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E-Malt.com Flash 43a
October 19 - October 21, 2026
Quote of the Week
Ale sellers should not be tale tellers.
Old Scottish proverb
Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro
on October 21, 2026 |
Base Currency: US Dollar
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1 EUR = 1.1227 USD
1 EUR = 0.8405 GBP
1 EUR = 1.5790 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6050 AUD
1 EUR = 177.6200 JPY
1 EUR = 5.6446 BRL
1 EUR = 92.8794 RUB
1 EUR = 7.4990 CNY
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1 USD = 0.8906 EUR
1 USD = 0.7486 GBP
1 USD = 1.4065 CAD
1 USD = 1.4295 AUD
1 USD = 158.1990 JPY
1 USD = 5.0277 BRL
1 USD = 82.7281 RUB
1 USD = 6.6794 CNY
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Equities of the Largest Breweries
Average Market Prices Change Trend
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French Barley/Malt
Crop 2026
Bulk |
EUR/T |
% |
| 2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
245.00-247.00 |  |
| 6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
225.00-227.00 | |
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) |
219.00-221.00 | |
| 2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
590.50-592.50 | |
| 6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
565.50-567.50 | |
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2027
Bulk |
EUR/T |
% |
| 2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
245.00-247.00 | |
| 6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
225.00-227.00 | |
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) |
202.00-204.00 | |
| 2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
590.50-592.50 | |
| 6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
565.50-567.50 | |
German Malting Barley
Crop 2025
Bulk
Ex Farm |
EUR/T |
% |
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India: Carlsberg close to filing IPO for Indian unit for US$700 mln - report
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China: Tsingtao Brewery’s controlling shareholder buys more shares under its stake-building plan
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The Czech Republic: Drought takes a toll on hops and barley crops in the Czech Republic
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EU: Study finds small EU breweries face barriers in beer below 0.5% alcohol
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Italy: Craft beer accounts for 4.2% of Italy’s total beer output in 2025
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The Netherlands & Greece: Court orders Heineken to pay €111.2 million to Greek rival Macedonian Thrace Brewery
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Australia: Final Tasmanian-brewed Boag's beers come off production line
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World: Global grain production forecast up on improved prospects for corn and barley
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Australia: Australia has the potential for record barley, canola crops this year
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Argentina: Barely crop expected in the 4.5-5 mln tonnes range
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Canada: Canadian malting barley in short supply in 2026-27
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UK: Barley acreage falls 12% after Scotch distillers pare back production
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UK: Adnams studying outsourcing of beer production and packaging
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South Korea: Craft beer slump drives pivots to highballs and wider sales channels
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India: Tax officials probing Pernod, Diageo Scotch imports under India-UK trade pact
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France: 3% tax on alcohol advertising proposed in France
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Chile: Barriers still blocking beer sales in Chile’s bars despite antitrust settlement – AB InBev
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These Days in Business History
19 October
1819 - Joseph C Juglar is born, French physician/economist, Crises Commerciales
1987 - Wall Street takes its worst plunge of the modern era, as the Dow loses 508 points, or 22.6% (the worst daily loss on record), to close at 1738.74
1988 - Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist, dies at 77
20 October
1928 - magnate/multi-millionaire Ken Morrison was born, executive chairman of the Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc, the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom
1973 - OPEC oil embargo begins
1983 - IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
21 October
1492 - Columbus discovers America (Oct 12, 1492 Julian calendar)
1879 - Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb
1987 - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Robert M. Solow
Agenda
October 2026:
23 - 25: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2026 (Stockholm, Sweden)
23 - 25: Cerveza Mexico Expo 2026 (Mexico City, Mexico)
28 - 29: Brew Asia 2026 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
28 - 30: Drinktec India 2026 (Bombay Exhibition Center, Mumbai, India)
28 - 30: Brussels Beer Challenge 2026 (Roeselare, Belgium)
31 - 03 November: Planete Biere Rennes 2026 (Rennes, France)
November 2026:
10 - 12: Brau Beviale 2026 (Nuremberg, Germany)
18 - 20: Drink Japan 2026 (Tokyo Bigh Sight, Japan)
23 - 25: 16th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology (Panama)
January 2027:
22 - 24: Finest Spirits 2027 (Munich, Germany)
February 2027:
11 - 12: Glug Swiss 2027 (Alte Reithalle, Aarau, Switzerland)
12 - 15: HoReCa 2027 (Athens, Greece)
21 - 23: BBTech Expo 2027 (Rimini, Italy)
March 2027:
09 - 11: 111h International Brewing & Engineering Conference 2026 (Meschede, Germany)
17 - 18: BeerX 2027 (Liverpool, UK)
April 2027:
04 - 08: 17th Trends in Brewing 2027 (Ghent, Belgium)
05 - 07: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2027 (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
26 - 28: Craft Beer China 2027 (Shanghai, China)
27 - 29: 29th Annual International Beer and Cider Strategies 2027 (InterContinental Barcelona, Spain)
May 2027:
17 - 23: Budapest Beer Week 2027 (Budapest, Hungary)
28 - 29: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2027 (Tallinn, Estonia)
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Brewery News
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China: Tsingtao Brewery’s controlling shareholder buys more shares under its stake-building plan
