Wisconsin is revoking Minocqua Brewing Company's permits after officials alleged beer was transported from Illinois without required permits or taxes. Owner Kirk Bangstad plans to appeal.
A £500m redevelopment of the Truman Brewery estate in east London's Brick Lane has been approved by housing secretary Angela Rayner, paving the way for a datacentre, offices, and apartments despite strong local opposition.
Katherine Harrison, a 17th-century Connecticut widow, faced witchcraft accusations due to her financial independence, non-traditional hobbies, and defiance of patriarchal norms, reflecting a historical pattern where women's economic power led to vulnerability.
BrewDog founder James Watt faces complaints to the UK's data privacy watchdog, ICO, regarding his unexpected bid to buy back the company. Shareholders claim Watt contacted them without clear consent, raising GDPR concerns after their shares were rendered worthless in an earlier sale to Tilray.
Hofbrauhaus Wolters, a 396-year-old German brewery, has filed for bankruptcy due to soaring energy costs and declining beer consumption. The company will restructure under self-administration, retaining employees as it shifts towards non-alcoholic beverages.
Costco and Deschutes Brewery are discontinuing their Kirkland Signature beer line, including Helles-Style Lager and Vintage Ale. The collaboration, which began in December 2024, saw the lager win awards in 2025 and 2026. Production will cease this month, with beers disappearing by fall.
Camra, an ale enthusiasts' club, has asked the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to investigate big brewers for allegedly misleading drinkers about 'craft' credentials and geographical origin. The group claims multinational breweries use anti-competitive tactics to sideline smaller rivals, impacting consumer choice and quality.
Humphrey Smith, owner of the historic Samuel Smith's brewery and around 200 pubs, has died at 81. Known for eccentric rules like banning phones and music, Smith was described as a "true gentleman" by Tadcaster's mayor. His death marks "the end of an era" for the family business.
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy reminded observers that pitcher Jacob Misiorowski is human after a 3-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. Misiorowski allowed two runs in six innings, striking out seven, with his fastball hitting 104.2 mph.
Prof John Brewer, England's first head of human performance for Italia 90, used early tech like BBC microcomputers and Polar heart-rate monitors to assess player fitness. Despite initial suspicion, his methods proved players adapted to the heat, enabling a high-tempo game. This contrasts sharply with today's advanced wearables and hyperbaric chambers, marking a significant evolution in football sports science.
Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers has set new Major League Baseball records for starting pitcher velocity, including a 104.5 mph fastball. He also achieved a 'Maddux' by recording 15 strikeouts in a 6-0 shutout victory with under 100 pitches.
Engie Italia has completed an 8.6 MW photovoltaic park for Heineken Italia's Ichnusa brewery in Assemini. The 137,000 sqm facility with over 15,000 panels will produce 15 GWh annually, covering the brewery's entire electricity needs and marking a significant step in on-site renewable energy production for industrial sites.
Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a 4-for-5 performance, including an RBI and three runs scored, in a 12-9 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on June 5.
Annette and Matthew Flynn, a Wisconsin couple, are considering an appeal to the state Supreme Court after being denied a $13,000 raffle prize by the Milwaukee Brewers' charity. The couple claims Annette was unfairly deemed late in claiming her prize due to navigational issues at the stadium, despite video evidence showing her efforts to reach the claim table in time. Two lower courts have ruled against them, citing the 'clear and unambiguous' contest rules.
UK breweries are facing a boom going flat, with 320 businesses closing last year and only 170 opening, resulting in a net loss of 150. Factors include market access issues, supermarket price undercutting, changing consumer habits, and high taxation.
Spain's beer market is experiencing a decline in consumption, with per capita intake falling to 52.8 liters in 2024. Despite this, major brewers like Mahou San Miguel, Damm, Heineken, and Hijos de Rivera reported record combined profits of €593 million, driven by diversification and premiumization strategies.
A Wisconsin couple is considering a Supreme Court appeal after losing a legal battle over a $13,000 Brewers raffle prize. Annette and Matthew Flynn sued the Brewers Community Foundation, claiming Annette was wrongly denied the jackpot due to a disputed 66-second delay in claiming the prize.
