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E-Malt.com Newsletter 02a
January 01 - January 07, 2026
Quote of the Week
New year is the glittering light to brighten the dream-lined pathway of future.
Munia Khan
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1 USD = 0.7392 GBP
1 USD = 1.3779 CAD
1 USD = 1.4864 AUD
1 USD = 156.4990 JPY
1 USD = 5.3928 BRL
1 USD = 80.8335 RUB
1 USD = 6.9874 CNY
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1 CAD = 0.5364 GBP
1 CAD = 0.6197 EUR
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1 CAD = 3.9134 BRL
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Equities of the Largest Breweries
USA: AB InBev to spend US$30m to upgrade Jacksonville, Florida brewery
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USA: AB InBev reacquires stake in US container plant
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USA, CA: Backstage Brewing Co. holds soft opening in Sacramento
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USA, MO: Minglewood Brewery to close for good on January 18
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USA, CA: Tent City Beer Company closes its doors for good
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USA, NY: Fifth Frame Brewing Co. announces abrupt and immediate closure
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USA, MA: Wandering Star Craft Brewery’s time in the Berkshires comes to an end
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China: Tsingtao Brewery focusing on portfolio optimization and channel expansion
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Vietnam: ThaiBev reports drop in revenue in Vietnam in fiscal year 2025
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India: Pernod Ricard retains position as India’s largest alcoholic beverage maker by value
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Ghana: Alcoholic drinks sector generates approximately 2.24 billion US dollars in revenue in 2025
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India: Shanishvara Alcobev acquires land for new greenfield brewery in Wada, Palghar district
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UK: RAGT completes acquisition of Syngenta’s malting barley seeds business
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South Korea: Number of beer pubs up in Korea but average sales decline
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These Days in Business History
01 January
1785 - "Daily Universal Register" (Times of London) publishes 1st issue
1842 - 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, New York City NY
1862 - 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000)
1994 - The North American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect
1995 - The World Trade Organization goes into effect
2015 - The Eurasian Economic Union comes into effect, creating a political and economic union between Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan
02 January
1882 - Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust
1905 - Luther George Simjian, the inventor of the earliest known prototype of the automatic teller machine (ATM), is born in Ainteb, Turkey
1980 - With inflation raging, gold hits a record price of $850 per ounce
1986 - 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
2013 - Barack Obama signs the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, intended to prevent the "fiscal cliff"
03 January
1911 - US postal savings bank inaugurated
1977 - Apple Computer Corp. is incorporated by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1980 - Gold hits record $634 an ounce
2015 - 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster PA
04 January
1960 - European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
1962 - 1st automated (unmanned) subway train (New York City NY)
2001 - Total daily trading volume on the New York Stock Exchange exceeds 2 billion shares for the first time ever
05 January
1769 - Jean Baptiste Say, French economist is born
1828 - 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
1850 - California Exchange opens
06 January
1978 - 1st postage stamp copyrighted by US (Carl Sandburg stamp)
1994 - Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88
07 January
1714 - Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1782 - 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia
1995 - Murray Newton Rothbard economist, dies of cardiac arrest at 69
Agenda
January 2026:
25 - 27: Planete Biere Toulouse 2026 (Toulouse, France)
February 2026:
05 - 06: Glug Swiss 2026 (Alte Reithalle, Aarau, Switzerland)
13 - 16: HoReCa 2026 (Athens, Greece)
15 - 17: BBTech Expo 2026 (Rimini, Italy)
23 - 23: Beer Experience 2026 (Antwerp, Belgium)
27 - 01 March: Finest Spirits 2026 (Munich, Germany)
March 2026:
04 - 07: Festival Brasileiro da Cerveja 2026 (Blumenau, Brazil)
15 - 17: Planete Biere Marseille 2026 (Marseille, France)
18 - 19: BeerX 2026 (Liverpool, UK)
20 - 22: St Malo Craft Beer Expo 2026 (St Malo, France)
