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A ransomware attack on Asahi Group Holdings' systems on 29 September 2025 suspended order-taking and shipments across its Japanese businesses and stopped Asahi Breweries' six domestic factories until 2 October.

Molson Coors said it would eliminate about 400 salaried positions, roughly 9% of its Americas salaried workforce, by the end of December 2025, three weeks after Rahul Goyal took over as CEO, and expected $35 million to $50 million of charges.

Goose Island released its six 2025 Bourbon County Brand stouts on Black Friday, 28 November 2025, adding a 10-ounce four-pack of the Original Stout for the first time and a baklava-inspired, Chicago-only Proprietor's Stout.

Diageo opened the £73 million Guinness Open Gate Brewery London, a working microbrewery and visitor experience in Covent Garden's Old Brewer's Yard, to the public on 11 December 2025, returning brewing to a site first used for beer over 300 years ago.

Heineken's chief executive Dolf van den Brink said he would leave the job on 31 May 2026 after almost six years in charge and more than 28 years at the brewer, and the supervisory board began searching for a successor.

Heineken said it would cut 5,000 to 6,000 roles, almost 7% of its 87,000-strong workforce, over the next two years as it presented 2025 results in which total beer volume fell 1.2% and guided to slower profit growth of 2% to 6% for 2026.

Russian River Brewing's triple IPA Pliny the Younger returned for its 22nd annual brewery release, on tap and in bottles at the Santa Rosa and Windsor brewpubs from 20 March to 2 April 2026, with lines of up to six hours.

3 Floyds Brewing's 30th-anniversary Dark Lord Day in Munster, Indiana, the only place to get bottles of its Dark Lord imperial stout, paired the 2026 release and six barrel-aged variants with a metal bill headlined by Napalm Death.

Constellation Brands' beer business grew net sales 2% to $2.28 billion in the quarter to 31 May 2026 while depletions slipped 0.3%, as Modelo Especial fell about 2% and Corona Extra more than 5% and Pacifico rose about 21%; comparable EPS was $3.43.

Sapporo Breweries agreed to pay Carlsberg $643 million for 25% of a new joint venture holding Carlsberg's businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, with perpetual exclusive rights to Sapporo Premium Beer there and a UK licence for Carlsberg.

AB InBev's revenue rose 5.6% to $16.66 billion in the second quarter of 2026 as beer volumes grew 1.1%, with record second-quarter volumes in Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador and underlying EPS up 23.4% to $1.21.

Heineken's operating profit (beia) rose 6.7% organically to EUR 2,170 million in the first half of 2026 on net revenue of EUR 14,834 million, up 2.7%, as total volume grew 1.6% and Heineken-brand volume 5.3%; it kept its 2% to 6% profit growth guidance.

The 191st Oktoberfest runs on Munich's Theresienwiese from 19 September to 4 October 2026, with a Mass of beer costing EUR 14.80 to EUR 15.90; by the halfway point 3.8 million visitors had come and festival beer sales were down 1.4% while alcohol-free beer rose 4.5%.

Former JDE Peet's chief executive Rafael Oliveira becomes chair of Heineken's Executive Board and CEO on 1 October 2026 for a four-year term, after shareholders approved his appointment at an extraordinary general meeting on 5 August.

Surly Brewing's free Darkness Day at its Minneapolis brewery on 3 October 2026 is the pickup for the 2026 Darkness imperial stout, whose 20th-anniversary label brings back the original 2007 Grim Reaper art, plus barrel-aged variants.

Constellation Brands, the US importer of Corona and Modelo, reports results for its fiscal second quarter to 31 August 2026 after the US market close on 6 October 2026, and discusses them on a call at 8:00 a.m. ET on 7 October.

The Brewers Association's Great American Beer Festival runs on 10 and 11 October 2026 at Levitt Pavilion in Denver's Ruby Hill Park, its first year outdoors after decades at the Colorado Convention Center, with the GABF competition medals awarded during the Sunday session.

Great Lakes Brewing Co. taps the first keg of its cult seasonal Christmas Ale at its Ohio City brewpub at 11:30 a.m. on 15 October 2026, Cleveland's unofficial start of the holiday season, before cans and bottles reach its gift shop the next day.

Heineken publishes its third-quarter 2026 trading update at 7:00 a.m. CET on 28 October 2026, its first under new CEO Rafael Oliveira, after a first half in which operating profit rose 6.7% and volume 1.6%.

Carlsberg publishes its third-quarter 2026 trading statement on 29 October 2026, after narrowing its 2026 organic operating profit growth guidance to 4-6% on faster-than-expected Britvic synergies.

AB InBev publishes its third-quarter 2026 results at 7:00 a.m. Brussels time on 29 October 2026 and holds its earnings call at 2:00 p.m., after a second quarter in which revenue rose 5.6% and underlying EPS 23.4%.

Goose Island releases its six 2026 Bourbon County Brand beers on Black Friday, 27 November, led by the Original Stout in four-packs of 10-ounce bottles at 14.2% ABV.

Russian River Brewing will release its once-a-year triple IPA Pliny the Younger in person, on tap and in bottles, at its Santa Rosa and Windsor brewpubs from 19 March to 1 April 2027.

The 192nd Oktoberfest is due to run on Munich's Theresienwiese from Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October 2027, following the festival's rule of starting on the first Saturday after 15 September and ending on the first Sunday in October.