Business
The British brewing group Guinness, known worldwide for its dark Irish stout, and Distillers, Scotland’s whisky giant, Monday agreed to a $3.2-billion merger agreement, the biggest in British history.
Jan. 21, 1986
Guinness PLC, the British brewing giant, is feeling the heat of being the first major target of a securities investigation by the government since Britain deregulated its financial markets.
Jan. 7, 1987
Greenbar Craft Distillery’s Grand Poppy organic aperitive was inspired by hikes in Griffith Park and created with local, organic ingredients that pay homage to Southern California.
Oct. 16, 2015
Food
Brewing king Anheuser-Busch Cos. and rum importer Bacardi U.S.A. on Tuesday jumped into the fast-growing market for “malternative” beverages, a small but fast-moving category that promises to put the fizz back into relatively flat beer sales.
Feb. 6, 2002
The Guinness brewing giant said Friday it has won a $4.1-billion, 4 1/2-month takeover battle against the Argyll supermarket chain to control Britain’s largest Scotch whisky and gin company, Distillers Co.
April 21, 1986
Lifestyle
San Diego’s Ballast Point is among a handful of breweries crafting whiskey, rum and other concoctions. ‘It’s really a form of advanced brewing,’ says one enthusiast.
July 30, 2008
GIRLS AND BOYS in the eighth through 12th grades are drinking flavored alcohol beverages at an alarming rate -- about 25% of teenage respondents consumed them, according to a 2004 national study by the University of Michigan.
Sept. 1, 2005
Travel & Experiences
THE HALF-DOZEN visitors gathered in Ballast Point Brewing’s tasting room bar are sipping Wahoo Wheat and Black Marlin Porter and dunking pretzels into a crock of bubbling house-made beer cheese.
Government regulators say the alcoholic beverage industry needs to adopt tougher standards to prevent marketing beer, wine and liquor to people under 21.
Sept. 11, 1999
Guinness PLC said Thursday that it will buy most of Schenley Industries’ wine and spirits business--including its prized U.S. distribution rights for Dewar’s and Gordon’s liquors--from the Riklis family for about $500 million.
Sept. 18, 1987