Tag: beer

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 05:55 UTC

  FIFA tells Brazil beer must be sold at the 2014 World Cup matches

  

  Beer must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, football's world governing body, Fifa, has insisted. Fifa General Secretary, Jerome Valcke, said the right to sell beer must be enshrined in a World Cup law the Brazilian Congress is considering.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 20:24 UTC

  SABMiller takes over Australia’s leading brewer Foster’s Group fro 10.2bn

  

  Australian beer giant Foster's has accepted an improved takeover worth 9.9 billion Aus dollars (10.2bn US dollars) from British-based brewer SABMiller, the pair announced on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 17:38 UTC

  Beer is not that bad after all: helps with vascular diseases and is good for re-hydration

  

  Moderate drinking of ale and lager can cut the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure and even help people lose weight, doctors say.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 13:01 UTC

  Lager beer yeast arrived in Europe from Patagonia 500 years ago

  

  The mystery behind the birth of lager beer has been solved. Scientists have successfully traced the origin of the popular alcoholic beverage to a type of yeast, believed to have travelled 11,000 kilometres from Patagonia, (Argentina) to Bavaria 500 years ago.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2011 - 16:35 UTC

  Mexico produces first “artisan honey-ales” directed to the gay-lesbian market

  

  A Mexican brewery has launched the first beer targeted to the gay community with a slight honey flavour and with plans to market the product in Mexico, Colombia and Japan among other interested countries.