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USA: Record heat and dire drought taking a toll on US barley crop this year
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USA, CT: Connecticut craft brewers getting a tax break
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USA, WI: PetSkull Brewing to open its new Manitowoc location on July 23
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Canada, BC: Boardwalk Brewing now open in Port Coquitlam
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USA, SD: Roundhouse Brew Pub launches in Sioux Falls
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USA, SC: Peak Drift Brewing Company expected to open in Columbia in late 2022
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USA, CA: Paperback Brewing Co. celebrates its official Southern California launch
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Canada, ON: Shillow Beer Company joining Ottawa’s already long list
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USA, NB: Corn Coast Brewing planning grand opening in Lincoln on July 31
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USA, FL: Shōjō Beer Co. launches as gypsy brewery, crafting beers via Unbranded Brewing’s facility
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UK: Bairds Malt to complete construction of new Inverness malting plant next spring
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EU: Forecast for barley, soft wheat increased but concerns over impact of wet weather on quality are mounting
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UK: Beer sales down 14.5% last year but seem to have recovered after end of lockdown
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Zimbabwe: Largest brewer Delta Corporation sees 114% growth in H1 revenue
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France: Barley, soft wheat exports and stocks expected to increase sharply this year
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World: Grain crops, markets variable across the world due to variable weather
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South Africa: South African Breweries stops all production following extension of alcohol sales ban
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Argentina: Barley crop, supply, exports expected to increase in 2021/22
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UK: About 68% of winter barley and 74% of spring barley crops in good to excellent condition
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Australia: Craft beer makers increasingly competing for shelf space
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Malaysia: Carlsberg Malaysia appeals to remove breweries from negative list in National Security Council’s pandemic control
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Ukraine: Ukrainian farms harvest 2.9 mln tonnes of barley from 27.8% of total area
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Ireland: Heineken launches its own stout to compete with Guinness
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These Days in Business History
15 July
1783 - 1st steamboat, Pyroscaphe, 1st run in France
1869 - Margarine is patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries of Paris
1954 - The first commercial jet transport airplane built in US is tested (Boeing 707)
2003 - AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day
2006 - Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world
16 July
1661 - 1st banknotes in Europe were issued by Bank of Stockholm
1935 - 1st automatic parking meter in US installed, Oklahoma City
17 July
1850 - Harvard Observatory takes 1st photograph of a star (Vega)
1899 - NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital
1931 - 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched
1955 - Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens
18 July
1743 - 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (New York Weekly Journal)
1955 - 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially
1968 - Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore establish N.M. Electronics Corp. to miniaturize electronic circuitry onto silicon chips. It soon changes its name to Intel Corp
Agenda
July 2021:
22 - 24: InnBrew 2021 (Barcelona, Spain)
August 2021:
13 - 14: Beervana 2021 (Wellington, New Zealand)
24 - 28: 2nd VLB Africa Brewing Conference (Online)
September 2021:
09 - 12: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2021 (Denver, Colorado, USA)
16 - 18: Zurich Bier Festival 2021 (Zurich, Switzerland)
21 - 23: 11th Ibero-American VLB Symposium (Online)
22 - 24: Beer and Soft Drinks Industry 2021 (Kyiv, Ukraine)
23 - 25: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2021 (Stockholm, Sweden)
30 - 02 October: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2021 (Stockholm, Sweden)
October 2021:
07 - 10: Mondial de la Biere 2021 (Montreal, Canada)
13 - 15: Drink Japan 2021 (Makuhari Messe, Japan)
