Insights from Flavorsum Sales of RTD alcoholic beverages continued to expand in the last year, despite pandemic-related closures of bars and restaurants. International Wine & Spirit Research (IWSR) predicts RTDs will double their market share by 2025, moving to 8 percent of the global alcoholic beverage market (up from 4 percent in 2020). The trend…
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There are few brewers, if any, with quite as impressive a CV as Christian Riemerschmid Von Der Heide. But then again, there are few breweries quite as unique as Paris Beer Co of Paris, Ontario. Together it’s the perfect marriage, driven by a desire to brew excellent, drinkable beers, created using local ingredients in a…
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Apostolos Sigalas has a vision for making old, unwanted buildings live again. As the CEO of West Liberty Financial, Sigalas has over 15 years of experience in retail bank financing for large residential, commercial, and business loans. His love of architecture, history, and business enables him to analyze all aspects of a property’s potential, and…
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Towards the end of 2020, Brewers Journal Canada caught up with Michelle Tham, a certified Cicerone and the Head of Education at Labatt Breweries, Canada. Part of her role is to help Canadians understand beer and appreciate beer. Brewers Journal: Hi there! How have you managed in 2020? Michelle Tham: In a truly challenging…
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Author: Steve Grundy – Founder, TOP 5 Solutions. email: enquiries@top5-solutions.com As beer growth slows, traditional breweries are looking beyond beer to hard seltzer and other spirit blends. And they’re finding the brewing process very accommodating. It’s enough to keep any brewer up at night. Outside pockets of growth in China, India and Brazil, most global…
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Let’s rewind to the early 2010s. The world was a very different place. If you were to tell Daniel MacKinnon, one part of MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co, that a decade later his brewery would be celebrating its sixth anniversary then he probably wouldn’t have believed you. Words: Tim Sheahan | Photos: Jakub Mulik Because, although…
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Merit Brewing Company has taken great strides since opening in 2017. A destination for excellent food and beer, it has helped rejuvenate Downtown Hamilton and co-founder Tej Sandhu hopes other breweries will follow suit. Words: Tim Sheahan | Photos: Jakub Mulik Ratios….It’s all about the context. Some are good, some are bad. It all depends…
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Beer is booming in Quebec. There’s more breweries than ever before, sales are up and, more importantly, an increasing diverse number of people are buying beer. And the breweries of the province’s largest city, Montreal, are playing a key role in this period of prosperity. Co-producer: Johnny Leung | Photos: Jakub Mulik Move the dial…
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La bière est en plein essor au Québec. Il y a plus de brasseries que jamais, les ventes sont en hausse et, plus important encore, un nombre croissant de personnes achètent de la bière. Et les brasseries de la plus grande ville de la province, Montréal, jouent un rôle clé dans cette période de prospérité….
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Rob Fink is founder and producer of award-winning non-alcoholic craft beer, Big Drop Brewing. Fink is dedicated to making great beers that are no more than 0.5% ABV (0.4% in Ontario). Fink is no stranger to challenging well-established business models. As a lawyer in 2016, aged 38 and having just become a father – he found himself bucking…
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