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Heineken says selling Mexican packaging business for $1.2 bn Dutch brewing giant Heineken on Monday announced selling Mexican-based packaging business Empaque to US-based Crown Holdings.

01 September 2014

Carlsberg lowers profit outlook on fall in Russian sales Danish brewer Carlsberg cut its annual profit guidance and said economic uncertainty in Russia, could prompt it to close some breweries.

20 August 2014

Berlin brewers stage amber revolution against Big Beer In Berlin, young craft brewers are taking on the mass market, promising to put flavour and diversity back into the national beverage.

11 August 2014

German growers push into craft beer market with new hops In a microbrewery in a trendy Berlin neighbourhood, Thorsten Schoppe, one of a wave of beer-makers using new German ingredients to create non-traditional brews, pours hop pellets into a copper vat.

27 December 2013

Craft beers enjoy boom despite Italy's crisis With oyster, tobacco and watermelon flavoured brews, Italy's craft beers are flourishing despite a punishing recession that is putting thousands of other businesses out of work.

29 August 2012

Heineken to buy maker of Tiger beer for $4.1 billion Dutch brewer Heineken said Friday it has reached a deal to buy the Asian brewing group that makes Tiger beer for $4.1 billion, as it seeks to bolster its presence in the fast-growing region.

04 August 2012