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E-Malt.com Flash 10a
March 02 - March 04, 2026
Quote of the Week
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
Elbert Hubbard
Currency Rates
Base Currency: Euro
on March 04, 2026 |
Base Currency: US Dollar
on March 04, 2026 |
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1 EUR = 1.1629 USD
1 EUR = 0.8714 GBP
1 EUR = 1.5910 CAD
1 EUR = 1.6489 AUD
1 EUR = 183.2490 JPY
1 EUR = 6.0758 BRL
1 EUR = 90.1362 RUB
1 EUR = 8.0185 CNY
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1 USD = 0.8598 EUR
1 USD = 0.7493 GBP
1 USD = 1.3681 CAD
1 USD = 1.4178 AUD
1 USD = 157.5720 JPY
1 USD = 5.2247 BRL
1 USD = 77.5097 RUB
1 USD = 6.8953 CNY
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Equities of the Largest Breweries
Average Market Prices Change Trend
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French Barley/Malt
Crop 2025
Bulk |
EUR/T |
% |
| 2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
192.00-194.00 |  |
| 6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
190.00-192.00 |  0.53% |
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) |
187.00-189.00 | |
| 2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
528.00-530.00 | 0.11% |
| 6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
525.50-527.50 | 0.34% |
French Barley/Malt
Crop 2026
Bulk |
EUR/T |
% |
| 2RS Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
221.00-223.00 | 0.91% |
| 6RW Malting Barley (FOB Creil) |
205.00-207.00 | 0.49% |
Feed Barley (FOB Creil) |
190.00-192.00 | 0.53% |
| 2RS Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
561.00-563.00 | 0.44% |
| 6RW Malt (FOB Antwerp) |
541.00-543.00 | 0.23% |
German Malting Barley
Crop 2025
Bulk
Ex Farm |
EUR/T |
% |
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USA: Brewers charging bars, restaurants and distributors more for wholesale draft beer
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USA & UK: US brewer and cannabis group Tilray Brands to acquire Brewdog business in £33m deal
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Mexico: Craft brewers projecting double-digit production growth ahead of FIFA World Cup this year
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Australia: Australia harvests its biggest barley crop ever
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France: Soufflet Malt and Heineken announce partnership to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture
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Jamaica: Red Stripe invests US$27 million into its Kingston brewery over past three years
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The Netherlands: Heineken faces possible €43m damages payout in Dutch court
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Australia: Beer expected to become more expensive at pubs across Australia
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Japan: Asahi to release a new beer product in April in an effort to recover from last year’s cyberattack
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Brazil: Paraná ports nearly quadruple barley, malt imports as brewing sector expands
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The Netherlands: AB InBev to distribute Lowlander beer in the Netherlands
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These Days in Business History
02 March
1809 - The earliest known bank failure in the U.S. is reported when the Farmers Exchange Bank of Glocester, R.I., goes bust after issuing $800,000 in fraudulent loans against total capital of $45
2000 - Wall Street creates what may be the most worthless company of all time. 3Com Corp. spins off 23 million shares of Palm, Inc. on NASDAQ at an initial price of $38
2000 - Shares in MicroStrategy Inc., a hot software consulting firm, fall from $246.75 to $86.75 in a single day as chairman Michael Saylor announces that the company will have to slash its reported revenues and earnings for the past two years
03 March
1885 - American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates
1979 - Meeting in Geneva, OPEC declares that its members will raise the price of crude oil 9% in a single leap, from $13.34 to $14.55, igniting another round of global inflation
2000 - On the same day, technology stocks set a record for industry representation in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, at 34.9%, and Cisco Systems, Inc. becomes the world's most valuable corporation, with a total market value of $548 billion
04 March
1902 - American Automobile Association, AAA, founded in Chicago
1977 - 1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico
1991 - Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of 1st American Bank
Agenda
March 2026:
04 - 07: Festival Brasileiro da Cerveja 2026 (Blumenau, Brazil)
15 - 17: Planete Biere Marseille 2026 (Marseille, France)
18 - 19: BeerX 2026 (Liverpool, UK)
