Iron Rock Brewing has opened its doors, becoming Labrador’s first craft brewery. The brewery is the brainchild of Brian and Dave Hurley, two brothers with deep mining roots, and a passion for great beer. They explain: “Iron Rock is made by locals for locals. It’s our salute to the hard-working people of Labrador West who’ve…
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What to do when your world’s largest moose statue gets out-moosed by Norway, you turn to Moosehead Beer, Canada’s oldest independent brewery. Mac the Moose, a steel and concrete sculpture of the famous big elk, for 31-years reigned as the world’s tallest moose in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. But then a silver moose statue – Storelgen…
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One of the world’s earliest alcoholic drinks is making a strong comeback thanks to Game of Thrones. Mead is now becoming a hip drink with it being produced in the UK and North America by either breweries looking to add to their line-up, or stand-alone meaderies. Ten years ago, there were around 150 meaderies in…
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British Columbia’s Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s brewing program has won Brewery of the Year at the recent 2019 BC Beer Awards. The program, which sells growler fills of its students’ beer at the Langley campus on Friday afternoons, offers a two-year brewing diploma and has been in operation since 2015. This was KPC’s brewing program’s second…
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It wasn’t enough that the two beer Goliaths were battling it out in court over the use – or non-use – of corn syrup. Now it’s trade secrets involving recipes. Anheuser-Busch has accused MillerCoors of breaking US state and federal laws by stealing trade secrets regarding beer recipes for its two top-selling brands, Bud Light…
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If you’re feeling especially rich these days and you’re planning a trip to the States – as in now – does Samuel Adams have a beer for you. It’s staggering high-price Utopias have returned, which will set you back a mere $210 (CA$277) for one 25.4-ounce custom bottle. Although it only comes in a bottle,…
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Two men in Florida have been arrested for capturing an alligator from the side of the road, holding it down, and pouring beer down its throat, while one of the men used his arm as a gator-lure to get the huge reptile to open its mouth to drink the suds. According to the police, Timothy…
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H Phillips Brewing of Victoria, BC, is releasing a limited edition 12-pack of its flagship Blue Buck Ale to raise funds for the Nature Conservancy of Canada. For each of the packs sold, Phillips says it will donate $1 to the NCC in support of its work “protecting the natural areas that sustain Canada’s wildlife… including Bucks…
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While it wasn’t planned to run two articles about Stones Brewing in a row, this is too good to pass up on. UK self-appointed alcohol industry watchdog The Portman Group has found offense with Stone’s beer Arrogant Bastard. Here is Stone’s co-founder Greg Koch’s response. Dear Portman Group, Thank you for your letter. We’re sorry to…
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San Diego’s Stone Brewing’s Arrogant Consortia has announced its latest: Jägermeister Arrogant Bastard Ale, an American strong ale brewed in collaboration with the makers of Jägermeister. “These two fiercely independent forces come together; it is such a unique and iconic result,” Greg Koch, Stone Brewing and Arrogant Consortia co-founder, said in a video announcing the…
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