AUGUST 2026 Edition

Brewery News

• Functional beer is the next wellness drink
• Carling waters down alcohol content of its famous lager to 3.4% as it looks to cut costs
• Austin brewer plans world's first beer made with space-flown yeast
• 11 of the biggest beer recalls of all time

• US spirits volume decline slows to 6.5%
• Exclusive-India seizes thousands of Diageo whisky, vodka bottles in food safety crackdown
• His Distillery Lost $100,000, Then Made $60,000. Social Security Counted the Profit as if the Loss Never Happened.
• Scientists discover source of 'mango-like' tropical taste in whisky

More Beverage News

• The decline of drinking claims another victim as second-largest US liquor distributor goes bankrupt
• Scottish gin on top of the world as mountaineer takes bottle to Everest summit
• Craft Beer and Friendly Competition Are Rebuilding Taproom Nights
• Craft beer, conservation and a turtle that could inspire Staten Island’s next brew