Nickel Brook Brewing Co’s Burlington Brewery at 864 Drury Lane, Burlington has been rebranded as The Funk Lab. The move enables the brewery to focus solely on sour and funk beer production in Burlington. Nickel Brook’s core beers that include ‘Headstock IPA’ and ‘Naughty Neighbour APA’ are produced at the Hamilton, Ontario facility it owns…

Toronto’s Allstream Centre will host the fifth Ontario Craft Brewers Conference & Suppliers Marketplace 2016 this October. Taking place on 13th October from 8am to 7pm, the event attracts the industry’s top brewers, decision-makers, thought leaders and supporters. The conference will feature education sessions, networking, breakouts, suppliers marketplace and craft beer & food. Attendees include…

DME Brewing Solutions (DME) and Newlands Systems (NSI) have collaborated to allow both businesses to “fortify their position as global leaders in the craft brewing equipment manufacturing industry”. DME president and CEO assumes the role of CEO while Brad McQuhae takes the position of senior vice president of innovation for the combined organization, effective immediately….

Econse has tied with St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences (River Institute) to launch the project at the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference in Toronto this October. Craft Beer Waterprints measure and analyzes the wastewater that craft breweries produce to help improve their water quality and make it easier to meet local wastewater targets. The…

Ottawa-based Tooth and Nail Brewing Company has unveiled a new beer, ’Eerste’, to mark it’s first anniversary. The 5.6% beer is a blend of other beers the company has produced and is available in 500ml bottles. Matt Tweedy, owner and brewmaster of Tooth and Nail Brewing Company, explained: “For our Anniversary beers, we have decided…

Calgary-based Big Rock Brewery marked Toronto Beer Week with the opening of its new brewery in Ontario. Visitors last weekend were given the chance to look inside our its brewhouse, meet its Ontario Brewmaster, Connor K. Patrick, as well as its Head Brewmaster, Paul Gautreau. There was also the opportunity to taste some of its…

Moosehead Breweries has confirmed that it will open its new small-batch brewery in Saint John, New Brunswick, adjacent to Pugsley slip. Moosehead President Andrew Oland, said: “Returning to the Uptown Saint John area is meaningful and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our company’s milestone anniversary than the opening of this brewery….

Collingwood, Ontario-based The Collingwood Brewery has released the latest iteration of its Vintage Ale. The 6.9% beer features Beaver Valley Gold honey and Cascade and Chinook hops. The brewery explained: “Georgian Bay is truly beautiful at the end of summer.  The days become shorter, a new season is on the horizon, and you can just…

Wild Goose Canning has joined forces with Meheen, a move that enables the new business to offer canning and bottling lines to customers. Meheen and Wild Goose confirmed that both businesses would continue to offer and support their current products. Going forward, they said they plan to harness their “unified experience, industry knowledge and ingenuity…

The Refined Fool Brewing Company, which became Sarnia’s first brewery in more than a hundred years when it opened in 2013, is set to open a second site. The brewery’s co-owner, Nathan Colquhoun, told the council that the business is focused on revitalizing the city’s downtown and job creation, reported Blackburn News. The council praised the city’s first craft…