20 - 22: St Malo Craft Beer Expo 2026 (St Malo, France)
24 - 26: RMI Global Conference 2026 (Lisbon, Portugal)
24 - 26: 110th International Brewing & Engineering Conference 2026 (Erding, Germany)
26 - 28: Warsaw Beer Festival 2026 (Warsaw, Poland)
April 2026:
07 - 09: Craft Beer China 2026 (Shanghai, China)
10 - 11: InnBrew 2026 (Barcelona, Spain)
10 - 12: Barcelona Beer Festival 2026 (Barcelona, Spain)
16 - 18: KIBEX 2026 (Seoul, South Korea)
20 - 22: Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America 2026 (Philadelphia, USA)
22 - 22: World Beer Cup 2026 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA)
22 - 22: World Beer Cup 2026 (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA)
28 - 30: 28th Annual International Beer and Cider Strategies 2026 (InterContinental Barcelona, Spain)
May 2026:
04 - 07: Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference 2026 (EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
04 - 10: Budapest Beer Week 2026 (Budapest, Hungary)
19 - 21: Expo Antad & Alimentaria Mexico 2026 (Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
29 - 30: Copenhagen Beer Festival 2026 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
29 - 30: Tallinn Craft Beer Weekend 2026 (Tallinn, Estonia)
June 2026:
08 - 10: Brewing Conference Bangkok 2026 (Muang Thong Thani, Impact Challenger Hall, Jupiter 4-5, Bangkok, Thailand)
09 - 11: Brasil Brau 2026 (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
09 - 10: IGC Grains Conference 2026 (2 Savoy Place, London, UK)
17 - 18: Global Beer Summit 2026 (Brussels, Belgium)
July 2026:
17 - 18: London Craft Beer Festival 2026 (London, UK)
August 2026:
06 - 08: VIETFOOD & BEVERAGE - PROPACK VIETNAM 2026 (799 Nguyen Van Linh Street, Tan My Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
21 - 22: Beervana 2026 (Wellington, New Zealand)
September 2026:
12 - 13: Bruges Beer Festival 2026 (Bruges, Belgium)
19 - 04 October: Oktoberfest 2026 (Munich, Germany)
24 - 27: Mondial de la Biere 2026 (Montreal, Canada)
26 - 28: Whisky Live Paris 2026 (Paris, France)
October 2026:
08 - 10: The Great American Beer Festival 2026 (Denver, USA)
15 - 16: Salon du Brasseur 2026 (Parc Expo Nancy, France)
23 - 25: Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival 2026 (Stockholm, Sweden)
28 - 29: Brew Asia 2026 (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
31 - 03 November: Planete Biere Rennes 2026 (Rennes, France)
November 2026:
10 - 12: Brau Beviale 2026 (Nuremberg, Germany)
23 - 25: 16th Iberoamerican VLB Symposium Brewing & Filling Technology (Panama)
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Brewery News
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USA & UK: US brewer and cannabis group Tilray Brands to acquire Brewdog business in £33m deal
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The US brewer and cannabis group Tilray Brands is readying to acquire parts of the Brewdog business in a deal understood to be in
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USA: Brewers charging bars, restaurants and distributors more for wholesale draft beer
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U.S. breweries have been charging bars, restaurants and distributors more for wholesale draft beer over the past five years, Axios.com reported on March 4 citing federal data.
The rising cost offers some insight into why consumers might be seeing more expensive pints of lagers and IPAs on menus.
The wholesale cost of draft beer in barrels and kegs from domestic breweries increased about 15% from January 2020 to December 2025, an Axios analysis of producer price index data shows.
It spiked at the end of 2025.
This producer price index for the brewery industry measures how beer prices have changed over time for sellers, not consumers. It doesn't show prices in dollars.
The upward trend reflects the increased costs to brew beer and operate production facilities as ingredients, labor, rent and utilities get more expensive.
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Mexico: Craft brewers projecting double-digit production growth ahead of FIFA World Cup this year
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Mexico’s craft beer industry is projecting double-digit production growth ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026, anticipating significant consumption spikes in major host cities.
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Jamaica: Red Stripe invests US$27 million into its Kingston brewery over past three years
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Jamaica’s leading beer maker Red Stripe has injected US$27 million into its Kingston brewery over the past three years, including US$13 million to convert its former export-focused Line 8 into a high-capacity domestic production line, significantly expanding Jamaica’s brewing and packaging capability, The Jamaica Observer reported on February 27.
