Recently, St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch announced its planned investment of $1 billion during the next two years in its U.S. facilities to help drive the country’s economic recovery. As part of this investment, the company announced that it will begin production of Stella Artois bottles in the United States to meet increasing demand and ensure continuity of supply in the summer season.

Abita Brewing launched Spring Loaded, a brew made with water straight from the Southern Hills Aquifer.

In response to the growing non-alcohol beer market, CERIA Brewing Co. introduced non-alcohol craft beers without cannabis.

Wellbeing Brewing Company has partnered with Just Add Buoy to launch Victory, a zero-proof wheat brew that also hydrates while you drink it. Just Add Buoy worked with a pharmaceutical expert to develop the flavorless blend of electrolytes, B vitamins, and antioxidants that is used in the brew to make it not only refreshing, but also hydrating.

With production volumes ranging from 5 to 25 hectoliters, the propagator’s dimensions are adaptable to GEA’s brewhouse solutions CRAFTSTAR and COMPACT-STAR, which encompass brew sizes of 25 to 125 hectoliters, the company says.

Known for its world-class workforce and friendly regulatory environment, North Carolina has long been an agricultural and food manufacturing behemoth. But as the craft beer industry continues to gain steam, the state’s reputation has shifted to include high-volume, quality beer production in its already impressive offering.