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…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

Halifax’s 2 Crows Brewing Co. has spun a commercial beer into a local delight. Using only Maritime ingredients, the brewery hopes its AC Light Lager can access the Bud Light drinkers of the world into the craft brewery market. Andrew Simpson, from 2 Crows Brewery, said that the new flagship brew is made with Shoreline Malting…

Niagara College staff members have won two Awards of Excellence from the Minister of Colleges and Universities. A team from the College’s Research & Innovation division was presented with an award in the Everyday Heroes category, for making a difference during the pandemic and the 2020-2021 academic year, while College Brewmaster Jon Downing was honoured with…