Previously undefeated—winning all 19 races in her career—the six year-old race horse Zenyyatta lost her final contest against some of the world’s best male equines in  Breeders’ Cup Classic that took place on Saturday, November 5th. Not only was it a great disappointment for all her fans and trainers, that was a shocking news for all beer fans as well.

Stella Artois, the legendary pilsner from Belgium, named the champion of the 14th Stella Artois World Draught Masters competition, which was hosted in London on October 28. The event, which has been held annually since 1997, celebrates the iconic 9-step pouring ritual, which must be followed by any professional bartender in the world. This time, the grand prize—the Stella Artois Chalice—went to Chris Myers from Madison, Wisconsin (USA).

SABMiller’s Šariš, one of the leading beer brands in the Slovakian beer market, is available in three variants: Premium, Light and Dark. In order to maintain and strengthen the current market position, a new brand positioning has been defined directing at the authentic roots of Šariš: ‘Easterner at heart’. An evolutionary upgrade of the brand should support this new brand positioning.

It seems that the most effective way to promote a product is to add a ‘secret’ and ‘exclusive’ component to its image or promotion at least. This concept was employed in the recently launched ad campaign by Tiger Beer UK. The project developed by the Exposure agency and dubbed “Know The Not Known” is encouraging the UK residents of drinking age to get rewarded for being Internet-savvy and curious.

Beck’s is continuing to celebrate its longstanding commitment to music and art by a next round of its hilarious project, Beck’s Music Inspired Art. The beer brand is mixing good music with visual creativity again, and this time makes it really huge—literally. To promote its new project titled Beck’s Shape Your Music Experience, launched in mid-September, the brand is giving away up to 25 million song downloads on Play.com and commissions artists to create giant billboards in London and Birmingham.

Heineken USA, the official beer sponsor for the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, will rock Las Vegas with the ground-breaking sounds of Latin mashups, through Heineken MezclaSonic. This yearlong music series was created as a platform to showcase the Latin mashup music movement and the top DJs behind it. In support of the movement, Heineken will direct its music program, Heineken Green Ribbon, to fund future talent in the Latin mashup genre through a DJ school partnership. The 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will be broadcast live on November 11th from the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas.

Corona Light is going to feature some of its Facebook page’s fans on one of the most renowned ad space in the U.S., on the 40-foot-tall digital billboard on New York City’s Times Square. Through this promotion, which has been recently kicked off on its Facebook page, the Mexican beer brand is encouraging its consumers to share their photos (at least 500×500 pixels), which will be later displayed to public in NYC from November 8 to December 5.