A plastic bottle cap that senses and reacts to music and movement through use of a smartphone has been released in Japan. Brewing company Kirin's Illumicap has a built-in wireless communication and lighting system which can illuminate the ...
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PicoBrew has launched new models of their award-winning Pico craft beer brewing machine on the crowd-funding site Kickstarter. The world's most compact and easy to use craft-beer-brewing machine has already received outstanding support on ...
Coopers Brewery has launched a new series of DIY beer extracts in response to the growing interest in craft beer. The extracts are being released under its Thomas Cooper label and have been designed to help DIY brewers mimic the most ...
Belgian researchers from University of Leuven and the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology have found that the yeasts used to ferment cocoa during chocolate manufacture can help alter the aroma of the end chocolate product. The research ...
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Three Americans at the forefront of the craft brewing movement in Spain have chosen Beatson Clark bottles for the innovative beers they are brewing in San Sebastián. Their new brewery opened earlier this year and the beers they ...
Africa-focused multinational consumer goods company Vasari Global along with UK-based asset management firm Duet Group, and the TIRET Group, which is an Ethiopian endowment fund, has unveiled an advanced brewery plant at Debre Birhan, which ...
Basqueland Brewing Project (BPP) has selected Beatson Clark's glass bottles to pack its beers produced in San Sebastián, Spain. Beatson Clark's 330ml amber beer bottles with a standard crown neck finish will be used to pack BPP's ...
US-based beer company New Belgium Brewing has unveiled two new gluten-reduced ales - Glütiny Pale Ale and Glütiny Golden Ale, providing healthier options to craft beer enthusiasts. The two beers will be made available in new ...
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US-based alcoholic beverage maker Constellation Brands has agreed to acquire San Diego-based Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits for $1bn. Ballast Point is a US-based craft beer company with an expansive portfolio that includes almost 40 ...
New Belgium Brewing of Fort Collins, Colorado, has selected to partner with Salient Management Company to empower its team with Salient's advanced performance management solutions. By integrating directly with the brewer's legacy systems, ...
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Kentucky-based Braxton Brewing Company is launching its first canned beer on 16 November. The company will also be packaging and distributing Storm Golden Cream Ale. Braxton Brewing Company's CEO and co-founder Jake Rouse said: "Words ...
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Heateflex Corporation, a global leader in high-purity industrial heating systems, introduced a new product, Gambrinus, designed to reduce Total Package Oxygen (TPO) in beer-bottling lines. The initial Gambrinus unit has been installed and ...
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Mike Hess Brewing has introduced its Open Mike beer can, becoming the only brewery in California to use Crown Holdings’ patented 360 End technology. A simple pull tab removes the entire top end of the can, effectively turning the ...
The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar. In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing, or The Book of Changes, number "6" was ...
US-based coffee chain Starbucks will serve beer and wine in its store in central London. This will become the first store in the capital to serve wine and beer. 'The outlet will be called Starbucks Reserve bar. In this outlet, ...