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A coming beer boom? Selling beer through the generations
01/07/2017
In 2016 the merger between two global giants dominated the conversation in the beer industry. To the casual observer, at least in North America, the purchase of SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev would just seem to reflect a consolidation of almost every familiar name among the brands people see on the shelf every day. But there were other, deeper plans behind the purchase...
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The new Castle Brewery Van Honsebrouck
01/07/2017
It’s more than a century since a brewery of this size has been built in Belgium, but Xavier Van Honsebrouck, a family brewer of the fi fth generation, has now taken this bold step. In the small Flemish town of Izegem, West Flanders, the new Bierkasteel Van Honsebrouck brewery has been built on a greenfi eld site, with a capacity of 250,000 hectolitres – and it’s mightily impressive.
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An accountable overview
By: Shane McNamara
01/07/2017
For those managing budgets or businesses this article looks at the principles of accounting, covering the importance of having a well-designed accounting system as well as the distinction between financial and managerial accounting. We will go over the six different types of accounts, their characteristics, and how they are used to create a detailed chart of accounts which is tailored to the specific needs of an organisation. Finally, we will cover the advantages of double-entry bookkeeping and how, together with ledgers and other accounting records, it enhances the accuracy of information maintained in an accounting system.
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Cream of Ireland - Diageo’s flagship liqueur site in Mallusk, Belfast
By: Gerry McGovern
01/07/2017
Baileys Irish Cream is such an iconic product it has that aura of having been around forever, yet its history is less than 50 years old. The ground-breaking idea to create a fusion of Irish cream and Irish whiskey had been in existence well before that, but it took the application and persistence of a dedicated team of innovators at the then Gilbeys of Ireland to enable the launch of a stable product in 1974.
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Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo 2017
By: Dan Griffiths
01/07/2017
Washington D.C. was the location for 34th annual gathering of craft beer producers and enthusiasts at the Brewers Association’s ‘Craft Brewers Conference & Brew Expo America’.
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Pease in our time: Editor Steve Curtis talks with Bob Pease
By: Steve Curtis
01/07/2017
2017 has already brought a great deal of political turmoil, no more so than on either side of the Atlantic where elections have returned results against many pollsters’ predictions. In advance of Brexit-driven international trade deals, it is good to see renewed cooperation between the two craft beer organisations in the US and UK – BA and SIBA – working towards some common goals.