Originally commissioned in 2017 as a one-way packaging line designed primarily to serve export markets, Line 8 has been reconfigured into a flexible combi system capable of processing both returnable and one-way bottles. Its conversion into a flexible combi configuration now allows it to process both returnable and one-way bottles, significantly increasing capacity to support growing domestic demand.
The upgrade also supports recent product innovation, including Red Stripe Flavour Mango, which has recorded strong uptake in the local market.
The wider investment programme includes a new water treatment facility commissioned last year and additional state-of-the-art brewing equipment scheduled to come online later this year. Together, the initiatives reinforce domestic production capability while improving operational resilience.
Commissioning results exceeded industrial benchmarks, with overall equipment efficiency surpassing 80 per cent and new equipment performance reaching levels associated with high-performing manufacturing environments. This translates into improved throughput stability, reduced downtime and stronger production consistency.
Returnable glass remains central to
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The Netherlands: Heineken faces possible €43m damages payout in Dutch court
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On 18 February the Amsterdam District Court rendered an interim judgment on damages quantification in the proceedings of Macedonian Thrace Brewery ("MTB"), maker of
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Australia: VB pins hopes on mid-strength beer
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One of Australia's beer giants is pivoting to a new mid-strength product as the country's drinking habits continue to shift, 9news.com.ua reported on February 27.
VB has announced the launch of a new 3.5 per cent mid-strength beer, dubbed VB Mid.
According to the brewer, more than 30 per cent of Aussie beer sales are now no-alcohol, low-alcohol, or mid-strength, a drastic change from just 20 years ago.
VB marketing manager said VB Mid was "for those times when the day is done but the job isn't".
A new jingle, voiced by actor and writer William McInnes, also focuses on the presumed need to face the new day.
"But when you've gotta get up and get at it again… VB's got a mid-strength now too," he says in the advertisement.
VB Mid will be one standard drink per 375ml can.
VB "Classic" remains 1.4 standard drinks per can, at 4.9 per cent alcohol.
Research is increasingly showing Aussies are turning their back on a tipple, particularly the younger generations.
"Our research shows that over the course of their lives, Gen Z are nearly 20 times more likely to choose not to drink alcohol compared to Baby Boomers, even after adjusting for sociodemographic factors," Flinders University's Dr Gianluca Di Censo
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Australia: Beer expected to become more expensive at pubs across Australia
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Beer is expected to become more expensive at pubs across Australia despite the Albanese government’s two-year tax freeze, SkyNews.com.au reported on March 4.
Pub owners will be forced to up the price of a schooner after beer duopolies Lion and Asahi raised the cost of a beer due to higher material, labour and transport expenses.
The spike comes despite Prime Minister Anthony Albanese freezing the beer excise for a two-year period, which started on August 1 last year.
Queensland publican Rob Comiskey, who operates Eatons Hill Hotel and Sandstone Point Hotel, said it was "very disappointing" to see brewers rise prices.
"Everyone has rising expenses with production, but it would have been a nice gesture to see it hold," Mr Comiskey told the Courier Mail.
Another publican, who asked to remain anonymous, told the masthead it was simply "un-Australian" when he thought Lion had increased prices by 5.6 per cent.
"People will think, ‘oh the greedy publican’ but we’re not going to make any money," he said.
Lion - which brews XXXX, Tooheys, Hahn, James Squire, Stone & Wood and Kosciuszko - confirmed to SkyNews.com.au that they have raised prices by just above four per cent, not 5.6 per cent.
A Lion spokesperson told SkyNews.com.au that a price
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Japan: Asahi to release a new beer product in April in an effort to recover from last year’s cyberattack
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Asahi Breweries, Ltd. has announced that it will release a new beer product on April 14 in an effort to recover from a cyberattack last year, the Japan News reported on March 2.
The company hopes that the launch of its new Asahi Gold product will be a turning point for the company, which has been struggling since the cyberattack caused a system failure.
Beer companies in Japan are strengthening their product lineups ahead of a change to the liquor tax law in October, which is set to reduce beer taxes.
Asahi has been promoting the new product as having a refreshing barley taste, with about 150% more malt than previous products. The campaign aims to differentiate the new brand from the company’s flagship product, Asahi Super Dry, which it promotes as dry and crisp.
A 350-milliliter can of Asahi Gold is estimated to sell at convenience stores for around \237. The company aims to sell the equivalent of 4 million cases this year, with each case containing 20 633-milliliter bottles.
