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Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer, said beer sales in the third quarter dropped in the midst of a rough economy. But despite struggles in the key U.S. market, the company managed to make a bigger…

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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.

We wanted…

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Now this is fascinating. Did you know that, if you are a Heineken drinker, you are more…

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Dutch brewer Heineken has apparently discovered a neat trick: In the face of falling beer sales, raise prices and cut costs. Voila! Bigger profits. We’ve seen it before from other big brewers in St. Louis, London…

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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”…

The rumors are flying: SABMiller of London, the world’s second-largest brewer, is reportedly in talks to buy the beer business of Mexican brewer FEMSA (parent company of Tecate and Dos Equis) for perhaps a cool $9 billion.

That would set up…

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A major showdown is shaping up south of the border in Mexico. With the second-largest Mexican brewery considering selling out, SABMiller of London may take a swing at it. For SABMiller, not long removed from being…

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The bad times continue for imported beer, those fancy, (generally) expensive brews from places like Mexico, the Netherlands and Germany.

The Washington-based Beer Institute released figures showing that imported beer shipments were down more than 8 percent in July,…

Most top global brewers are selling less beer these days. But the big companies’ share prices have mostly gone up in recent months. What gives?

Trade publication Beer Marketer’s Insights has an interesting item on this odd dynamic. Global brewers’ revenues and…

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For all the readers out there who haven’t seen our Sunday story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about whether investors should hop on Anheuser-Busch InBev, here it is.

Big brewers include Anheuser-Busch InBev face an interesting situation: Their beer…