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Base Currency: Euro, EUR
on 30-April-2009

1 EUR = 1.3216 USD
1 EUR = 0.8981 GBP
1 EUR = 1.5998 CAD
1 EUR = 1.8463 AUD
1 EUR = 128.029 JPY
1 EUR = 2.8943 BRL
1 EUR = 43.9652 RUB
1 EUR = 9.0331 CNY
Base Currency: US Dollar
on 30-April-2009

1 USD = 0.7568 EUR
1 USD = 0.6796 GBP
1 USD = 1.2105 CAD
1 USD = 1.3966 AUD
1 USD = 96.8734 JPY
1 USD = 2.1901 BRL
1 USD = 33.2679 RUB
1 USD = 6.8352 CNY
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Equities of the Largest Breweries

Equities of the Largest Breweries

Average Market Prices Change trend

April 30, 2009

Type Crop 2008 Crop 2009
2rs Barley EUR102.0-106.0 EUR133.0-137.0 2.27%
6rw Barley EUR99.0-103.0 EUR120.0-124.0 0.83%
2rs Malt EUR314.0-318.0 EUR344.0-348.0 1.02%
6rw Malt EUR309.5-313.5 EUR327.0-331.0 0.30%
Feed Barley EUR91.0-95.0 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

Belgium & Japan & China: AB InBev and Asahi Breweries complete the Tsingtao deal ...Click here
Mexico: FEMSA’s Brazil and export sales volume grow, Mexico beer sales decrease in the first three month of 2009 ...Click here
Japan: Asahi Breweries reports a net loss for the first quarter as sales drop 4.8% ...Click here
China: Tsingtao Brewery’s Q1 profit up 54% despite declining demand ...Click here
Japan & Philippines: Kirin completes partial acquisition of shares in San Miguel Brewery, expects the total 43.23% stake to be paid by the end of May ...Click here
Germany: The first three months of this year see both domestic beer sales and exports slump ...Click here
World: A new brand value report says beer category grew 15% yoy ...Click here
Malaysia: Carlsberg Malaysia hopes to buy two beverage manufacturers this year - chairman ...Click here
United States: Almost six months since InBev’s takeover of Anheuser-Busch: a new brooms sweeps in a different way ...Click here
EU: Malt barley prices slightly up after rain ...Click here
Canada: Viterra bulks up preparing for a possible takeover of ABB Grain ...Click here




Philippines: San Miguel Brewery completes the purchase of the domestic beer brands from its parent ...More Info
Turkey: Brewer Anadolu Efes attracts investors and analysts by its Turkish potential ...More Info
Japan: Sapporo slightly narrows net loss in the first three months of this year in comparison with Q1 2008 ...More Info
Denmark: Brewer Royal Unibrew says total group sales fell 15.2% in the first quarter ...More Info
Belgium: AB InBev headquarters to stay in Belgium to preserve tradition and heritage ...More Info
Indonesia: San Miguel’s Indonesian brewing subsidiary not expecting a huge sales growth this year ...More Info
Ukraine: Despite $140 mln invested, SABMiller’s Ukrainian subsidiary closes year 2008 in the red ...More Info
Canada: Brick Brewing releases financial results for full 2009 fiscal year ...More Info
United States: AB InBev cuts Olympic ad spend, MillerCoors might get its place on NBC’s broadcast - sources ...More Info
Belgium: AB InBev’s shareholders approve 2008 dividend ...More Info
France: Brewer Kronenbourg pinning hopes on a three-year optimisation programme ...More Info
Russia: Young Russians choose beer according to the prestige of the brand - study ...More Info
New Zealand: DB Breweries taken on for trying to monopolise generic terms for beer styles ...More Info
Japan & Australia: Analysts compliment Kirin for deciding to gain full ownership of brewer Lion Nathan ...More Info
The Czech Republic: Budweiser Budvar packages its beer in a new way, prices remain the same ...More Info
Australia: Kirin’s buyout offer to Lion Nathan convinces Coca-Cola Amatil it was right to reject a takeover from the Australian brewer ...More Info
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Brewery News

Belgium & Japan & China: AB InBev and Asahi Breweries complete the Tsingtao deal
Belgium-based world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev said on April, 30 that it has completed the previously announced sale of its 19.9% minority stake in ...More Info

Mexico: FEMSA’s Brazil and export sales volume grow, Mexico beer sales decrease in the first three month of 2009
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (“FEMSA”) announced on April, 30 its operational and financial results for the first quarter of 2009.

