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Bottles of various sorts of German beer are displayed on a stand to mark 500 years of the so-called Reinheitsgebot (purity law), during the Green Week international food, agriculture and horticulture fair in Berlin in January. The Reinheitsgebot was introduced in Bavaria in 1516 to limit ingredients used in beer production to hops, barley and water.
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German beer purity in question over herbicide tests

The brewers’ association questions the test results’ scientific integrity

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AGerman environmental group said Feb. 25 it has found traces of the widely used herbicide glyphosate in Germany’s 14 most popular beers, a potential blow to the country’s reputation for “pure” brewing. Industry and government immediately sought to play down the report from the Munich Environmental Institute. The Brauer-Bund beer association said the findings, which
In early September the Warwaruks purchased a 15,000-square-foot building in Neepawa for the future home of the estate brewery.
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Encompassing the taste of the Prairies

After a few years of processing Farmery outside of Manitoba’s borders, 
the Warwaruk brothers will soon be completing the entire beer-making process at home

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Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk are one step closer to their goal of bringing the country’s first estate brewery to Manitoba after purchasing a building for the future brewery site earlier this month. The sibling entrepreneurs purchased a 15,000-square-foot building in Neepawa, a few kilometres from the existing Farmery farm in early September. “We have a
AB InBev’s operations include Alexander Keith’s maker, Halifax-based Oland Breweries, which became part of Labatt in 1971. (Keiths.ca)
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Labatt owner AB InBev seeks US$275B tie-up with SABMiller

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Brussels/London | Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has approached rival SABMiller about a takeover that would form a colossus producing a third of the world’s beer. A merged group would have a market value of around US$275 billion (C$363 billion) at current prices, and would combine AB InBev’s dominance of Latin America
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EU lawmakers urge calorie content labels to cover alcohol

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Brussels | Reuters — European beer, wine and spirits makers should inform consumers about the amount of calories in their drinks via clear labelling, EU lawmakers said Wednesday. Most foods and drinks are subject to legislation mandating labels with nutritional and ingredient information, but alcoholic drinks are exempt. The European Parliament voted in favour of
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Beer from bread that never became a sandwich

A Brussels brewery is making beer out of stale bread to reduce waste

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A small Brussels-based brewery has embarked on a project to make beer from leftover bread, harking back to antiquity, when bread, rather than barley, was the main ingredient. The idea for brewing with bread came when 31-year-old Frenchman Sebastien Morvan talked to a friend about food waste, specifically the bread thrown away because supermarkets, eager
The beer economy in Canada supports one out of every 100 jobs in Canada, a Conference Board of Canada report says. photo: thinkstock
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Beer drink of choice among Canadians

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If you’re an average beer drinker in Manitoba, a new report pegs your consumption at about 240 bottles a year. That’s the fifth-highest per capita consumption of beer in Canada and slightly higher than the national average 235 bottles, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. From Farm to Glass: The
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Germany’s Oompah Party

Revellers at Germany s Oktoberfest, the world s largest folk festival, consumed a record 7.5 million litres of beer during the 17-day party which ended on Oct. 3 in blazing sunshine. Despite gloom in Germany about the spiralling debt crisis, the festival drew some 6.9 million visitors, many clad in traditional Bavarian lederhosen or dirndls.
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Australian Beer Hopes To Boldly Go Into Space

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Wherever man has ventured, beer has followed. Now, two Australian entrepreneurs hope that will include space. Looking ahead to a future of growing space tourism, they have developed a full-bodied brew they believe can stand up to the trials of imbibing in space, including swelling tongues that diminish the sense of taste. “It’s going to
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China Thirsty For Malting Barley

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China’s thirst for beer has driven up its barley imports from Canada by 86 per cent, but weaker U. S. demand more than offsets those gains. From August through January, China has replaced the United States as Canada’s top barley export market by importing nearly 208,000 tonnes, according to Statistics Canada. The surge reflects China’s

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