24 - 26: 110th International Brewing & Engineering Conference 2026 (Erding, Germany)
24 - 26: RMI Global Conference 2026 (Lisbon, Portugal)
26 - 28: Warsaw Beer Festival 2026 (Warsaw, Poland)
April 2026:
07 - 09: Craft Beer China 2026 (Shanghai, China)
10 - 11: InnBrew 2026 (Barcelona, Spain)
10 - 12: Barcelona Beer Festival 2026 (Barcelona, Spain)
16 - 18: KIBEX 2026 (Seoul, South Korea)
20 - 22: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2026 (Philadelphia, USA)
22 - 22: World Beer Cup 2026 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA)
22 - 22: World Beer Cup 2026 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA)
28 - 30: 28th Annual International Beer and Cider Strategies 2026 (InterContinental Barcelona, Spain)
May 2026:
04 - 07: Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2026 (EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
04 - 10: Budapest Beer Week 2026 (Budapest, Hungary)
19 - 21: Expo Antad & Alimentaria Mexico 2026 (Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
29 - 30: Copenhagen Beer Festival 2026 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
29 - 30: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2026 (Tallinn, Estonia)
June 2026:
08 - 10: Brewing Conference Bangkok 2026 (Muang Thong Thani, Impact Challenger Hall, Jupiter 4-5, Bangkok, Thailand)
09 - 10: IGC Grains Conference 2026 (2 Savoy Place, London, UK)
09 - 11: Brasil Brau 2026 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
17 - 18: Global Beer Summit 2026 (Brussels, Belgium)
July 2026:
17 - 18: London Craft Beer Festival 2026 (London, UK)
August 2026:
06 - 08: VIETFOOD & BEVERAGE - PROPACK VIETNAM 2026 (799 Nguyen Van Linh Street, Tan My Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
21 - 22: Beervana 2026 (Wellington, New Zealand)
September 2026:
12 - 13: Bruges Beer Festival 2026 (Bruges, Belgium)
19 - 04 October: Oktoberfest 2026 (Munich, Germany)
24 - 27: Mondial de la Biere 2026 (Montreal, Canada)
26 - 28: Whisky Live Paris 2026 (Paris, France)
October 2026:
08 - 10: The Great American Beer Festival 2026 (Denver, USA)
15 - 16: Salon du Brasseur 2026 (Parc Expo Nancy, France)
23 - 25: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2026 (Stockholm, Sweden)
28 - 29: Brew Asia 2026 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
31 - 03 November: Planete Biere Rennes 2026 (Rennes, France)
November 2026:
10 - 12: Brau Beviale 2026 (Nuremberg, Germany)
23 - 25: 16th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology (Panama)
News Articles
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USA: AB InBev to spend US$30m to upgrade Jacksonville, Florida brewery
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The US arm of AB InBev is set to spend US$30m to upgrade production and packaging operations at its Jacksonville, Florida brewery and can plant, Global Drinks Intel reported on January 6.
The investment, announced today (6 January), will focus on an increase in production of the group’s Michelob Ultra brand. It will fund equipment upgrades across brewing tanks and bottling lines at the Anheuser-Busch site, expanding capacity to support rising demand for the light lager, which has become the company’s top-selling beer in the US.
The spend forms part of Anheuser-Busch’s broader ‘Brewing Futures’ programme, under which the company has invested around $300m across its US manufacturing footprint over the past year. Since 2021, according to the unit, around $100m has been spent on the Jacksonville site, and close to $2bn across its US operations over the past five years.
In September, Anheuser-Busch announced plans to spend US$9.2m on its facility in Cartersville, Georgia.
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USA: AB InBev reacquires stake in US container plant
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Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV will reacquire a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants from a consortium of institutional investors led and advised by Apollo Global Management Inc. in a deal estimated to be around $3 billion, Bloomberg reported on January 6.
The metal container plant operations include seven facilities across six states and form a strategic component of the company’s supply chain in the US, AB InBev said in a statement. The maker of Stella Artois and Budweiser beer will fund the purchase with cash on hand.
The world’s largest brewer previously sold the stake to Apollo for $3 billion in 2020 in a deal aimed at helping it pay down debt, which ballooned following the takeover of rival SABMiller in 2016.
Shares of AB InBev fell a little over 1% in early trading. The stock rose nearly 14% in 2025.
Brewers are facing challenging conditions across all markets at the moment as consumers rein in spending and as the effect of tariffs take effect. Last year US President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on steel and aluminum and said the measures were intended to secure the future of the American steel industry.
