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Craft distillery now doing craft beer

While the natural progression has been craft brewers getting into craft distilling, the Nova Scotia Spirit Company has taken the opposite tack. After two-years of planning and development, the distilling company has launched the Painted Boat Beer company in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. “It was kind of a natural progression,” company president Alex Rice told The Coast…

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US hard seltzer war heating up in 2020

Constellation Brands, which brings to the US brands such as Corona and other Mexican and Mexican-style beers, will be launching this March a massive $40 million marketing blitz to introduce its new Corona Hard Seltzer. “We’re prepared to have one of the biggest introduction spends that we’ve ever had against a single brand,” CEO Bill…

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A different take on Dry January

Powell River’s Townsite Brewery has re-released Yogn 82 Belgian Triple, coming to you at a strong 9% ABV. In a story first picked up by Canadian Beer News, the brewery says: “This beer is a citrus gem with a nice thick head on top and a beautiful floral hop nose from the Stryian Golding hops…

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BrewDog opens alcohol-free bar in London

International craft beer giant BrewDog has a new bar in London which could be the start of something big. Called BrewDog AF, all drinks will be 0% ABV and will have 15 drinks on tap, including BrewDog’s Nanny State, Punk AF, Wake Up Call – a coffee stout – and Hazy AF, which is an…

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More pot means less beer

While some hoped that cannabis and beer would go together like toast and jam, the reality is that users enjoy one or the other, not both. According to an article in the Financial Post which used data from Beer Canada, Canadians appear to be drinking less beer – three percent less to be exact –…

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Too much beer on the brain

A headline from The Globe and Mail is proving that it is possible to be thinking about beer too often. The January 6 opinion piece by Hugh Segal was headlined: “The brewing situation between Iran and the USA is very much Canada’s problem.” However, it was only after reading the article several times did BJC…

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Better beverages drive non-alcoholic market

The global non-alcoholic wine and beer industry is growing at a rate never seen before, being driven by rapid technological development and innovations across the beverage sector, reports Food & Beverage Industry News. This market is expected to be worth a staggering $43,000,000,000 within five years. Along with North American and Europe, industrialization and changing…

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Have a funny drunk story?

After a night out have you ever woke up with a new tattoo, a snake, in bed with an ex, or a pumpkin? If so, the Museum of Hangovers wants to hear from you. The newly opened museum is located in Zagreb, Croatia, and was thought of by university student Rino Dubokovic. He  came up…

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Canada’s drink-leaders drinking less

While British Columbians still drink more than other Canadians, they’re drinking less, according to a study carried out by the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) and reported by ATAC. Despite BC being famous for the number of high-quality craft brewers, British Columbian residents actually drink less beer than the rest of Canada –…

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Marijuana drinks hit store shelves

The long wait is over, major Canadian cannabis producers and their beer brewing backers are ready to launch a full line-up of CBD-infused drinks, according to investment newsletter The Motley Fool.   While laws were changed earlier this year, hold-ups have occurred around permits, with the government moving at what some experts describe as a…

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