The 4th annual Penticton Beer Week was held last October and eight local Penticton brewers banded together to release a collaboration Hazy IPA beer called Do Good, raising $3,300 to Dragonfly Pond Society. This was the second time Penticton breweries have made this special fundraising collaboration beer, donating partial proceeds to the charity.  “The Penticton…

Alcohol taxes have been linked to inflation in Canada since 2017 and will automatically increase by 6.3% on April 1, which is no April Fools joke. “We had been in a one to two per cent inflation environment for some time, people got used to that,” said CJ Hélie, the President of Beer Canada. “Then…

Supporting manufacturing businesses contributes to economic development in Quebec’s regions. That is why Greg Fergus, Member of Parliament for Hull‒Aylmer and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and to the President of the Treasury Board, on behalf of the Honourable Pascale St‑Onge, Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions…

A first step into the light for craft breweries. If you keep your eye on the trends and pay attention to alcohol-free breweries like Harmons, low-alcohol lagers seem to be trending. There was a time when low-alcohol beers (with 4% ABV drawing the line) were ridiculed on both sides of craft brewery bars. Well, not…

Cape Breton’s Big Spruce Brewing has lost its permit to sell beer at the Warehouse Market in Halifax’s North End. “We want the opportunity to correct and keep going here,” said Jeremy White, co-founder of Big Spruce Brewing,” It’s important for us as a brand, it’s pretty important for us as a business and it’s…

Descendants Brewery in Kitchener, Ontario is calling it quits and will be closing its doors due to COVID-19. Descendants was the dream of Robin Molloy, an Irish transplant who arrived in Kitchener in 1990. Robin moved to Berlin, Germany with his partner Lee in 2012 to study to become a Certified Brewmaster at the VLB….

“That’s another competitor and that’s a big competitor,” Giuseppe Marchesini explained in this article to CTV News Toronto.  “We feel that it’s not fair. They can be more mindful of supporting small businesses. We’re still struggling. Even if the guests are supporting us and we are full, we will need a little bit more attention…

Matt Phillips announced last week that after 21-years of starting Phillips Brewing, he has sold a grand portion of his company to BC-based Yellow Point Partners. The move will position the brewery to an employee model.  Yellow Point Partners have a wide portfolio of businesses they’ve invested in including several industrial companies, Edo Japan, Foley’s…

Bench Brewing Company received the Sustainability Initiative award at the Canadian Brewers Choice Awards. Organized by Brewers Journal Canada, the event honours top Canadian beer makers in several categories. “At Bench, reducing our environmental footprint is one of our core values and guides the decisions we make as a brewery. This is a huge acknowledgment…

Grey Fox Brewing opened their doors just before the holiday season began, with British Columbia being the first province to have a dedicated gluten free brewery. Kelowna is home to the brewery where in May 2022, 112 backers pledged $20,430 to the Kickstarter campaign that helped bring this project to life. Founder and brewmaster Chris…