SABMiller has bought London’s biggest craft brewer, Meantime, for an undisclosed sum, marking their foray into the UK craft market. The acquisition is expected to be completed by early June, when Meantime will be incorporated into SABMiller Europe’s accounts.

GuestMetrics VP strategy and insights Peter Reidhead took to Brewers Association Power Hour today to break down trends in the on-premise. He addressed a known but growing concern for craft:

Vermont Hard Cider owner C&C Brands reported full year ended Feb. 28, 2015 results in the early hours. Comps seem to finally be easing in North America for the company, who reported that investments seem to be paying off and “disruption” pressure started to ease in the back half.

The growing prevalence of craft breweries across America may cause entrepreneurs to feel as though they can plop a brewery just about anywhere and get to brewin’. But that isn’t the case. Proposing something that could change the way of life around a town “is like grabbing a high-voltage cable sometimes,” according to Clifton, Virginia, Mayor William R. Holloway. The small, affluent town is about an hour from Washington, D.C.

If you were wondering how long it would take A-B to start sending Oregon’s 10 Barrel, which it announced acquiring late last year, to new territories, here’s your answer.

Anheuser-Busch has filed suit against New Jersey-based distributor Hunterdon Brewing Co. over the transfer of Elysian’s brands, per STL Today.

Q1 2015 still “isn’t the time” for their numbers to “speak for themselves,” CBA CEO Andy Thomas opened today’s earnings call. He promised to “explain and not excuse” Q1 2015.

It’s Q1 earnings time, so we thought we’d check in with one of the fast-growing craft brewers in one of the most intriguing markets for craft: Florida’s Cigar City Brewing.

Earlier this year, New Belgium Brewing filed a complaint against Oasis Texas Brewing Co. after the two breweries were unable to reach an agreement on the rights to the name “Slow Ride.”

Remember Dann Paquette? He’s the co-owner of Somerville-based craft brewery Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project that went on a tweeting spree last year about Massachusetts’s leniency on “pay to play” practices, [see CBD 10-15-2014].

Fresh off of recently announced expansion plans to roughly 1 million barrels capacity, Bell’s Brewery, Inc. is ready to increase their distribution footprint with two new states this summer – Delaware and Maryland.

Last week, Clark & Treglio and private citizen Evan Parent filed a class action lawsuit against MillerCoors in San Diego state court “on behalf of all consumers who purchased Blue Moon beer from a retailer within the state of California.”

Well, we knew Boston comps would be hard this year. The company just reported Q1 depletions to March 28 up 8%. Core shipment growth was up 6%, to 885,000 barrels.

We’ve seen Oskar Blues, New Belgium and Sierra Nevada all set up shop in North Carolina and The Tar Heel State may soon be home to another one of craft’s biggest brewers – Deschutes Brewery.

Brooklyn Brewery is teaming up with the Carlsberg Group again on another overseas venture. Recall, last year the two breweries paired up to revive the Carnegie Brewery in Stockholm [see CBD 03-28-2014]. Brooklyn Brewery will now add another sister brewery with the takeover of E.C. Dahls Brewery in Trondheim, Norway.