You will also find breweries piggybacking on the foodie culture that seems to follow grapes wherever they grow.
Most small breweries do their own bottling, which raises the revenue but tends to reduce the gross profit.
But there are still plenty of breweries around the world playing their figurative hearts out.
United Breweries is the prime target for those intending to conquer the Indian beer market.
Three-quarters of United Breweries' remaining stake is pledged with lenders, meaning that could be sold too.
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The lawsuits are based on information from former employees at breweries owned by the multinational.
Plenty of breweries around the world have shortened lagering or aging times to meet growing demand.
During the Great Depression, Soames's Brewery merged with two local rivals forming Border Breweries to survive.
But tastes were changing and the 20th Century began to be hard on Wrexham's breweries.
According to the Brewers Association, in 2011 there were 1, 940 craft breweries in operation.
In Africa, Heineken not only operates breweries but also its own power and water treatment plants.
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Instead, one time he said that he was busy traveling on business for United Breweries.
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The Treasury has said the government "hugely values the economic contribution made by pubs and breweries".
Zambian beer is also costly: Zambia Breweries recently established a dominant position and put up its prices.
It was the world's first beer fad, and porter breweries, bolstered by steam-age technology, grew to unprecedented size.
The Fredericksburg Brewing Company opened in 1994 when Texas passed legislation that allowed breweries to serve food.
In fact, larger monastery breweries, notably Westmalles and Chimay, help support other monasteries, multiple charities and local economies.
They want all Nepal's breweries and distilleries to be closed and the sale of alcohol to be banned.
But her science background is common at big breweries, where many brewmasters have degrees in chemistry or biology.
Heineken also made a major expansion into Southeast Asia this year with its purchase of Asia Pacific Breweries.
Heineken won control of its Asia Pacific Breweries venture, striking a deal with rival investor Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi of Thailand.
Once dried, the hops were taken to cool in the oast's adjacent barn before being transported to local breweries.
Colorado has the second most breweries in the United States, the great majority of which make small-batch craft brews.
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He was a successful businessman with 100, 000 employees, running breweries, hotels and stores.
Most of SABMiller's 17 African breweries are operating at or near full throttle.
Massey's Burnley Brewery was taken over by Charrington United Breweries Ltd. in 1966 and came under Charrington Lancashire Breweries Ltd.
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South African Breweries has successfully invested in China, becoming the only international brewer to make a profit in that market.
He later sold it to Labatt Breweries of Canada for an undisclosed sum (somewhere in the seven digits, he says).
To save his ailing airline, Kingfisher, he might have to sell huge stakes in his successful beverage giant, United Breweries.
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Many of the country's most profitable companies, such as its breweries, were sold cheaply to their employees in the early 1990s.
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