Despite the global pandemic, Saskatoon has seen an increase in demand for craft beer. There have been some delays in new brewery openings but owners are confident in the growing trend for the province: “It’s been at the forefront of my mind for three years,” said Better Brothers Brewing Company co-owner Jeff Rushton. Jeff and…

Internationally known craft brewery – BrewDog – made an announcement this week that included becoming carbon negative by investing $35 million on a plan to remove twice as much carbon from the air than it emits every single year. Plans to accomplish said task include the purchase of 2,050 acres of Scottish Highlands to create…

As Manitoba continues to expand in the craft beer market, Brandon will be added to that list with a new brewery on the horizon.  Black Wheat Brewing will be moving into a new commercial building at the corner of 10th Street and Louise Avenue. “We start with grain and end up with beer,” said co-owner…

Talus™ brand HBC 692 features big, bold aromas of citrus, floral, wood and tropical fruits.  The Hop Breeding Company (HBC), a joint venture between Yakima Chief Ranches LLC and John I. Haas Inc., is excited to announce the commercial release of the new proprietary hop Talus™ brand HBC 692. Talus delivers big aromas of pink grapefruit, citrus…

Since 2015, Superflux Beer Company has been brewing and canning their popular products on the West Coast out of local BC breweries Callister Brewing and Strathcona Beer Company. Some of their unique flavours include Colour & Shape IPA (dry-hopped with Citra / 6.5%) and their Everyone Else Said No (Hazy IPA dry-hopped w Mosaic &…

Calgary-based beer maker, Village Brewery, has partnered with the University of Calgary researches along with Xylem Inc. -water technology company- to brew a 1,600-can batch of a blond ale made with reused wastewater. “Certainly we do expect some eyebrows raised and the yuck factor is real,” said Christine O’Grady, project co-ordinator at Advancing Canadian Wastewater…

As brewers and companies alike are always looking for ways to increase profit and decrease expenses, it has never been more important for efficiency to play a vital role in keeping things afloat. Beer30 has added full integration to two popular accounting software’s: Xero and Quickbooks Online. The feature syncs client’s systems reducing time in…

The Dutch brewing company, Heineken, has launched a 100 percent plastic-free cardboard topper with thousands of its retailers in the UK. The topper will feature on Heineken®, Foster’s and Kronenbourg 1664 multi-pack cans before being rolled out across its entire roster of beers. The new topper – referred to Green Grip – will get rid…

The United States government’s addition of tariffs on Canadian aluminum has Canada’s West Coast brewers concerned with the current decreased aluminum shortage of cans, with the potential to make it more costly. It is unclear how the tariffs would affect the industry, but no one wants to find out. “It is scary because the effect…

Prairie beer lovers will have to wait until next year as Alberta Beer Festivals (ABF) announced that both the Calgary International Beerfest and Edmonton Craft Beer Festival would be postponed to 2021. The new dates for next year are: Calgary International Beerfest April. 30 and May 1. 2021 and Edmonton Craft Beer Festival April. 28…