Total revenues of ...More Info

Japan: Asahi Breweries reports a net loss for the first quarter as sales drop 4.8%
Japan’s Asahi Breweries Ltd. reported it swung into a net loss in the January-March quarter due to a slump in beer sales, Dow Jones ...More Info

China: Tsingtao Brewery’s Q1 profit up 54% despite declining demand
Tsingtao Brewery Co., China's largest beer maker by revenue, said first-quarter profit rose 54 percent as lower taxes countered slower growth caused by declining ...More Info

Japan & Philippines: Kirin completes partial acquisition of shares in San Miguel Brewery, expects the total 43.23% stake to be paid by the end of May
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited reported on April, 30 it has successfully completed partial acquisition of the shares of San Miguel Brewery Inc (SMB).

Completion of ...More Info

Germany: The first three months of this year see both domestic beer sales and exports slump
German breweries sold less beer than ever in the first quarter of 2009, Earth Times posted on April, 30.

Industry observers say both the recession ...More Info

World: A new brand value report says beer category grew 15% yoy
BrandZ 2009 Top 100 Ranking Report published this month reveals the brand value of the beer category has grown by 15 percent.

Analysts explain the ...More Info

Malaysia: Carlsberg Malaysia hopes to buy two beverage manufacturers this year - chairman
Carlsberg Malaysia hopes to complete the acquisition of two beverage manufacturers in the region this year, chairman Datuk Lim Say Chong was quoted as ...More Info

United States: Almost six months since InBev’s takeover of Anheuser-Busch: a new brooms sweeps in a different way
In about six months that have passed since the Belgian InBev completed the purchase of Anheuser-Busch, the American brewer has been turned from a ...More Info

Barley News

EU: Malt barley prices slightly up after rain
Last week, EU’s malting barley market showed a temporary increase in prices, La Depeche posted on April, 30.

Inspired by rains which fell in central ...More Info

Canada: Viterra bulks up preparing for a possible takeover of ABB Grain
Canadian Viterra Inc. is preparing for a possible acquisition of Australia’s largest barley trader and maltster by raising CA$450 million in an equity issue ...More Info
Scientific Digest

Enhanced Quantitative Extraction and HPLC Determination of Hop and Beer Bitter Acids

Barbara Jaskula, Koen Goiris, Gert De Rouck, Guido Aerts, Luc De Cooman

Abstract:
J. Inst. Brew. 113(4), 381–390, 2007 A pleasant and consistent bitterness is an essential flavour attribute of beer. Hop-derived iso-alpha-acids are largely responsible for beer bitterness and accurate determination of these primary flavour compounds is very important in relation to quality control. The most widely used way to determine beer bitterness is based on spectrophotometry, measuring the absorbance of an iso-octane extract of acidified beer. However, this approach is far from specific as it measures all of the extracted compounds, including non-bittering principles. For that particular reason, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is increasingly applied for the quantitative determination of hop-derived iso-?-acids and, if present, reduced iso-alpha-acids. However, to obtain accurate data on beer bitterness profiles, both quantitative sample preparation and state-of-the-art HPLC are essential. In this paper, several extraction procedures based on solid phase extraction (SPE) and liquid-liquid extraction (LLE), respectively, were evaluated and an optimised extraction methodology using H3PO4 for sample acidification prior to extraction is presented. The proposed extraction/HPLC methodology allows for the quantitative recovery and analysis of hop-derived beer bitterness. Key words: alpha-Acids, beer bitterness, extraction, HPLC analysis, iso-?alpha-acids, recovery. Load full article, 10 pages, 630 Kb, PDF file

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Theoretical Malt Prices

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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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