Summer of 2008 may lead to brewery blues

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Summer of 2008 may lead to brewery blues

May 01, 2008
By TBT staff

Although the longer days and warm weather are here to stay, soaring commodity prices have cast a dark cloud over Baltic brewers, many of whom have announced that they would have to raise the prices for their products by as much as 30 percent in order to stay afloat. Summer is do or die for Baltic beer makers, who habitually pray for a long, hot season that will keep beer lovers running to the fridge for a cold ale. But this year is remarkably different. Skyrocketing food prices worldwide hav ...

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