17 - 20: 14th International Trends in Brewing 'Beer & Society' 2021 (Leuven, Belgium)
18 - 20: Expo Antad & Alimentaria Mexico 2021 (Mexico City, Mexico)
20 - 22: drink technology India 2021 (Mumbai, India)
22 - 23: Copenhagen Beer Festival 2021 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
November 2021:
03 - 06: VIETFOOD & BEVERAGE - VIETNAM 2021 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
04 - 05: Sea Brew 2021 (Taipei, Taiwan)
December 2021:
07 - 08: Brewers Congress 2021 (The Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, UK)
February 2022:
11 - 14: HoReCa 2022 (Athens, Greece)
15 - 17: Brasil Brau 2022 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
20 - 23: Beer & Food Attraction 2022 (Rimini Expo Centre, Rimini, Italy)
March 2022:
09 - 12: Festival Brasileiro da Cerveja 2022 (Blumenau, Brazil)
29 - 31: Beviale Moscow 2022 (Moscow, Russia)
April 2022:
01 - 01: Zythos Beer Festival 2022 (exact dates to be confirmed) (Leuven, Belgium)
May 2022:
05 - 05: World Beer Cup 2022 (USA)
11 - 13: Craft Beer China 2022 (Shanghai, China)
29 - 01 June: The Brewers of Europe Forum & 38th EBC Congress (Madrid, Spain)
June 2022:
07 - 08: Bev Expo 2022 (Manchester, UK)
10 - 11: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2022 (Tallinn, Estonia)
News Articles
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USA: Record heat and dire drought taking a toll on US barley crop this year
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Record heat and dire drought are both taking a toll on the U.S. barley crop this year, a factor that could hamper a key ingredient used to brew beer, AgWeb reported on July 9.
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says unfavorable weather in the Northern Plains and Pacific Northwest means crops are getting scorched this year. From barley to spring and durum wheat, crop condition ratings continue to tumble as dryness and heat persist.
"This has already taken a severe toll on spring sown crops that are primarily grown in the north like spring wheat and barley," says Rippey. "We're seeing our lowest crop conditions of the century, which is only two decades old, but still lowest crop conditions of the century, for spring wheat for barley across the Northern Plains."
The latest USDA Crop Progress report released on July 5 shows 22% of the U.S. barley crop is in good to excellent condition, the top two rating categories. That marks a 9 point drop in just a week. USDA says 39% of the crop is now rated poor to very poor. Washington is in the worst shape, with only 1% of the crop rated good to excellent. North Dakota's crop sits at
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USA, CT: Connecticut craft brewers getting a tax break
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The craft beer industry in Connecticut generated $3 billion in economic activity last year. Now the state is giving the growing industry a tax break, Thehour.com reported on July 14.
Gov. Ned Lamont chose to visit Thomas Hooker Brewery, located in a warehouse in Bloomfield, Wednesday, July 14 to highlight a 16.7 percent tax reduction for Connecticut brewers included in the new state budget, which went into effect July 1.
The drop from 23 cents per gallon to 19 cents puts Connecticut more in line with excise tax rates in other states such as Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Commissioner of the Department of Revenue Services Mark Boughton said.
While the change will cost the state “a little more in terms of tax revenue,” Lamont said, it will help spur further economic growth in the industry.
Thomas Hooker, which employs 50 workers, has plans to soon open a new events venue called Thomas Hooker Live in the North Armory of the former Colt firearms complex in Hartford.
Connecticut is home to more than 120 craft breweries with “dozens more in the hopper,” Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said. The industry employs almost 18,000 people across the state.
Asked whether the tax break jives with the message from public
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USA, WI: PetSkull Brewing to open its new Manitowoc location on July 23
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On July 23, PetSkull Brewing in Manitowoc will be opening up for their first day at their new location, seehafernews.com reported.
The owner of the local brewery, Paul Hoffman, announced back in January that they purchased the building at 1050 Buffalo Street that formerly housed Junk Fur and Hides, and Manitowoc Scrap and Metal Company.
On top of having more space for brewing operations, this location also offered Hoffman the chance to bring Cajun food to the Clipper City.
In a post on Facebook, it was announced that they will open up at their new location on July 23rd at noon, and will be offering twenty different PetSkull original beers.
Their kitchen will not be open just yet, as they “get acclimated to our new space.”
