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…

Bandit Brewery, located in the heart of Roncesvalles, will kick-off Oktoberfest with a party on 1 October. The 10bbl brewery is launching four new beers, an Altbier, Dunkles Bock, Maibock and Vienna Lager, as part of the celebrations. They explained: “We are a group of passionate beer heads who don’t take ourselves too seriously and…

A new brewery and taproom designed to share “the very best and most memorable beers with family and friends” has opened in Whistler. Coast Mountain Brewing came into being when a husband and wife team started out as home-brewers with a passion in Permberton, BC. They explained: “We were able to spin that love of…

Clocktower, based in Elgin Street, Ottawa, has marked a landmark for the brewery with the launch of its 20th Anniversary Ale. The 5.4% beer has been brewed to celebrate two decades of local craft brewing in the area. They explained: “The 20th is a light and refreshing end of summer beer. It is characterized by…

BLOOM, which works actively with Ontario industries to find practical and affordable business solutions that deliver economic, environmental and social benefits, has launched Water & Beer. It is a practical online platform designed to help craft brewers better manage their water and ingredient use. The platform is pitched as the ‘go to’ resource for craft…

Side Launch Brewing Company, which was established in May 2014, has been crowned the best brewery in Canada for 2016 at a recent awards event. The award caps a successful first half of the year for the brewery, located at 200 Mountain Road, which sealed three gold medals for their Side Launch Wheat, Side Launch…

Halo Brewery, based on Wallace Avenue in Toronto, has unveiled ‘System Overload’, an 8% Imperial IPA. The beer is nearly entirely dry-hopped, bar a small bittering addition, with Citra. The brewery explained: “System Overload is intended to be a pure expression of this unique hop that is known for its juicy tropical, citrus and lychee…

Blyth, Ontario-based Cowbell Brewing Co has recently broken ground on its brewery, restaurant, and event venue, the first carbon neutral operation of its kind. Due to open in Spring/Summer next year, the company will offset 100% of its greenhouse gas emissions, which include all energy consumed in the brewing and facility operations. Cowbell has commissioned…