Yikes, April already…and clearly the craft beer biz isn’t slowing down any time soon. But no worries, the Beer Buzz is always on the case, keeping you plugged in into all the beer news and lifestyle that matters. Plus we’ve an all-important update on what we’ve been drinking lately and you don’t want to miss that.

Molson Coors In Talks To Buy Big Drinks Retail Chain In The UK (Denver. CO) –  American brewing giant Molson Coors is, according to The Times, in talks to buy Conviviality Retail, an enormous UK drinks retail chain with more than 700 stores that has fallen on hard times.

Molson Coors, the seventh largest brewing company in the world, and home to the Carling, Coors Light and Cobra beer brands (all huge in England), is just one of several suitors which also include C&C Group, (home to Magners cider and Tennent’s lager) and maybe even AB InBev!

Conviviality Retail issued its first profit warning in March when it declared that a “material error” in its financial projections meant that its profit would be £5.2 million less than expected. This was followed by an update later that month where the company added that it was now facing a £30 million tax bill and had suspended trading in its shares (never a good sign).

Words To Drink By (Chicago, IL) – “There is a crack in everything…that’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter poet and novelist

Utah Craft Beer Numerical Factoids (Salt Lake, UT) – Every now and then we try to showcase different brewing regions And here are some quick factoids on the craft brewing scene in Utah.

23 And 27^th – 23 is the number of craft breweries currently online in Utah, but Cassie Slattery, executive director of the Utah Brewers Guild thinks that number will be closer to 30 by the end of the year. And Utah is the 27^th biggest producer of craft beer in the nation according to the Brewers Association.

4,500 And $425 Million – Utah’s brewing industry provides more than 4,500 jobs (at an average wage of $43,000 a year). The state’s craft beer industry has a $425 million impact on the local economy, and spills over into tourism, economic development, manufacturing, agriculture and the service industries.

For the complete ‘’inside skinny’ on everything beer in the Beehive State (!), check out: THE STATE OF AMERICAN CRAFT BEER – UTAH

What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Atlanta, GA) – Last night we hit up an uber-small batch seasonal from SweetWater Brewing that was super-hoppy and sessionable at the same time. Fueled primarily on Lemondrop hops, SweetWater Grass Monkey is a 5.4% ABV Witbier which take the Wheat Ale tradition in a decidely hoppier direction.

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