It only makes sense. For years drinkers have been combining alcohol with the caffeine buzz of Red Bull. Now it’s coming to you in a can of hard coffee. According to Thrillist, canned hard coffee will be THE drink of 2020, saying that it is “like a pair of sneakers that go with your entire…
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Last year was not a good one for Canadian breweries, with demand dropping by four percent, the largest one-year reduction since National Prohibition from 1918-1920, according to Sylvain Charlebois and reported by the Cape Breton Post. Data from AC Nielson states that while 15-years-ago, beer accounted for 50 percent of all Canadian alcohol sales, this…
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An obscure tool used to warm beer on cold winter nights in Central Europe could make a come-back when drinkers realize what else it can do. According VinePair, the beer warmer is called a bierwärmer in German – or ohříváček in Czech. The warmer is “a narrow metal tube with a hanger,” says Aleš Dočkal,…
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One of the big USA style movers in 2020 will be “softer-on-the-palate juicy IPA” as opposed to IPAs that have a strong distinction between malts and hops. This is according to a new article in The Beer Connoisseur which drew its data from market research firm IRI Worldwide. Leading the way forward with this is…
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Labatt Breweries of Canada, owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, has acquired Banded Peak Brewing Ltd. According to the Calgary Herald, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Banded Peak operates a taproom and brewery in southeast Calgary, an area some refer to as the “Barley Belt”. The small craft brewery, founded in 2016, is known for…
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A record number of chickens have given up their wings to allow Americans to engage in their favourite pastime this Sunday – watching the Super Bowl and eating hot wings. To put that in perspective, if Kansas City Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid ate three wings per minute, it would take him about 900 years to…
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Tenth and Blake Beer Company, the U.S. craft division of Molson Coors has acquired Detroit-based Atwater Brewery. The brewery is highly regarded in the Michigan craft beer community for its traditional German-style lagers and unique ales. “The agreement with Tenth and Blake is both the culmination of our past and the catapult to our future,”…
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After teaming up with beer writer and historian Jordan St John, Toronto’s Muddy York Brewing Company is brewing a beer that first saw light of day 180-years-ago at Helliwell Brewery, one of Canada’s first. According to Muddy York, Jordan read the Helliwell brewing diaries and painstakingly analyzed them in the hopes of interpreting exactly how…
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Barefoot, the USA’s leading table wine brand owned by E&J Gallo, has announced it will enter the popular hard seltzer category with Barefoot Hard Seltzer, a hard seltzer made with wine. The brand will begin to roll out Barefoot Hard Seltzer nationwide in February 2020. Drawing off the success of Barefoot’s popular Barefoot Spritzer, award-winning winemaker…
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While the weather outside might be cold, freezing and snowing, the beer will still be pouring at this year’s Winter Craft Beer Festival in Toronto. According to the Daily Hive, the festival on 1 February, will highlight the craft brewers of Ontario. The festival will take place at Steam Whistle Brewing’s Roundhouse Park and will…
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