Fastest Growing Beers While Bud Light leads with 19 % of the beer market, three of the fastest growing brews in the U.S. are all foreign. The fastest growing brands are Modelo and Dos Equis. Modelo is owned by Constellation Brands while Dos Equis is a subsidiary of Heineken. . Shipments of Mexican brands Dos Equis and Modelo more than doubled in the last four years. Modelo’s popularity gets a boost from the growth of the Hispanic market and Dos Equis' from “The most interesting man in the world” ad campaign. Belgian brew Stella Artois comes in third, which has been able to distance itself from its parent company ABInBev. The fourth fastest growing beer brand in the country is MillerCoors-owned Blue Moon, and the fifth is hipster favorite PBR—the only beer to crack the top five list that can be considered semi-craft. It’s worth noting that Budweiser shipped 16 million barrels of beer last year—about 10 times what Dos Equis shipped. |
Scotland's Neo-Prohibitionists? A new law has come into force which makes the legal drink-drive limit in Scotland lower than elsewhere in the UK. The change reduces the legal alcohol limit from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood. Campaigners believe the new limit will cut the number of deaths and serious injuries on Scottish roads. The limit elsewhere in the UK will remain at 80mg - the joint highest in Europe. Northern Ireland is currently considering making the same reduction as Scotland. Experts have said the new 50mg limit, which came into force at midnight, means that an average man would be limited to just under a pint of beer or a large glass of wine, and women to half a pint of beer or a small glass of wine. The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously in favour of the new law, which brings Scotland into line with much of Europe. The Scottish government has previously said it had sought a joint approach with Westminster but the UK government decided to retain the higher 80mg limit, which in Europe is only shared by Malta. It means that a driver could leave England under the legal alcohol limit but find they are breaking the law once they pass over the border into Scotland. What is the legal limit elsewhere in Europe? (All figures per 100ml of blood) Zero - Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia (drivers with less than three years experience), Germany (less than two years experience or aged under 21) 20mg - Estonia, Poland, Sweden, Cyprus (south), Ireland (learner drivers only), Latvia (less than two years experience), Lithuania (less than two years experience), Greece (less than two years experience), Luxembourg (less than two years experience and professional drivers), France (bus drivers only) 24mg - Slovenia 30mg - Germany (for those involved in an accident) 40mg - Lithuania 50mg - Scotland, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany (if not involved in an accident), Gibraltar, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus (north) 80mg - England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta (Note: 20mg is as close to an absolute ban as you can get without accidentally penalising those with trace elements of alcohol in their bloodstream.) In the USA the blood alcohol limit is 0.08% or greater (units of milligrams per deciliter, The 0.08% limit is 80 mg/dLrepresenting 8 g of alcohol in 10 liters of blood). The 0.08% limit is 80 mg/dL |
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| We Love IPA IPA sales in the last 52 weeks jumped nearly 50 percent from the previous year. The wider craft segment rose about 20 percent. IPAs now accounts for over a quarter of all craft sales Fervor for the hop-heavy ale shows no signs of slowing. As consumers flock to IPAs, breweries have expanded their offerings to meet demand. IPAs continue to surge because more varieties have emerged, Recent trends include ales made with malted rye instead of barley or "sessionable" variations. American-style IPA” is the most popular category to enter among brewers at the Great American Beer Festival for more than a decade, with over 250 entries ilast year compared to an average 51 entries per category. The first reference to “India pale ale” was actually in an Indian newspaper in 1828, almost 50 years after George Hodgson (sometimes called the originator of the style) started shipping his pale ale to India. The second known reference is a mention in an Australian newspaper in 1829 |
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