A US brewer in the Pacific Northwest has received The Beer Connoisseur’s award for being the best of the best. “While many breweries operate around the world, there is one clear-cut top spot for brews according to our copious Official Review: pFriem Family Brewers in Hood River, Oregon has produced some of the finest beers…
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Edmonton’s original craft beer producer Alley Kat Brewing Company has announced that after packaging almost exclusively in bottles since releasing its first beer in 1995, the company is switching to cans in the spring of 2020, a story first reported in Canadian Beer News. The first cans to hit shelves will be filled with the…
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Molson’s lead light beer, Molson Ultra, is running its first-ever national television spots in Canada to support the beer’s national launch earlier this year. The 15-second spots, set to begin airing today on major networks, aim to position the beer — with 70 calories and 2 grams of carbohydrates per 341-milliliter serving — as an option…
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Similar to when it created Summer Shandy in 2007, Leinenkugel’s is setting out to create a new segment within beer with the launch of Leinenkugel’s Spritzen, a new line of beer with a splash of seltzer. Spritzen, which means “splash” in German, is a year-round addition to the Leinenkugel’s portfolio aimed at 21- to 27-year-old drinkers who…
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Tessa Gabiniewicz, head brewer of The Land & Sea Brewing Company, was recently part of a celebration of expert women brewers in the UK, with Gabiniewicz being one of only five women in the world to get the invite, according to My Campbell River Now. Every year JD Wetherspoon, one of the UK’s largest pub…
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“Nolo” alcohol is set to be one of the driving trends of 2020, according to the craft brewers’ trade organisation, and reported by the BBC. In the report it says sales have soared by 30 percent in the last five years. The number of 18-24-year-olds who say they don’t drink has increased by six percent…
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BC brewer Russell Brewing Company has released Belgian Dubble, a 7.5% ABV, announces Canadian Beer News. Russell says that this is a traditional dark Belgian-Style Beer with notes of dark fruit, caramelized sugars, and spice. While this may sound like dessert in a glass it remains balanced with a dry finish and a refreshing effervescence….
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US state of Maine brewer Rob Tod told fellow Maine beer makers that there are “choppy waters ahead” for craft brewers. Tod, founder of Allagash Brewing, was speaking at the recent New England Brew Summit, which was reported on by Brewbound. The information he gave could be applied just as easily to UK brewers. “If…
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Hard seltzer is going to hurt the Canadian beer industry, according to an article in The Cochrane Times-Post. The beverage is owned by the Mark Anthony Group and its creator, Anthony von Mendl, is from Vancouver. “This whole thing is an absolute dream,” von Mandl told CTV. “This is a disruption very similar to what…
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A crowd-source fund to support the five families of the victims of the shooting last month at Molson Coors Brewing Company’s Milwaukee brewery has reached $1.1 million, reports Brewbound. The gunman, a 51-year-old Molson Coors electrician died at the scene from a self-inflected gunshot. According to the Washington Post, shooter Anthony Ferrill’s motive was racism,…
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