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The beer biz never sleeps at American Craft Beer. And here’s just some of what’s been happening in the beer world while you were drinking your way through the weekend.

Killer Bee Beer

Microbiologists from Cardiff University in the UK have used brewer’s yeast found in killer honeybees in Namibia to brew a craft beer.

The scientists became interested in the Africanized honey bee, known more commonly in the US as the killer bee, during a visit to University of Namibia for a joint sustainable environmental development project.

“When we got back to Cardiff, we used the isolated killer bee brewers yeast, along with yeast from Welsh honey bees, to make several batches of beer,” professor Les Baillie told The BBC, adding that it was taken from deceased bees that died naturally.

Thus, the “Killer Bee Beer” was born. But before you run out to try and score a bottle, know that Killer Bee Beer is currently not available to the public.

‘Our Killer Bee Beer is a fun side project to our wider Pharmabees studies,” said Prof Baillie. also broadens the understanding of bees at a microbiological level.”

Words to Drink By

“Inflation is taxation without legislation.” – Milton Friedman, economist

Most Valuable Beer Brands in the World

Business valuation consultancy firm Brand Finance recently released a list of the world’s most valuable beer brands in 2023 and it was an incredibly close race at the top.

Brand Finance

Rather than simply ranking brewers by overall revenue, Brand Finance says it measures “the net economic benefit that a brand owner would achieve by licensing the brand in the open market.”

Heineken was crowned the world’s most valuable beer brand in 2023, knocking back Corona Extra which held that #1 spot in 2022.

Budweiser held its #3 spot and in spite of the Bud Light Trans controversy Bud Light was ranked at #4.

And here’s the Top 10 “Most Valuable Beer Brands” according to Brand Finance…

1. Heineken ($7,594 billion)
2. Corona Extra ($7,425 billion)
3. Budweiser ($6,654 billion)
4. Bud Light ($5,949 billion)
5. Modelo ($4,241 billion)
6. Snow ($3,505 billion)
7. Kirin ($3.261 billion)
8. Asahi ($2,840 billion)
9. Coors Light ($2,727 billion)
10. Miller Lite ($2,701 billion)

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