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Tsingtao Brewery’s controlling shareholder and its wholly owned subsidiary bought 2,042,200 additional shares in the brewer between July 24 and September 29, raising their
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India: Carlsberg close to filing IPO for Indian unit for US$700 mln - report
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Carlsberg India, the country’s second-largest brewer, is expected to begin investor roadshows next week and could launch the IPO as early as December, the
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The Czech Republic: Drought takes a toll on hops and barley crops in the Czech Republic
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Czech beer may be famous around the world, but the ingredients behind the country's iconic lagers are coming under growing pressure from hot, dry
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EU: Study finds small EU breweries face barriers in beer below 0.5% alcohol
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A study published on October 20 in the journal Beverages says many small breweries in the European Union face structural barriers to entering the
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Italy: Craft beer accounts for 4.2% of Italy’s total beer output in 2025
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Italy’s craft beer sector produced about 720,000 hectoliters in 2025, equal to 4.2% of the country’s total beer output, according to a new industry
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The Netherlands & Greece: Court orders Heineken to pay €111.2 million to Greek rival Macedonian Thrace Brewery
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A Dutch court has ordered Heineken to pay €111.2 million (approximately $124.8 million) in damages and accumulated interest to Macedonian Thrace Brewery (MTB), the Greek brewer best known for its Vergina brand, after finding that the Dutch group's Greek subsidiary abused its dominant position in the country's beer market for more than a decade, BigGo Finance reported on October 21.
The ruling, issued Wednesday by the Amsterdam court, holds the parent company liable for the conduct of Athenian Brewery (AB), Greece's largest brewer. The court calculated that MTB lost out on €43.3 million (approximately $48.3 million) in profits over a 16-year period, and added €67.9 million (approximately $76.4 million) in interest because the anti-competitive behavior dates back to 1998.
The case follows a 2015 decision by Greece's competition authority, which fined Athenian Brewery €31.5 million (approximately $35.4 million) for thwarting rivals through exclusive agreements with retailers. Under those arrangements, outlets received discounts if they refrained from stocking competitors' beer, a practice the regulator said also pushed up prices across the market.
Heineken said it respects the legal process but will appeal the judgment, arguing it disagrees with the court on key points. "In our view, damage claims of this magnitude should be based
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Australia: Final Tasmanian-brewed Boag's beers come off production line
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The last Tasmanian-brewed Boag's beers were bottled in Launceston this morning, marking an end to 145 years of local production, ABC News reported on October 21.
In the past century and a half, Boag's has cemented itself as a state icon and often run ads about being brewed with clean Tasmanian water.
The final bottles exited the assembly line this afternoon, ahead of the brewery shutting its doors for the final time on November 6, taking with it 42 local jobs.
While the bottle production finished today, the final brewing day was in September.
Brewer Adrian Hinds, who has been a Boag's employee for 22 years, said it was an emotional day.
"To be honest, I'm holding it together; it's quite emotional," he said.
"Today was the last drop of Boag's put into containers; tanks are empty, everything's on a carton or pallet ready to go out to the public.
"Everyone was on the packaging line watching the bottles go through the labeller; it just shows what it means to the staff here.”
Mr Hinds said for the last mashing, "everyone came up, got a sample of grain, put it in the mash tuns, so everyone had that final little touch on the last brew of draught that
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UK: Adnams studying outsourcing of beer production and packaging
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Adnams is studying whether to move the brewing and packaging of its bottled and canned beers to an outside supplier as the Suffolk brewer tries to lower a logistics bill that now exceeds £300,000 a year, according to a report published on October 19 by The Grocer.
The review centers on Adnams’ small-pack beer business, meaning beer sold in bottles and cans. At present, those beers are brewed at the company’s site in Southwold and then transported to Carlsberg Britvic for packaging. The alternative now under review would place both brewing and packaging with another partner, removing the current need to ship beer from one site to another before it is packed for retail sale.
The Grocer reported that Adnams has held discussions with five possible partners as part of an internal project known as “Project Safe Harbour.” The talks raise the possibility that some of the brewer’s best-known beers, including Ghost Ship and Broadside, could in future be produced away from its long-established Southwold brewery. Adnams was founded in 1872 and has been based in the Suffolk coastal town for more than 150 years.
The reported review does not amount to an approved transfer of production. According to The Grocer, the project
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South Korea: Craft beer slump drives pivots to highballs and wider sales channels
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As the slump in Korea's craft beer market drags on, fortunes are diverging for companies that once led the craft beer boom. While firms that bulked up on beer alone during the boom are entering rehabilitation and bankruptcy proceedings one after another, those that diversified revenue sources with highballs and dining businesses are relatively holding up. Securing new growth engines beyond a craft beer–centric business model is emerging as the key to survival in the industry, Chosun.Biz reported on October 19.
