Danish brewer Carlsberg has acquired a minority stake in Chinese craft brewery Jing-A for an undisclosed figure. Beijing-based Jing-A was founded in 2012 and produces a wide range of craft beers for the Chinese market, including Flying Fist IPA, Tuhao Gold Pils,
Carlsberg is introducing its new ‘Snap Pack’: which replaces plastic wrapping on six packs by instead gluing the cans together. Championing it as a ‘world first’ for the beer industry, Carlsberg says it will reduce the amount of plastic used in multi-packs