London-based brewer Fuller's is selling its beer and cider business to Asahi of Japan for £250m.
A growing thirst for "quintessentially English" gin prompts a 620% rise in producers since 2010.
The Marquis of Blandford was part of a four-man boat that completed a 3,000-mile row.
The new building and storage tanks are part of a £10m investment from the company's American owners.
Work on Glenkinchie Distillery, near Pencaitland, will begin in the new year after planning permission was granted.
Ian Curle will leave the spirits producer in March next year after 15 years as chief executive.
The brewers behind the beer say it is becoming "harder and harder" to create unique products.
Yellow Belly beer has a design linked to KKK costumes - but its name has landed it in a dispute.
The Suffolk-based brewery admitted seven charges related to hygiene at the Tredegar Arms in Newport.
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