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Canada, BC: Boardwalk Brewing now open in Port Coquitlam
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A new brewery that aims to “celebrate the coming together of hard work, endless passion and the simple pleasures in life” is now open in the Fremont Village area of Port Coquitlam, the Canadian Beer News reported on July 12.
Boardwalk Brewing has been founded by Phil Saxe, and received media attention last October when two fermenting tanks were stolen from outside the brewery while it was under construction, and then found and recovered from local scrapyards several days later.
The brewery taproom opened to the public last Friday, July 9th with an opening line-up of four beers on tap, including Falling Backwards West Coast Pale Ale (5.3% abv), Superbloom Hazy Norwegian IPA (7% abv), Dance Dance Dance American Lager (5% abv), and A Weak Heart Hazy Pale Ale (5.2% abv).
A short food menu is also on offer, featuring tacos, salads, rice bowls, and various small plates.
Boardwalk Brewing is located at 2155 – 575 Seaborne Ave. in Port Coquitlam.
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USA, SD: Roundhouse Brew Pub launches in Sioux Falls
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A new brewery opened on July 12 on the south side of Sioux Falls, offering a neighborhood patio west of the University of Sioux Falls stadium, the Argus Leader reported.
Just-opened Roundhouse Brew Pub on 1515 E. 69th St. sits between 69th Street and Cliff Avenue. It's the first neighborhood sports bar to open near the homes and apartments on the quiet southern edge of town.
It has 94 seats total with over a dozen outside, which were full most of the night on July 12.
“It’s a ghost town. It feels like an underserved area,” co-owner Jason Walsh said. “We wanted to be for the neighborhood. We weren’t trying to be big."
But opening night was still busy after dark.
And its Minnesota-based Roundhouse set of seven brews, from a lime-tinted beer to a pink smooth seltzer, were a hit at the grand opening. Both the patio and the indoor dining area were busy with drink and food orders at the sports brewery. Philly sandwiches and Coors were also classics on tables even after 8 p.m.
“We’ve seen unbelievable comments on the food and positive comments on the Roundhouse beer, which is new to Sioux Falls,” Walsh said. “The favorite beer is actually the pink
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USA, SC: Peak Drift Brewing Company expected to open in Columbia in late 2022
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Peak Drift Brewing Company is the name of the huge brewery and mixed-use development underway in the former Stone Manufacturing Facility at 3452 North Main St. in Columbia. The years-long project also named Wisconsin brewer Ashley Kinart-Short, as head brewmaster, The State reported on July 13.
The $34 million brewery is expected to open in late 2022, according to co-owners and siblings Sara and Greg Middleton. Peak Drift will be the largest brewery in South Carolina, according to Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who spoke in support of the business development at a news conference on July 13.
“I found out that only 10% of all craft beer in the United States is produced by women, and when we decided to move forward with this project, that is something very powerful that stuck out to not only me but my family and to the team we have in place,” said Sara Middleton.
Kinart-Short plans to introduce a variety of craft and traditional beer selections at Peak Drift. She said she hopes to have around 12 beer selections ready to be sold when the brewery opens next year. Kinart-Short has been a brewmaster since 2015.
Peak Drift beers will also be sold in the Smoked restaurant
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USA, CA: Paperback Brewing Co. celebrates its official Southern California launch
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Paperback Brewing Co. is pleased to celebrate its official Southern California launch, as well as the one-year anniversary of brewery operations, Brewbound reported on July 16.
The Los Angeles-based microbrewery quietly began selling beer to-go only (in limited-edition cans and crowlers) in early July 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions on tasting room operations. Brewmaster David “Zambo” Szamborski (former head brewer of 21st Amendment) brews flagship and seasonal beers which all feature the brewery’s signature pulp fiction cover-inspired can art with names including “Bunny with a Chainsaw,” “Tucked in by Strangers,” and “Attack of the Space Cats.” Despite and in spite of pandemic-related challenges, Paperback produced nearly 2,000 BBLs in its first year and added 400+ off-premise accounts from San Diego to Los Angeles, including 188 Trader Joe’s retail locations. The brewery is on track to increase production by 50% in 2021 and is planning to increase off-premise distribution in other major California markets.
