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FAST FACTS

  • Beer dates back to 3,500 B.C.
  • Barrel of Beer: 31 (31.5) gallons=330 12 oz. Bottles
  • $8.4-billion worth of the suds were sold in 2006-2007. That translates into 2.3 billion liters of ales, lagers and other brews.
  • According to research, moderate beer drinkers have a decreased risk of developing gallstones or late-onset diabetes.
  • 35 billion gallons of beer are served globally per year.
  • Golfers drink domestic beer 64% more often than imported beer.
  • Lager: German word for "storehouse"
  • "Mind you Ps and Qs" stems from English pubs where the P implies pint and the Q, quart
  • Cenosillicaphobia: fear of an empty glass.
  • The Bottle Cap was introduced in 1892.
  • 1936- Budweiser sold in cans for the first time
  • 1986- billion-beer barrel mark for Anheuser-Busch

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LATEST NEWS WIRES

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    • Anheuser-Busch InBev Launches Rights Issue

        Anheuser-Busch Inbev launched a planned eight-for-five rights issue on Monday at a steeply-discounted price of 6.45 euros per share to part-fund InBev's $52 billion purchase of Anheuser-Busch, sending its stock price down.

    • Buffett's Berkshire Gets A Billion In Beer Bucks

        Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway will get almost a billion dollars in cash for its Anheuser-Busch shares, now that the St. Louis brewer's acquisition by Belgium's InBev has been formally completed.

    • Sports Marketing Guru Tony Ponturo Leaves Anheuser-Busch

        Ponturo was recently ranked #14 on the Business Week list of the 100 most influential people in sports. Ponturo, who is in his 26th year with A-B, is responsible for directing all media planning and buying activities for the A-B beer brands.


LATEST NEWS VIDEOS

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    • Inbev Completes Bud Deal 

        Inbev and Anheuser Busch combine to create the global leader in beer, reports CNBC's David Faber

    • InBev Posts Mixed Numbers 

        Belgian brewer InBev reported mixed second-quarter numbers Thursday, as it prepares to takeover Anheuser-Busch. Trevor Stirling from Sanford Bernstein has more.

    • Bud Reigns in China 

        The official international beer sponsor of the games is no stranger to the Olympics or China, with Tony Ponturo, Anheuser-Busch VP, global media/sports marketing and CNBC's Darren Rovell


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