Trebodur is a fully natural and biodegradable material solely made from brewers‘ spent grain. The 100% organic material is made from biodegradable packaging made from waste products that would otherwise be disposed of.  Trebodur is mixed with a binding agent in order to make it a functional solution for several things such as being used…

Since launching in December 2013, BC’s Fernie Brewing created the Cheers to Charity program, which has raised more than $150,000 for local charities to date. Due to the pandemic, the program was put on hold but has started again with a slightly different form this month. The sales from Fernie Brewing’s flight tastings help fund…

The Gahan House has returned for its 2020 edition of The Maritime Home Brew Challenge. This challenge started in 2014 in PEI, born in the original location of the Gahan House in Charlottetown. This year, they are broadening their challenge and taking it a step further to find the best home brewer with the best…

Founded in 1984, Ontario’s largest Canadian-owned brewery, Waterloo Brewing (formerly Brick Brewing Co. Limited), was the first craft brewery to start up in Ontario and is credited with pioneering the present-day craft brewing renaissance in Canada. This week they announced their financial results for their second quarter ending July 26, 2020, which reported an EBITDA…

Beginning this month, Harpoon Brewery and Dunkin’ are releasing a series of coffee and donut infused beers. “After more than two years and three seasons of collaborating with the Dunkin’ team, our fans have come to expect a delicious fall beer from us, but we wanted to give them something extra special this year,” said…

Japan’s Prime Brew, Kirin Ichiban, prides themselves on the First Press process, or ichiban shibori method in Japanese, which literally translates into “first press.” The brand has now come up with zero-sugar beer, The Shibori, a premium beer offering drinkers an alternative option to reduce their intake of sugar. The beer has a 4% ABV…

Stratford has acquired Ontario’s newest brewery and taproom, Heritage Hops Brew Co.  The brewery has launched in the historic Herald Building (originally home to the Stratford Herald Newspaper) and until earlier this year, home to Herald Haus Brewing who opened their doors in 2018. There is no direct correlation between Herald Haus Brewing and the…

The former End of the Line Pub in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, will soon be transformed into The Station, a modern eatery owned by Lunn’s Mill Beer Co. business partners: Sean Ebert, Chad Graves and Chantelle Webb who purchased the building on August 14. “It was actually the original location that we wanted Lunn’s Mill to…

The Glen Robertson micro-brewery, Wood Brothers Brewing, has tripled in size since tapping its first keg when they opened their doors in April 2019. Owners Mark and Natasha Rickerd and partners Louis Castonguay, Dan Whitehead and Kurt MacSweyn are facing such a high demand for their brew: “(It’s been) insane – we have lineups over…

As barley crops began to grow this year Canada’s grain companies hoped to hit the export markets with strong sales of Canadian barley. With most of the crop maturing and being harvested in Western Canada, grain companies are reeling at the chance to cut off their prime competitor, Australia, who is currently having some disputes…