Big Rock Brewery Inc. (“Big Rock” or the “Corporation”) and Edmonton Folk Music Festival are excited to announce a partnership extension. As an independent craft brewery, community engagement and contributions are foundational to Big Rock and its ethos. Supporting events and artists is a longstanding tradition for Big Rock and Big Rock is proud to…
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Left Field Brewery in Toronto, ON, has announced that they will be expanding to a second location in Liberty Village later this year. The space at 40 Hanna Ave is a century-old former billiard table factory that was more recently a fully functioning brewpub which closed in 2019. Like their current Leslieville location, it’s a…
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Québec’s craft beer scene is booming with over 150 microbreweries. Here are just a few of Québec’s microbreweries to discover: The Brewers of Time (Gatineau): A tourist, cultural and social destination, The Brewers of Time keeps downtown Gatineau humming in Québec’s Outaouais region. At this historic resto-brewery on the banks of the Gatineau River, an extensive selection of craft…
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This year, Niagara’s brewing event themed “Hops by The Docks” competition took place drawing in 400 guests with 11 varieties of beers competing against one another when the Niagara College Brewmaster graduating students held one last competition. The brews are designed and brewed by final-term Brewmaster students, as well as three collaborative class brews. Ranging…
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The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland is set to go live from August 2023 and will have consumers paying a small deposit of 20p when they buy a drink in a single-use container and get their deposit back when they return the empty bottle or can. Despite the industry being behind the eco-incentive, craft…
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Carlsberg is partnering to rethink packaging. After starting the Fibre Bottle project in 2015 with several partners, in 2019 it matured into a formal partnership with Paboco. In 2022 they have made bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in our largest ever trial. A significant milestone for the new generation Fibre Bottle is…
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Molson aims to refresh big beer marketing in Canada with their new campaign and film directed by Steam Films’ James Michael Chiang. The launch is called “Everyone In.” The 60 second spot is set in real places across the country that aren’t typically given the spotlight in beer ads. “Across the country, you can walk…
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Dawson Trail Craft Brewery has seen growth since its operations began at its Copper Crescent location in Thunder Bay since 2016 and has grown to capacity. “It’s a big move to more than triple the space,” said brewery owner George Renner. “We’ve been kind of squished up in our space (on Copper Crescent) for quite…
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Dalum has developed CO2 Recovery Units that promote a circular utilization of a brewery’s own CO2, by recovering the CO2 from the fermentation process. It is collected, cleaned, liquified, stored and is then ready to be used in all steps of future beer production, “It’s just like printing money,” jokes Mike Murphy of Lervig Brewery….
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According to Climate Central “each of the ingredients in beer is facing different risks due to climate change.” Water makes up 90%-95% of every bottle, can, or keg – and brewing requires five to six times more water than what ends up in each glass. Beer’s total water footprint extends well beyond the brewery and…
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