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The beer biz never sleeps at American Craft Beer. And here’s some more of what’s been happening in the beer world, while you were drinking your way through the weekend.
Stone Tanks In Richmond! (Virginia) – Stone Brewing made a massive addition to their East Coast hub last Thursday, when four gigantic tanks weighing 12.25 tons each, ended their extended barge journey up the James River and arrived at Stone’s East Richmond brewery. These four German crafted additions, which according to the Richmond Dispatch will be able to house more than 1000 barrels of beer apiece, include two fermenters and two brite beer tanks.
Chinese Brewers Tap Into Canadian Barley (Winnipeg, CAN/ Beijing, CHN) – According to REUTERS “China has more than doubled its purchases of Canadian barley, taking advantage of bargain prices for the beer ingredient due to abundant high-quality supplies in Canada.” Unfortunately Canada’s ‘export bonanza’ comes at the expense of the world’s two biggest barley exporters, Australia and Europe, where this year’s harvests were savaged by a mix of drought and excessive rains.
Words To Drink By (Fort Lauderdale, FL) – “I should never have switched from Scotch to martinis.” Humphrey Bogart’s last words
AB InBev Looks To Driverless Semi Trucks (New York) – Anheuser-Busch has announced that they’ve placed an order for 40 Tesla semi-trucks as part of their strategy to utilize cutting-edge technology to increase their efficiency and lessen their environmental impact.
One of Tesla’s largest reported pre-orders EVER, these 40 semi-trucks will be fully electric-powered, and according to Anheuser-Busch, they’ll all equipped with autonomous driving capabilities.
Anheuser-Busch projects that the eventual integration of Tesla’s driverless delivery trucks into their extensive distribution network will reduce the company’s carbon footprint by 30 percent by 2025, which is the equivalent of removing nearly 500,000 cars from the road globally each year!