Wisconsin Brewery will brew the final batch of Schlitz, a beer enjoyed for 177 years, on May 23 using a 1948 recipe. The beer, once marketed as 'the beer that made Milwaukee famous,' will be available June 27, with a celebration planned.
Greene King has agreed to sell its Old Speckled Hen ale brands to Damm, the Spanish owner of Estrella lager. The deal marks another British beer brand acquisition by overseas buyers. Production will move to Damm's brewery in Bedford.
Hedge fund Corvex Management is demanding Whitbread, owner of Premier Inn, be put up for sale, citing a "sleepy share price" and criticizing the company's five-year strategy for its slow returns. Corvex, holding a 7% stake, wants key parts of the plan suspended and threatens to nominate new directors if the board doesn't comply.
Czech beer consumption hit a historic low of 121 liters per capita in 2025, a 4.3% drop in production. Health experts praise the shift towards moderation and quality, while addiction specialists note rising concerns over new substances and online addiction among youth.
Aurélien Picard, owner of L'Imprimerie brewery in Bannalec, Brittany, has been ordered by Yoko Ono to stop selling his John Lemon craft beer, claiming trademark infringement. The lemon and ginger-flavoured beer, featuring a caricature of John Lennon with lemon-slice glasses and the tagline "Get Bock," has been sold for five years. Ono registered the John Lemon trademark a decade ago to protect her late husband's name. Picard faces a €100,000 fine plus €1,500 daily until he stops, but has been allowed to sell remaining stock until July 1.
Whitbread, owner of Premier Inn, is cutting about 3,800 jobs and closing all remaining Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants as it shifts to a pure hotel business. The FTSE 100 company will convert 197 restaurants into hotel rooms and sell £1.5bn of freehold properties. The cuts follow pressure from US activist investor Corvex and £50m extra costs from Rachel Reeves's 2025 budget.
Darren Jones suggests cost of energy, food and flights will remain high after de-escalation and Hormuz strait reopensThe UK faces higher prices for food and fuel for at least eight months after the war in Iran ends, a minister has said. The closure of the strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane that carried a fifth of global oil and gas, has sent oil prices soaring since the US and Israeli attacks on Iran began in February. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, said the conflict would probably continue to raise prices for energy, food and flights in the coming months as potential issues around energy supplies affect production, rather than lead to shortages on supermarket shelves. The UK government has urged motorists to fill up their cars as usual amid higher prices at the pumps and for air travellers not to change their plans over potential jet fuel shortages. Jones told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme: “You’re going to see prices go up a bit as a consequence of what Donald Trump has done in the Middle East. “That’s probably going to come online not just in the next few weeks, but the next few months. There’s going to be a long tail from this.” Asked how long higher prices might remain, Jones suggested it would be around eight months after the strait of Hormuz was unblocked and a de-escalation of the conflict had taken place. “I think our best guess is eight-plus months from the point of resolution that you’ll see economic impacts coming through the system,” he said. Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the US ceasefire with Iran last week that paused most of the fighting, but further efforts towards ending the conflict have been unsuccessful after the US president told his envoys not to travel to Pakistan for talks at the weekend. The UK government is stepping up planning for how to offset the impact, focusing on the live monitoring of stock levels and what plans are in place for addressing supply chain disruption. Jones said: “The government here in the UK, the work that I’m doing with the prime minister is looking at all of those things and saying, ‘What can we do within our power to help people to get through those difficult times?’” The government is also looking to secure stocks of carbon dioxide, which is used in the food industry and by breweries to make drinks fizzy, as well as for defence purposes and medical uses such as MRI scanning. Jones said he was seeking to ensure there was an adequate supply of beer for fans watching the men’s football World Cup which starts on 11 June. He said: “I raised this issue because if there is a problem with jet fuel on holidays and carbon dioxide on beer, the summer might be pretty depressing for people, but we’re doing everything we can to make sure that it’s not the case.” The Liberal Democrats have called for a bill to be included in the next king’s speech in May to put food security at the top of the government’s agenda. Continue reading...
