2018 has been an eerie year overall. For the brewing industry, it’s definitely had some interesting and fairly alarming moments. The beer market is bloated, breweries are slashing employees, products are mutating, natural disasters are everywhere and pollution abounds. Today, being both Halloween and an extremely boring news day, we decided to highlight these 20 stories as the most unnerving and noteworthy of 2018 so far.
AB InBev purchase of SABMiller is finally approved; here are the important modifications
Brutal: Hurricane Florence blows off brewery roof a week before opening
MillerCoors eliminates 350 salaried positions, cites ‘volume declines amid a challenging industry’
U.S. beverage alcohol volumes decline again in 2017, beer category declines substantially
Convenience, experience, mindful drinking and cannabis — four factors changing the beer industry
Tariff update: Aluminum can pricing goes up, Canada may have a can shortage
Let’s talk non-compete agreements in the brewing industry and reflect on the Toppling Goliath suit
Some bad beer names: Flint Michigan Tap Water, Black Beer Matters, White Guilt, Mass Graves
Lake Champlain has pollution issues, Vermont craft brewers are part of the wastewater problem
Subsidiary of Boston Beer Co. fined $1 million for sales of unregistered beer and malt beverage
Um, this ain’t good: Study finds microplastic in random beers along the Great Lakes
Reddit bans beer and alcohol trading forums, starts to sober up in general
Smuttynose Brewing sold at foreclosure auction to private investment firm
Hop Growers of America releases annual data pack, notes U.S. hop production is saturated
Green Flash Brewing cuts workforce, pulls out of 33 states, focusing on core markets
Struggling barley farmers and how they deal with the idea of climate change
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