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North Van Brewery Teams Up With North Shore Rescue to Promote Backcountry Safety

BC’s backcountry has been the stomping grounds for locals and visitors alike during this time of year, but there is always caution to be had as many skiers and snowboarders have gotten stuck, injured or worse due to being ill prepared for their adventures. Bridge Brewing Co. in North Vancouver would like to help bring awareness…

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Steam Whistle Purchases Beau’s Brewing Co.

Beau’s Brewing Co. faced some challenges during the pandemic and although it will still hold a space in eastern Ontario, the company has been purchased by Toronto-based Steam Whistle Brewing. Steve Beauchesne and his father Tim co-founded Beau’s in 2006 along with its soon-to-follow award-winning “Lug Tread Lagered Ale.” Earlier this week 129 shareholders —…

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Niagara College Brew Students Take Part in Global Bevolution

Niagara College has become part of a global ‘bevolution’ advocating for equality and safety in the beer industry. The College’s Teaching Brewery has joined breweries around the world that are participating in Brave Noise. The global collaborative effort has the goal of making the beer industry safe and free from discrimination, for women, BIPOC, and…

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Gorillas, Zebras and Beer, Oh My!

Visitors at the Toronto Zoo may be able to enjoy a craft beer or an overnight stay on site at a boutique hotel as proposed in their new 10-year plan. The plan, which includes a craft brewery and hotel, was approved at a board meeting last week in hopes to see aging infrastructure replaced while…

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Atlantic Coast Brewery Brings Libra, Non-Alcoholic Beer to Quebec

Charlottetown, PEI’s Upstreet Craft Brewing, a B-Corp certified beverage company on a mission to refresh the community, is launching its non-alcoholic Libra collection at over 90 independent grocery and liquor store retailers in Quebec. Libra Pale Ale,Libra Hazy IPA,Libra Pilsner and Libra Stout will give Quebecers more choice when balancing being social and their wellness….

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Penticton Brewery Women Bond Together to Create Women’s Day Beer

Since the beginning, Slackwater Brewing has been teaming up with the Pink Boots Society to create brews. The society provides a yearly hop pellets blend, and breweries get to make their own beer with proceeds going to educational scholarship and programming for women in the industry. Slackwater’s female staff have gathered once again to come…

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New Malt House Gives New Brunswick Access to a Locally Sourced Ingredient

Maison Fils Du Roy Inc. opened its new malt house in Petit-Paquetville this week, giving locally sourced malt access to New Brunswick craft brewers. A 4,500-square-foot facility will produce two types of barley-based malt: a Pilsner malt and a Vienna malt. This news comes at a time when the province boasts the most breweries per…

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B.C.’s Brewing Diploma: Langley University

It’s no secret that the B.C. craft beer scene continues to invade the market with 200 breweries since 2020 and an additional six new operations set to launch this year. Some might say that a lot of BC’s success stems from calling a 4,500 square foot, custom-built teaching brewery, complete with state-of-the-art brewing and lab…

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Craft Beer Policy has Nova Scotia Craft Brewers Paying Higher Taxes

Brian Titus, the president of the Craft Brewers Association Of Nova Scotia, is calling on the province of Nova Scotia to make some changes to the rules that help govern local beer production. CBANS says “outdated government regulations and punitive new rules are now holding back the industry and making Nova Scotia an increasingly inhospitable…

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Langley KPU Students Create Custom Craft Beers

Graduating students in the brewing program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) – Langley Campus, located in BC, started offering new beers at the end of last month. Every Friday at the KPU Brew Lab, new creations of beers are released and available for purchase until April, allowing beer lovers to sample the students’ products as…

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