The Fredericton Craft Beer Festival is thrilled to announce the upcoming Down East Brewing Awards, set to take place during the festival. With an impressive panel of industry professionals, brewers, and certified judges, the awards aim to celebrate excellence in craft beer production. This unique format sets the Down East Brewing Awards apart, ensuring a…
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Sweet, unfermented stew of barley. A foam explosion. When the beer isn’t sour, it has a sour funk. weak, thin, undercarbonated, and watery. When drinking nonalcoholic beers, these are just a few of the flaws you may frequently run upon. In contrast to the gloomy truth that craft beer sales are declining, the category is…
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The Beer Store and DoorDash Canada are growing their delivery collaboration. Thanks to a partnership with a San Francisco-based courier service, the Ontario booze shop is able to deliver from hundreds of locations. The two recently added over 230 more businesses to their initial December delivery list of 50 stores. According to the brewery, couriers…
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From the Archives… A spotlight on Dominion City Brewing not too long after the COVID-19 pandemic was starting to rapidly unfold across the globe in the Summer of 2020. The Ottawa River is Canada’s eighth largest watercourse. It’s also the chief tributary of the St. Lawrence. Starting in the Laurentian Mountains, the river flows west…
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Welcome to the family What started as a mutual interest in beer has become much more, explains Rachel Benkowski, co-founder of The Beer Babes Family, an organization that strives to support and positively engage all women in the beer community. This includes the casual beer drinkers to the highest level of brewers, Cicerones and Beer…
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Dea Latis, a UK-based women and beer interest group led by Annabel Smith, is leading a vital new study to delve further into women’s attitudes and behaviours relating to the world of beer. Following their trailblazing 2018 report – The Gender Pint Gap – which ignited industry-wide conversations, Dea Latis’ subsequent research in 2019 highlighted…
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Iconic Canadian Duo Returns to Stop 5% Beer Tax Increase Bob and Doug McKenzie are returning to the Canadian air waves to help stop the federal government’s upcoming nearly 5% increase on Canada’s federal beer tax. “Come on, Ottawa, it’s two thousand and two-four”, a once in a hundred-year event, said Bob McKenzie, one half…
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In the world of whisky, Scotland’s rich heritage of crafting the world’s most revered spirits stands alone. Graeme Macaloney, a visionary who hails from the land of scotch and centuries-old whisky distilleries, brought with him more than just a passion for distilling when he ventured to Canada. He brought a dream. A dream that would…
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The Hudson Valley, while a beautiful region, has the unfortunate honor of having some of the most polluted water in the country. Instead of being part of the problem or waiting for further regulations, Round Table Brewery opened with clean and sustainable business practices right from the start. To meet their wastewater goals, they called…
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The hop industry is likely to face unprecedented challenges in the future: Climate change, higher production costs and increasingly stringent legal requirements in pesticide use are all potential threats to our companies and are likely to impact the business of brewing. With a new analytical tool, hop specialist BarthHaas aims to help its customers identify…
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