An enterprise eight years in the making, Paperback is a collaboration that evolved from a prolific home brew (or garage, to be specific) operation nicknamed “The Lab” by friends and former colleagues Brandon Monroe and Chris Cesnek. The two co-founders met fortuitously by way of an arbitrary interoffice
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Canada, ON: Shillow Beer Company joining Ottawa’s already long list
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Another exciting brewery is joining Ottawa’s already long list. Shillow Beer Company has recently opened its fixed location in the city, at 1458 Cyrville Road in Gloucester, after seven years of functioning as a contract brewery out of Toronto, Apt613 reported on July 16.
The brewery was founded by brewmaster Jamie Shillow and her husband, company president Ben Shillow, both of whom have considerable experience in the hospitality industry. Jamie gained a lot of interest and knowledge in beer from working at beer-centric bars and restaurants, which led her to try her hand at home brewing. That hobby eventually led her to enrol in the Niagara College Brewmaster Program and establish the contract brewery after graduating in 2014.
The couple chose to relocate to Ottawa due to it being much more family-friendly than downtown Toronto. They quickly fell in love with the city’s atmosphere, and saw a place for themselves within its growing beer scene.
The pandemic created many challenges for the couple, forcing delays and pivots in their plans. Jamie said that they “originally planned to have a tap room with food, but with restaurants being shut down [they] decided it made more sense to just focus on getting the production side
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USA, NB: Corn Coast Brewing planning grand opening in Lincoln on July 31
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For a group of UNL graduates and military veterans, a brewery they joked about opening long before they could drink has now taken shape and is set to open to the public on July 15, 1011now reported.
Will Walter and Dan Walkemeyer were sent to two different coasts to serve in the military.
On trips home, they referred to the midwest as an honorary coast, the corn coast.
The nickname now serves as the name of their brewery in southwest Lincoln.
“Will was living on the west coast at the time, I was living down in Pensacola, Florida,” Walkemeyer said. “We’re trying to be light, fruity, and then with a couple of traditional beers.”
Walter and Walkmeyer have known each other for over 10 years, the dream of the brewery was something they started kicking around back in 2010 but started to take shape in the past few.
“This year it’s been a real grind up until now just to kind of get everything finished,” Walter said. “The painting, the floors, getting the equipment in, setting it all up.”
Right now, they have about six different beers on tap in their space near 14th and Yankee Hill. They both say that having a military history, with Walter
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USA, FL: Shōjō Beer Co. launches as gypsy brewery, crafting beers via Unbranded Brewing’s facility
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A new Japanese-inspired brewery from brewer and beer aficionado Haidar Hachem and his wife, local marketing guru Marilyn Orozco, is making beer inside Unbranded Brewing Co. in Hialeah, the Miami New Times reported on July 15.
The duo is the couple behind Shōjō Beer Co., named for the yokai spirit in Japanese folklore that appears as a hairy, monkey-like humanoid that is always drunk and happy.
According to Hachem, Shōjō was born from the pandemic — but to hear his story you can’t help but call it fate.
Hachem wasn’t always a craft beer fanatic. During his college days, he drank Busch or Bud Light. “Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was my first craft beer,” he says. “After that, I was hooked and wanted to try anything and everything.”
As a novice craft beer enthusiast, Hachem would frequent his local Yard House and World of Beer, trying a variety of brews. Those experiences later introduced him to South Florida’s craft beer scene. Then, in 2012, he began home brewing.