On January 6, AB InBev said by regaining full
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USA, CA: Backstage Brewing Co. holds soft opening in Sacramento
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Guests got a quick Christmas Day introduction to a new brewery on Sacramento’s Broadway corridor. But the official opening for Backstage Brewing Co. is still some time off following that soft opening, the Sacramento Bee reported on December 30.
The brewery is at 2425 24th St., adjacent to Real Pie Co., on the northern edge of Curtis Park. The business is owned by husband and wife team David and Dana Herrera.
The location formerly housed Hoppy Brewing Co. until it went out of business in 2023. Despite significant challenges in the beer industry, David Herrera said he saw opportunity as the former brewery left its equipment behind.
“Everything was there, and (the former owner) was trying to sell it but couldn’t because breweries are just shutting down left and right. Nobody’s really buying much of that stuff right now,” he said.
Besides his work at the brewery, Herrera is an executive vice president at Colliers, where he has been involved with numerous commercial real estate transactions in the downtown/midtown grid, including many restaurants and bars.
While Herrera is passionate about beer, he is not a brewer himself. He teamed up with twin brothers Cory and Kale Coppin to make Backstage’s beers.
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USA, MO: Minglewood Brewery to close for good on January 18
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A local business in Cape Girardeau will be closing its doors at the end of the month.
Minglewood Brewery announced on Monday, January 5 that after 11 years, their last day of operation will be Jan. 18.
In a statement posted to Facebook, the restaurant and brewery shared its gratitude with the community:
“Words can’t express how deeply grateful we are for every single one of you who have visited us over the years.
“You’ve shared laughs, marriage proposals, celebrations, and countless memories with us and we are eternally grateful.
“Thank you for trusting us. For choosing us. And for becoming part of our story.
“We’ve loved every minute of serving you and will carry these wonderful memories and times with you forever.
“With all our love and endless gratitude.”
The reason for the closure was not disclosed at this time.
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USA, CA: Tent City Beer Company closes its doors for good
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An Atascadero brewery has closed its doors for good, KSBY reported on January 3.
Tent City Beer Company announced on social media that it has served its last pint.
The craft brewery and pub on El Camino Real opened back in 2012.
In the message, the owners thanked customers for their 13 years of support.
No reason was given for the closure.
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USA, NY: Fifth Frame Brewing Co. announces abrupt and immediate closure
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Fifth Frame Brewing Co. in Irondequoit announced an abrupt and immediate closure, the Berkshire Eagle reported on January 2.
The brewery, located on St. Paul Boulevard, announced the closure on social media. The owners called it an incredibly difficult, but unavoidable decision.
The brewery opened in September 2024 at the site of the former Summerville Grill. The owners remarked that they were warmly welcomed into the community.
The reason for the closure is unknown at this time.
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USA, MA: Wandering Star Craft Brewery’s time in the Berkshires comes to an end
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As the world counted down to the end of 2025 on New Year’s Eve, Chris Post was counting down to a more personal finale: the closing of Wandering Star Craft Brewery, the brewery and bar he’s run in Pittsfield since 2011, the Berkshire Eagle reported on January 2.
“My wife and I felt that it was time to close and start a new chapter,” he said.
The mounting challenges of running a business, coupled with the uncertainty facing many non-U.S. citizens amid shifting federal immigration policies, convinced Post, a British citizen, that it was time for him and his family to explore other opportunities.
But before shutting down for good, the brewery opened its doors one last time on Wednesday, December 31 to allow its regular patrons — many of whom have been visiting the bar for over a decade — to say farewell as the year came to an end.
“We had a really good crowd, far bigger crowd than I anticipated,” Post said. “I call them customers, but everyone who came in is now also a personal friend.”
“It was frankly a very happy and very sad occasion at the same time,” he said.
