONIGC
France’s barley crop estimate has been increased to 12.3 mln tonnes, 80,000 tonnes more than last month’s estimate, the ONIGC reported on December, 10.

The ...More Info

EU: 2.8 mln tonnes of barley licensed for export from the EU since the beginning of MY 2008/2009
Since the beginning of the current marketing year, the EU has granted export licenses for 2.8 mln tonnes of barley, the ONIGC posted on ...More Info

Hops News

Australia: Hops growers expanding production and list of varieties planted
A global shortage of hops has reinvigorated Australia’s hops market, the Australian communicated on December, 15.

Small breweries that buy their hops overseas have been ...More Info
Scientific Digest

Analysis of the Fungal Community in Zaopei During the Production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour Liquor

Wen-xue Zhang, Zong-wei Qiao, Yue-qin Tang, Cheng Hu, Qun Sun, Shigeru Morimura and Kenji Kida

Abstract

ABSTRACT J. Inst. Brew. 113(1), 21–27, 2007 Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and 18S rRNA gene analysis were carried out to analyze the fungal community in Zaopei during the production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor. Two pairs of primers (EF4 /Fung5 and EF4/NS2-GC) were used for the DGGE. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for clone analysis was preformed with the primers (EF4 /EF3). The results of the DGGE analysis showed that the fungal 18S rRNA genes taken from the Zaopei sample of the pit had high diversity. Gene clone libraries containing 120 clonal sequences of 18S rRNA were constructed. The fungal diversity shift showed that the fungal genera changed with increasing fermentation time and four genera of fungi (Issatchenkia, Talaromyces, Aspergillus and Eurotium) were the main dominant communities during the fermentation of Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor. The clonal sequences of the genera Rhizopus and Saccharomyces were found with difficulty from the clone libraries of Zaopei, suggesting that the genera Rhizopus and Saccharomyces perhaps are not necessary for saccharifying and fermenting grains during the production of Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor. Key words: Chinese Luzhou-flavour liquor, clone analysis, DGGE, fungi, 18S rRNA gene, Zaopei. Load full article, 7 pages, 676 Kb, PDF file

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* - 70/30 = 70% Average two Rows Spring and 30% Six Rows Winter
** - 50/50 = 50% Average two Rows Spring and 50% Six Rows Winter

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