“I did mess around with a few styles, and definitely did highly hopped lagers before it was cool,” said Hachem, who is now a brewer at Lincoln's Beard in addition to launching his own brewery brand. “I
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UK: Bairds Malt to complete construction of new Inverness malting plant next spring
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One of the UK’s leading malting companies – Bairds Malt – says it is on track to complete construction of a new malting plant
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EU: Forecast for barley, soft wheat increased but concerns over impact of wet weather on quality are mounting
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Strategie Grains on July 15 further increased its monthly production forecasts for all three major cereals in the European Union in the current 2021/22
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UK: Beer sales down 14.5% last year but seem to have recovered after end of lockdown
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Beer sales in the U.K. dropped by 14.5% in 2020. Total malt requirements dropped by 11.8%, of which only by 10% for the distilling
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Zimbabwe: Largest brewer Delta Corporation sees 114% growth in H1 revenue
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Zimbabwe’s largest beverages maker, Delta Corporation, registered a 114 percent growth in revenue for the first quarter to June 2021, in inflation adjusted terms,
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France: Barley, soft wheat exports and stocks expected to increase sharply this year
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Farm office FranceAgriMer on July 13 projected a sharp rise in French soft wheat exports and stocks as the European Union's biggest grain grower
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World: Grain crops, markets variable across the world due to variable weather
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While a wet June has put Australia on track for consecutive bumper winter crop harvests, variable weather is wreaking havoc on grain crops in
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South Africa: South African Breweries stops all production following extension of alcohol sales ban
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South Africa’s largest beer maker, South African Breweries (SAB), has stopped all production following the extension of government's alcohol sales ban as part of lockdown regulations, News24 reported on July 16.
Government instituted the ban at the end of June as South Africa was hit by a deadly third Covid-19 wave in order to keep hospital beds available for Covid-19 patients and free of alcohol-related trauma cases. The ban was extended on 10 July.
"As SAB goes into [a sales] ban, it implements an orderly wind-down process by which the brews [that] are in progress are completed and no new brews are started," the company told Fin24.
The brewer added that it could not confirm whether this would result in shortages once the ban is lifted, but said it exacerbates the pressure the industry is under.
SAB also confirmed that its Pietermaritzburg depot was looted and "left bare", while its Denver depot in Johannesburg has had minor damage.
The Carling Black Label beer maker added that one of its distributors had also been looted resulting in vehicle damage and stock loss. The company is being assisted by police, private security companies and the South African National Defence Force, to keep its property safe.
SAB
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Argentina: Barley crop, supply, exports expected to increase in 2021/22
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Argentina’s barley production forecast is stable at 4.5 mln tonnes in 2021/22 versus 3.8 mln in 2020/21, local analysts reported earlier in July.
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UK: About 68% of winter barley and 74% of spring barley crops in good to excellent condition
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About 68% of UK’s winter barley crops are in good to excellent condition, with the strongest crops in the West Midlands and north-east of England, AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds report showed.
In contrast, Yorkshire and the Humber rated just 48% of winter barley at the highest condition levels, with 50% reported as fair. Weed, pest and disease pressure is generally low, although there are pockets of blackgrass and rhynchosporium, the AHDB said.
The majority of the spring crop was planted between March and April, with activity carrying on into May in Scotland, parts of the North West and the West Midlands.
Recent rainfall has boosted growth and almost three-quarters (74%) of spring barley crops are good to excellent. Crops in the eastern region are at 94% good to excellent, compared with just 55% of Scottish spring barley.
Disease pressure is low overall, although Yorkshire has seen the highest levels of rhynchosporium infection for many years.
Charlie Whitmarsh, crop production director for grain market specialist Frontier, urged caution in pinning too much certainty on estimates in a difficult year.
The up-and-down weather pattern could yet change things.
Crops are behind due to a cold period in late spring. Barley and wheat are about 10 days later than average,
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Australia: Craft beer makers increasingly competing for shelf space
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For a 40-something mortgage owner, fronting a craft beer section is like turning up at a large candy store with pocket money as a kid, the ABC Radio Adelaide reported on July 15.
“There's an overwhelming selection to choose from, flavours seem to be growing more and more outlandish, and I can't afford what I want.”
