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Lager Heads had the honor of moderating a fascinating - and heated - panel at a beer conference last month in Chicago. The topic: Globalization and its effect on the regulation of alcohol in the U.S.

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Danish brewer Carlsberg, the world’s fourth- largest beer maker, cut its full-year sales forecast, saying the Russian market will contract more than it expected this year.

That news comes courtesy of Bloomberg, which dives into the company’s…

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MillerCoors‘ third-quarter profit rose 37 percent as cost cuts and strengthened sales of the company’s cheaper beers helped buoy the brewer’s profits, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.

It’s a fascinating look at how well Anheuser-Busch InBev’s toughest…

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The Publican, a trade publication for bars and pubs in the United Kingdom, picks up a juicy nugget in the multi-decade and multi-country trademark dispute between Anheuser-Busch and Czech brewer Budvar over the name “Budweiser.”

The story reports that…

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It’s a question we will be asking more and more in the coming weeks: What do folks do when they leave Anheuser-Busch? A lot of people have left in the 11 months since InBev took over.…

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The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating story on why brewer Femsa, one of Mexico’s most storied companies, is contemplating getting out of the beer business.

Femsa, brewer of Dos Equis and source of the “World’s Most Interesting Man”…

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We are working on a number of stories about the one-year anniversary of the creation of Anheuser-Busch InBev. As of Nov. 18, we will have seen one year of the world’s biggest brewer. We are still sifting through all…

Marin Institute, a longtime critic of the alcohol industry, dropped a “bombshell” report this week criticizing Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors, the two largest brewers in the U.S. The report called beer “the most widely used drug in America” and urged the Obama…

Folks, we will be in Chicago on Monday and Tuesday, attending a conference organized by the National Beer Wholesalers Association’s Center for Alcohol Policy. Look for our reporting on the proceedings. Should be lots of interesting nuggest on beer regulation and…

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Anheuser-Busch is launching a new round of TV commercials for Budweiser, its No. 2 brand, which has been on a long sales decline.

Together, the three new spots “focus on the camaraderie and the bonds between friends when…