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20 scary news stories from the Craft Brewing Business crypt

October 31, 2018Keith Gribbins

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2018 has been an eerie year overall. For the brewing industry, it’s definitely had some interesting and fairly alarming moments. The beer market is bloated, breweries are slashing employees, products are mutating, natural disasters are everywhere and pollution abounds. Today, being both Halloween and an extremely boring news day, we decided to highlight these 20 stories as the most unnerving and noteworthy of 2018 so far.

AB InBev purchase of SABMiller is finally approved; here are the important modifications

Brutal: Hurricane Florence blows off brewery roof a week before opening

MillerCoors eliminates 350 salaried positions, cites ‘volume declines amid a challenging industry’

U.S. beverage alcohol volumes decline again in 2017, beer category declines substantially

Convenience, experience, mindful drinking and cannabis — four factors changing the beer industry

Constellation’s busy week: invests $4 billion in cannabis company, maybe lays off craft team, announces Ballast Point restaurant in San Fran

Tariff update: Aluminum can pricing goes up, Canada may have a can shortage

Let’s talk non-compete agreements in the brewing industry and reflect on the Toppling Goliath suit

Some bad beer names: Flint Michigan Tap Water, Black Beer Matters, White Guilt, Mass Graves

Lake Champlain has pollution issues, Vermont craft brewers are part of the wastewater problem

Subsidiary of Boston Beer Co. fined $1 million for sales of unregistered beer and malt beverage

TTB accepts record $900,000 offer in compromise from Warsteiner Importers Agency for pay-to-play arrangements

Um, this ain’t good: Study finds microplastic in random beers along the Great Lakes

Reddit bans beer and alcohol trading forums, starts to sober up in general

Smuttynose Brewing sold at foreclosure auction to private investment firm

Hop Growers of America releases annual data pack, notes U.S. hop production is saturated

NY’s Saratoga Brewing suddenly shuts down, sends contract brewers scrambling to reacquire their products

Green Flash Brewing cuts workforce, pulls out of 33 states, focusing on core markets

Struggling barley farmers and how they deal with the idea of climate change

A tale of Canadian taxes and protectionist policies: Alberta’s craft beer grant program deemed unconstitutional

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