The Annual Canadian Brewer’s Choice Awards is a chance for the brewing industry to come together and celebrate the years’ achievements with friends and colleagues. It is a time to highlight the grand accomplishments from across the country and a night to have a pint (or two) and recognize all the hard work and dedication…

Silversmith Brewing Co based in Niagara-on-the-Lake. has purchased the assets of Etobicoke-based Black Oak Brewing Co. The purchase, which was announced earlier this month, is said to join the two breweries together in an effort to increase production. The two craft brewers will be able to brew a combined portfolio of award-winning craft beers, including…

Tire Shack Brewing in Moncton, New Brunswick is receiving a lot of attention this month. The husband-wife duo of Alan Norman and Jerrica Kennedy received Brewery of the Year award, at the annual Canadian Brewers Choice Awards, created by the team at Brewers Journal Canada. “It’s a pretty big one and it’s pretty crazy,” Norman…

Libra Beverage Co., a B-Corp Certified non-alcoholic beverage company, is taking advantage of what most people end up doing post-holidays–have a dry January. To kick off the New Year, Lbra is bringing its award-winning non-alcoholic Libra IPA to Costco in Atlantic Canada and Ottawa. According to data, last year alone, 1 in 5 adults participated…

Graystone Brewing, based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, has changed the names of his two most popular beers after receiving a complaint from the Patagonia company for copyright complaints about having a similar logo.  Wes Ward, the owner and founder of Graystone Brewing told Huddle that its first-ever brewed beer, Patagonia Pale Ale, and Patagonia IPA…

Who knew an algorithm could help Nova Scotians discover their  perfect pairing of brews. Co-founders of Khuva Craft Beer Lab, Jeff Inglis and Ishany Balder, have been holding blind beer tastings in Halifax with help from their A.I. algorithm. The company was launched this past February. Inglis has a PhD in dynamical neuroscience from the…

SymBev Inc., a Canadian adult beverage company that acquires and builds brands, is building a new national adult beverage company through acquisition and innovation in the craft beverage space. Canada and US companies are supporting this decision and a Series A funding has backed their first three acquisitions: Railway City Brewing Company (St. Thomas, Ontario),…

Malting barley varieties like AAC Synergy are a popular choice in the Prairies but are not particularly suited for Atlantic Canada conditions, so researchers are looking to European heritage barleys to serve a growing east coast craft beer industry. Agriculture Canada is looking at heritage barley from the United Kingdom, France and Russia to adapt…

Waterloo Brewing Ltd. (TSX: WBR) – (“Waterloo Brewing” or the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Carlsberg Group (“Carlsberg”) pursuant to which Carlsberg has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Waterloo Brewing (“Waterloo Brewing Shares”), by way of a statutory…

Big Rock Brewery Inc. (TSX: BR) (“Big Rock” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce a new 3-year customer marketing agreement (the “Customer Marketing Agreement”) with Browns Social House Ltd. (“Browns”), a growing partner in the casual dining segment, to produce and distribute Social Lager and Social IPA to their locations across Canada. Browns is…