Beer is getting better for you. As American beer consumption continues to drop, brewers are attracting health-conscious consumers with no- and low-alcohol beverages that pack in vitamin-rich fruit and electrolytes with fewer calories. Beer volumes were down 1.5 percent in 2018, compared to a 1.1 percent decline in 2017, according to data compiled for The […]
Energy drinks—which, beyond high levels of caffeine, also tend to include other supplements like taurine or B vitamins—have a complicated history. (Though Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine: History doesn’t get much more complicated than that.) The modern wave of energy drinks can be traced back to the success of Red Bull in the 1990s. Other brands […]
AB InBev has launched a polymer keg that quadruples the time beer in the keg stays palatable once it has been opened compared to a traditional steel keg while also significantly reducing the logistical carbon footprint. Launched through its Global Innovation and Technology Center (GITEC), AB InBev’s PureDraught polymer keg system comes in 6L, 12L […]