Welcome to Australia's craft beer industry of 2021, a high-price-point market saturated with new players, a bucket load of hops and, in recent times, a convergence of candy and beer with offerings like orange chocolate and sour berry ales.
Independent Brewers Association (IBA) chairperson Peter Philip said the Australian market was becoming "very competitive" having exploded over the past decade to more than 600 independent brewers.
"There's not the capacity of demand for another 100 beer brands, and it's very difficult to get shelf space," he said.
"I'm not saying there isn't a place for good products, but it's getting pretty tough to stand out.
"How many pale ales are out there?"
Pundits believe the number of brewers — and perhaps the percentage of attention-grabbing flavours — is set to increase further after the federal government this year increased its excise rebate for brewers and distillers.
From July 1, they are able
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Malaysia: Carlsberg Malaysia appeals to remove breweries from negative list in National Security Council’s pandemic control
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Carlsberg Malaysia is appealing for the removal of breweries from the negative list in the National Security Council’s pandemic control standard operating procedures (SOPs), The Star Online reported on July 16.
In a statement on July 16, it said brewing is regulated by the Malaysia Food Act 1983 and it was appealing breweries be included within the food & beverages sub-sector’s positive list under manufacturing sectors.
Carlsberg Malaysia hoped it can be allowed to operate when Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan begins.
Its managing director Stefano Clini said the company has fully complied with the government’s directive to suspend production operations since the full Movement Control Order commenced in June.
According to members of the Confederation of Malaysian Brewers Bhd (CMBB), the brewing industry contributed more than RM2 bln in direct and indirect taxes during the 2020 financial year.
Tax contributions fell by RM420 mln in 2020 compared to 2019, which is a decline of 17% and they are expected to decrease further in 2021 with prolonged lockdowns.
This does not yet account for the losses in revenue or tax contributions by around 35,000 Malaysian businesses which rely on beer as a source of income, according to CMBB estimates.
Clini said: “We fear that a
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Ukraine: Ukrainian farms harvest 2.9 mln tonnes of barley from 27.8% of total area
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Ukrainian farms have harvested 5.5 million tonnes of grain from 8.6% of its sowing area with the yield averaging 4.16 tonne per hectare, the agriculture ministry said on July 16.
The volume includes 2.9 million tonnes of barley, harvested from 27.8% of the area with a yield of 4.29 tonne per hectare, and 2.5 million tonnes of wheat with a yield of 4.11 tonnes, the ministry said.
Favourable weather could help Ukraine to harvest about 76 million tonnes of grain this year, up from 65 million in 2020, the ministry has said.
The APK-Inform consultancy this month said that adverse weather conditions in key grain regions could lead to significant losses in Ukraine's barley and wheat harvests.
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Ireland: Heineken launches its own stout to compete with Guinness
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Heineken and Guinness are competing to be the best stout in Ireland, the Irish Post reported on July 15.
Guinness will always be the original 'Black Stuff' to most across Ireland and beyond (although many in Cork will tell you Beamish is far superior).
Guinness sell an estimated 1.5 billion pints per year in normal times, meaning Heineken are up against a monster competitor - but that hasn't stopped the company from launching their very own stout.
'Island's Edge' is the newest gift from Amsterdam-based brewery Heineken, usually known for their refreshing lager and zero-alcohol products - but their brand-new stout is proving very popular among those lucky enough to have tried it.
Promising to be smooth, creamy and "unexpectedly refreshing", Island's Edge will arrive exclusively to select Irish pubs in the coming weeks - and to give it the extra Irish push to try and compete with Guinness, Heineken's new stout is brewed with tea, which the company says reduces bitterness in the drink.
“Island’s Edge offers a modern take on stout with a refreshing taste and a progressive attitude,” said Paula Conlon, marketing manager for stout & ciders at Heineken Ireland told Just Drinks. “The unexpected addition of tea to the stout has
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