Wandering Star drew a loyal patronage by serving up unique
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China: Tsingtao Brewery focusing on portfolio optimization and channel expansion
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In 2025, China's beer industry entered a period of profound development characterized by simultaneous quality enhancement, efficiency improvement, and structural upgrading. Data showed that
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Vietnam: ThaiBev reports drop in revenue in Vietnam in fiscal year 2025
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Thailand’s largest beverage firm Thai Beverage (ThaiBev) earned a revenue of THB50.15 billion ($1.59 billion) in Vietnam in fiscal year 2025 ending September 30,
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India: Pernod Ricard retains position as India’s largest alcoholic beverage maker by value
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With consolidated sales of Rs 27,445.80 crore in FY25, Pernod Ricard India has retained its position as the largest alcoholic beverage maker in the
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Ghana: Alcoholic drinks sector generates approximately 2.24 billion US dollars in revenue in 2025
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Ghana’s alcoholic drinks sector generated approximately 2.24 billion US dollars in combined revenue during 2025, establishing itself as a crucial component of the nation’s
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India: Shanishvara Alcobev acquires land for new greenfield brewery in Wada, Palghar district
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Shanishvara Alcobev Asia Pvt Ltd has finalised the acquisition of land for a new greenfield brewery in Wada, Palghar district, marking a key step in expanding its manufacturing footprint in Maharashtra. The upcoming facility is planned as a state-of-the-art production hub aimed at meeting rising demand for both premium and value-led alcoholic beverages across Western India, Spiritz reported on December 27.
The brewery will feature a dual-infrastructure setup, housing high-speed bottling lines for glass-packaged beers and spirits alongside advanced canning facilities to address the growing consumer preference for aluminium cans, particularly in the craft and premium beer segments. This multi-format capability sets the unit apart from many regional facilities that operate with a single packaging focus.
Led by Dhun Thacker, Shanishvara Alcobev has recently entered into strategic partnerships with multiple brands, and the Wada brewery is expected to play a central role in producing the company’s internal labels. While technical specifications are yet to be disclosed, the company has confirmed that the facility will deploy modern technologies focused on water optimisation and energy efficiency, in line with MIDC and State Pollution Control Board norms.
The project is also expected to generate significant direct and indirect employment opportunities for the local Palghar community across
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UK: RAGT completes acquisition of Syngenta’s malting barley seeds business
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RAGT and Syngenta announced on January 6 that RAGT has completed the acquisition of Syngenta’s malting barley seeds business.
The transaction was initially announced on 20th November 2025 and is now fully closed with effect from 30th December 2025, the companies confirmed.
With the completion of the transaction, RAGT has acquired Syngenta’s Market Stainton site, a centre of excellence for malting barley breeding located in Lincolnshire.
Syngenta’s staff dedicated to malting barley have now formally transferred to RAGT. This acquisition also covers certain specific Syngenta IP, registrations, and other related intangible assets.
Laurent Guerreiro, president of the RAGT Group said: “This acquisition gives RAGT a strong international barley platform with outstanding genetics and teams. We look forward to delivering value to farmers and the malting, brewing industries worldwide.”
Damien Robert, managing director of RAGT Semences, added that the team is “thrilled” to integrate Syngenta’s barley expertise, varieties, and expert teams into RAGT.
He continued: “This is not only a strategic milestone that strengthens our portfolio and accelerates our RAGT 2030 strategy, but also a human adventure that brings talented people together to support farmers across Europe and beyond.”
Robert Hiles, seeds field crops marketing & portfolio management head at Syngenta Europe, concluded: “We are pleased to see
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South Korea: Number of beer pubs up in Korea but average sales decline
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The number of beer pubs has grown in South Korea, but average sales are on the decline. As overall alcohol consumption falls, analysts say the sector has been affected by shifting drinking trends, ChosunBiz reported on January 5.
According to the latest survey by the Ministry of Data and Statistics (MODS) on the 5th, the number of draft beer and other pub franchise locations reached 12,939 in 2024, up 9.0% from a year earlier. It was the largest increase among all franchise categories. However, sales per draft beer and other pub franchise location were 256.9 million won, down 1.3% from 260.3 million won a year earlier. Sales per employee at draft beer and other pub franchises were 90.7 million won, 20% lower than the all-industry franchise average of 113.4 million won.
Growth has also cooled for leading draft beer franchises that operate hundreds of locations. According to the Korea Fair Trade Commission's franchise information disclosure system, Yeokjeon Halmeoni Beer increased its store count from 861 in 2022 to 926 in 2023 and 968 in 2024, but the average franchise sales in 2024 were 430.23 million won, down 5.1% from the previous year.
Saenghwal Beer had 233 locations in 2024, five fewer than the
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