According to the liquor industry on the 19th, Busan's first-generation craft beer company Wild Wave filed for bankruptcy with the Busan Bankruptcy Court in April and was declared bankrupt in June. It popularized sour (sour) beer in Korea and built a base of enthusiasts, but it could not withstand the accumulated losses from expanding its brewery and offline stores.
Amazing Brewing Company, which grew through collaboration beers such as "Jin Lager," was also declared bankrupt in April. It secured 18 billion won in investment and expanded convenience store distribution, but after entering corporate rehabilitation proceedings last year, it failed to find a buyer.
By contrast, companies that reshaped their business structures to match changing alcohol consumption are posting relatively solid results. Craft
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France: 3% tax on alcohol advertising proposed in France
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A French lawmaker has proposed a new 3% tax on alcohol advertising and public promotional events as part of France’s 2027 social security financing bill, a move that could raise marketing costs for major producers, importers, and distributors in one of Europe’s largest beverage markets, Vinetur reported on October 9.
The measure was filed Thursday in the National Assembly by Cyrille Isaac-Sibille, a member of the centrist Les Démocrates group, as an amendment to the draft budget bill for France’s social security system. The amendment is being examined in first reading by the Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee and is listed as still under review.
Under the text, the tax would apply to companies that produce, import, or distribute alcoholic drinks in France, or to their representatives, if their revenue in the last financial year was at least 10 million euros before value-added tax. The levy would be based on spending for the purchase of advertising space regardless of the type of medium or whether the format is physical or digital. It would also cover spending on public events and similar promotional activities.
The proposed rate is 3% of the pre-VAT amount of those expenses. Revenue from the tax would be assigned to France’s
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Chile: Barriers still blocking beer sales in Chile’s bars despite antitrust settlement – AB InBev
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Anheuser-Busch InBev says barriers still limit its ability to sell beer in Chile’s bars, restaurants and pubs, more than two years after a court-approved competition agreement was meant to open that market to rivals of local brewer CCU, Vinetur reported on October 19.
The claim was made by Juan Manuel Ferrés, the general manager of AB InBev Chile, in an interview published Monday by Diario Financiero. Ferrés said the company continues to see obstacles in the hospitality channel despite the 2024 settlement between Chile’s National Economic Prosecutor’s Office, known as the FNE, and CCU. “We still see the barriers,” he said, according to the newspaper.
His comments add a new complaint from a major competitor, but they do not amount to a new regulatory ruling or a formal finding that CCU has breached the agreement. The news is the public statement from AB InBev’s Chilean unit, not a new decision by Chilean competition authorities.
The issue centers on Chile’s on-premise beer market, the channel that includes bars, restaurants and pubs where customers drink on site. That segment was the focus of a conciliation agreement approved by Chile’s Competition Tribunal, or TDLC, on March 15, 2024. At the time, the FNE said CCU held
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Barley News
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World: Global grain production forecast up on improved prospects for corn and barley
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Global grain production in 2026-27 is forecast at 2.427 billion metric tons, up 7 million metric tons from the previous month's projection but down
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Australia: Australia has the potential for record barley, canola crops this year
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Australia has the potential to harvest record barley and canola crops after a stellar growing season across southern Australia, where headers are starting to
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Argentina: Barely crop expected in the 4.5-5 mln tonnes range
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A wetter than usual crop season continues across South America, with heavy rainfall amounts falling across key growing regions. As disease presence is already
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Canada: Canadian malting barley in short supply in 2026-27
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Peter Watts, the managing director of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC). has a message for international maltsters, The Western Producer reported on
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UK: Barley acreage falls 12% after Scotch distillers pare back production
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Barley farmers in Britain and the Scotch whisky industry are being squeezed from both sides after a hot, dry summer cut crop yields while
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Whisky News
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UK: Whisky exports rise in first half of 2026
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British whisky exports rose in the first half of 2026, but the recovery in overseas shipments has not yet eased the pressure on distillers
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India: Tax officials probing Pernod, Diageo Scotch imports under India-UK trade pact
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Indian tax officials are investigating whether liquor giants Pernod Ricard and Diageo wrongly classified some bulk Scotch imports, allowing them to pay lower tariffs introduced under the recently agreed India-UK trade pact, Reuters reported on October 19, citing five industry sources familiar with the matter.
Import tariff disputes have long been a sore point for foreign investors in India and embroiled companies like Samsung, LG and Volkswagen. They often involve large back-tax demands raised years after the items were imported, with Indian officials saying they are only enforcing the law.
Last week, tax inspectors made an unexpected visit to Pernod's India headquarters near New Delhi where they questioned company executives about their Scotch imports, three of the people said.
Diageo's Indian unit, United Spirits, in a stock exchange filing last week said its offices in multiple locations were searched on Friday as part of an "industry-wide exercise" by authorities, without saying what the search related to. The other two people said Diageo is also being investigated for how it classifies some Scotch imports.
Pernod told Reuters in a statement that it is cooperating with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and providing all information requested, adding it was committed to addressing any questions from the
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