Economy Jun 15 Bud Light, America’s top beer for decades, falls to second following LGBTQ+ marketing backlash By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press
World Apr 21 French producers frothing over ‘The Champagne of Beers’ The Comité Champagne — the body protecting the Champagne designation — asked for the destruction of a shipment of 2,352 cans on the grounds that the term infringes the protected designation of origin “Champagne.”… By Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press
Economy Feb 09 Spirits surpass beer for U.S. market-share supremacy, data shows New figures show that spirits surpassed beer for U.S. market-share supremacy, based on supplier revenues, a spirit industry group announced Thursday. By Bruce Schreiner, Jim Salter, Associated Press
World Nov 18 Qatar bans beer sales at World Cup stadiums two days before opening game Qatar banned the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums on Friday, a sudden U-turn on the deal it made to secure the soccer tournament — only two days before the opening game. By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press
World Jul 06 Watch 6:13 In Britain, fears that reopened pubs will drive more virus spread In Britain, pubs reopened over July 4th weekend after nearly three months of coronavirus lockdowns. Patrons expressed their desire to get out and socialize after the long period of isolation, and business owners took special precautions to prepare. But many… By Malcolm Brabant
Feb 16 Watch 5:09 Can beer help save an Arizona river? By Ivette Feliciano, Connie Kargbo, Sam Weber Arizona has endured two decades of drought, forcing farmers and others there to look for ways to conserve water. In the rural town of Camp Verde, an experimental program is bringing farmers and a malthouse together with the hopes of… Continue watching
Jun 16 Your next happy hour buzz, brought to you by bees By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs Only two species of yeast --- ale yeast and lager yeast -- have been used for traditional beer brewing over the last 600 years. A lab in North Carolina may have found a third in the strangest place: On bees… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 2:14 News Wrap: Pakistan suicide bomber kills dozens at mosque By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a suicide bomber killed at least 24 and injured dozens more at a Sunni Mosque in the northwest region of Pakistan. Also, President Obama renewed his efforts to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal through Congress. Continue watching
Oct 23 I charged my kids interest on loans, and now they’re outsmarting me By Kristen Doerer Economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke with Doug Miller, an employee at New Belgium Brewery, about the company's financial literacy classes. Miller brought that new-found knowledge home and taught his kids. Little did he know how savvy they would become. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 7:42 Brewery workers pour their hearts into business when given a stake By PBS News Hour Colorado's New Belgium Brewing is known for its quirky culture, its Fat Tire beer and its distinction as a worker-owned business. Why did the founder of this successful craft brewery sell to her employees? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Continue watching