North Korea on Friday kicked off its first beer festival, in line with leader Kim Jong Un's promise to improve living standards and build a "highly civilized nation" despite being under international sanctions for its pursuit of nuclear arms. The festival featuring Taedonggang beer, one ...
Beer essentials: The craft beer boom in Japan shows no sign of running dry
Tomoko Sonoda was a college student during the "Dry Wars," the years immediately following the 1987 release of the game-changing light lager Asahi Super Dry. She and her classmates held tasting parties for the spate of new brews that were released by the three ...
Asahi eyes U.S. beer expansion with ¥400 billion war chest
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., the brewer that's buying European brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev NV worth $2.9 billion, is now pursuing deals in the U.S. that would help boost distribution of its Super Dry beer in the world's largest economy. Tokyo-based Asahi is willing to spend ...
It is an irresistible headline: People who drink alcohol in moderation actually live longer than those who abstain entirely. Counterintuitive studies that show the purported benefits of a drink or two a day prompt flurries of bright news reports. You can hear the glasses ...
Suntory to focus on Beam and own beer, not new deals: president
Suntory Holdings Ltd., the nation's third-ranked beer maker by market share, wants to focus on boosting profits at its Beam spirits unit and upgrading its own beers rather than on buying SABMiller PLC's Peroni and Grolsch brands in Europe. "We studied it, but we have ...
Suntory loses patent dispute with Asahi over nonalcoholic beer
Suntory Holdings Ltd. lost a patent dispute with rival Asahi Breweries Ltd. on Thursday, with the Tokyo District Court rejecting its demand for a halt to production and sales of Asahi's nonalcoholic beer. Suntory had sought the suspension of Asahi's Dry Zero, which was relaunched ...
Suntory Holdings Ltd. and China's Tsingtao Brewery Co. have agreed to dissolve their joint beer venture. The Japanese brewer will pursue growth by focusing on China's spirits, wine and soft drink businesses, it said Monday. Suntory, which owns a 50 percent stake in both the ...
Beer shipments inch up in July-September, first rise in 11 years
Beer shipments in Japan rose 0.3 percent in the July-September period from a year earlier, marking the first rise in 11 years, data from five brewers showed Tuesday. The shipments gained in the period following the launch of a new beer, The Malt's, on Sept. ...
Kirin buys Myanmar's biggest brewing company for $560 million
Kirin Holdings Co. said it acquired Myanmar's biggest beer company for $560 million (about ¥69.7 billion), as it seeks to expand abroad with an aging population at home reducing domestic demand for its beverages. A Singapore unit of Japan's second-largest brewer by market value has ...
Ebisu or Yebisu: Either way, it's the beer that beckons in Tokyo neighborhood
With the long rainy season almost over, real summer is just around the corner. And after a hot sunny day, it's time for a cold beer. Whether at a festival, to celebrate an important event, or just to close the day, a glass of Yebisu ...
Only one of Suntory's two craft beer offerings manages to capture that small brewer vibe
Suntory's new Craft Select series isn't craft beer. It's not from a charming neighborhood brewery, but a beverage conglomerate that bought up Jim Beam. These limited-run drinks are exercises in branding, but if you're buying beer from a convenience store then you've already settled for ...
