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SABMiller chief executive Graham Mackay said he’s prepared to make acquisitions and forecast the beer industry will recover from the global recession at a sluggish pace.

SABMiller, the biggest competitor…

The Rocky Mountain News has a fascinating story here about the role of the old Adolph Coors Co. in creating the first seamless, recyclable aluminum beer can. It might sound a little dry, but that can — rolled out 50 years ago last…

The New York Times has a cool interview with the seemingly omnipresent Jim Koch, founder of Boston Beer (the company that makes Sam Adams beer). Jim is one of the founders of the mainstream craft beer movement in America. No less a marketer…

This is what happens when you pinch pennies. Drinkers are buying more cheap beer, according to Advertising Age. Sales of Chicago-based MillerCoors’ down-market beers including High Life and Keystone are way up, and Anheuser-Busch’s Busch and Natty Light are also seeing gains. From…

Molson Coors Brewing Co., whose TV commercials employ “cold trains” to remind drinkers of the beer’s chilliness, is starting to look like a freight train itself. As in — serious momentum.

Barron’s writes that sales of the Canadian company’s flagship Coors Light beer rose…