Asahi’s shipments stagnated significantly due to the system failure, which occurred at the end of September 2025. Alcohol beverages sales among all of the company’s product categories were lower in 2025 than any previous
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The Netherlands: AB InBev to distribute Lowlander beer in the Netherlands
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AB InBev has signed a distribution deal with Lowlander for the low-& no-alcohol beer brand’s domestic Netherlands market, the Global Drinks Intel reported on March 2.
The “strategic partnership”, announced late last week, will see AB InBev’s unit in the country take exclusive distribution rights for the Lowlander portfolio, which includes alcohol-free and low-alcohol beers up to 3.5% ABV. The length of the arrangement or plans for future market expansion were not immediately available.
Lowlander claims to be the only Dutch producer focused solely on low- & no-alcohol beverages.
“Dutch beer drinkers are making increasingly conscious choices and are seeking unique, flavourful, alcohol-free and low-alcohol beers,” said AB InBev’s Netherlands country director, Jasper Kessels. “Lowlander has a unique position as a Low & No player in the Netherlands and in-depth knowledge of botanical innovation in the premium segment.
“By combining our commercial strength with the expertise of the Lowlander team, we can elevate the category and offer consumers the best possible choice in line with our global ambitions for alcohol-free and low-alcohol beers.”
In January, AB InBev launched a flavoured variant of its non-alcoholic Michelob Ultra extension in the US.
Last month, the Bud Light brewer posted top-line growth for 2025, outstripping its closest rival, Heineken.
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Barley News
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Australia: Australia harvests its biggest barley crop ever
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Australia has harvested its biggest barley crop ever of 16.33 million tonnes (Mt), according to the ABARES Australian Crop Report released on March 3.
The
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France: Soufflet Malt and Heineken announce partnership to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture
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Soufflet Malt and HEINEKEN announced on February 23 a multi-year partnership to accelerate the large-scale deployment of regenerative agriculture among French farmers producing malting barley, as well as rapeseed, sunflower, corn and wheat.
By 2025, 15,000 tonnes of barley had been produced for HEINEKEN using regenerative agriculture methods and protocols. In 2026, this figure is expected to reach 30,000 tonnes.
This partnership marks a significant step forward for the brewing industry by supporting decarbonisation, strengthening soil resilience and promoting improved biodiversity and water quality in agriculture.
As part of this partnership, Soufflet Malt is working closely with its long-standing supplier, Soufflet Agriculture, through its “Performance” regenerative agriculture programme. The strong, agronomic expertise of both organisations ensures the successful transition to regenerative barley farming in France.
This programme forms part of Soufflet Malt’s sustainability roadmap to 2030 and contributes to reducing barley’s carbon footprint.
Jorge Solis, CEO of Soufflet Malt, said: "We are delighted to strengthen our partnership with HEINEKEN, a leading player with whom we share a common ambition: to accelerate the transition to sustainable, innovative and differentiating agriculture.”
“By combining our expertise and complementary visions for sustainable agriculture, we aim to set new standards and deliver a positive impact on the climate.”
“What sets
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Brazil: Paraná ports nearly quadruple barley, malt imports as brewing sector expands
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Ports in Brazil’s Paraná state nearly quadrupled barley and malt imports in early 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, underscoring the state’s role as a key hub for the country’s brewing industry.
Barley throughput rose 364% year over year, climbing from 26,412 metric tons in 2024 to 122,523 tons in 2025. The grain, the main raw material in traditional beer production, is also used in food products and animal feed.
Paraná is the largest destination for imported barley in Brazil and ranks third in malt imports, behind only Bahia and São Paulo, according to Luiz Fernando Garcia, chief executive of Portos do Paraná.
“It is an honor to support the growth of this important sector of our state’s economy,” Garcia said.
State Finance Secretary Norberto Ortigara said Paraná has consolidated its position as a strategic brewing hub by fostering a favorable business environment. Programs such as Paraná Competitivo have attracted companies and strengthened local production, helping the state reach an average output of nearly 8 million liters of beer per year, he said.
Although Paraná is Brazil’s largest barley producer, domestic demand remains strong, requiring additional imports to meet industry needs. Port officials said operational improvements have helped ensure efficient cargo handling
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