Pabst Blue Ribbon, also well known as PPR, has released a 99-pack of beer for the first time in the USA. Previously, this 7-foot long monster was only available here in Canada. The “family pack” holds a mixture of Pabst beers, including Original, low-calorie ‘Easy’, and its higher ABV ‘Extra’. While according to the American…
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A Californian homebrewer with 15-years experience in the beverage industry might be on to something with his H2OPS beverage, winner of the 2018 Beverage Industry Innovation of the Year Award. If you have a brewery, hops, water, and carbonation, you too can be jumping onboard this new trend. Hop water is the simple combination of…
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Brewers warn ‘Dirty Blonde’ goes too far Nearly 20 Nova Scotia breweries are urging the board of the Craft Brewers Association of Nova Scotia to take steps to stop the “discriminatory and misogynistic” advertising campaign associated with Nine Lock’s Dirty Blonde Beer. In a story which broke on CBC News and Canadian Beer News, pub…
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The USA’s fourth largest craft brewer has been acquired by Kirin-owned Lion Little World Beverages. The deal, announced by press release, is expected to close at the end this year, all pending approvals by regulators and the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in addition to other customary closing conditions. Besides ending New Belgium’s status as…
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A lack of clear definition with consumers as to what is craft beer, along with big breweries pushing into the market, is hurting the UK’s craft brewers, reports The Conversation. Although figures given are for the UK market, the same problems apply to the Canadian industry. The craft beer industry has grown at an astonishing…
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Toronto’s Bandit Brewery and Ale Mary Brewing have released a stout for all of you who like a bit of breakfast with your beer. In a story first mentioned by Canadian Beer News, Mad Batter is a pancake-inspired, Imperial Stout, the result of a recent collaboration between Ale Mary Brewing and Bandit.. “We’ve been good…
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The crowdfunding boom among breweries in the UK is leaving a sour taste in many investors mouths, according to a new article in Vice. Lessons learned in the UK can be applied throughout Canada, the USA, and Australia’s craft brew industry. While there has been some amazing success stories such as with BrewDog, there has…
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From its small original location to now, Scottish independent craft brewer, BrewDog, continues to surprise all. While once upon a time its boast to be the world’s largest beer brand seemed to be 1am, too-many-pints, talk, it now seems to be on track to get there. In both North America and in the UK, it…
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Chicago-based beverage company Phusion Projects has launched a new Four Loko series. Called Innovation, it’s a 12% ABV hard seltzer, sold in 23.5-ounce single-serve cans, Brewbound reports. This is more than twice the most common alcoholic seltzers with range between 4-5% ABV. Before Four-Loko, one of the others exceptions has been Pabst’s Strong Seltzer at 8%…
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Carlsberg Group is working on what it says is the world’s first “paper” beer bottle made from sustainably sourced wood fibres, reports Pulp & Paper Canada. Carlsberg has unveiled two new research prototypes of its 100 per cent bio-based and fully recyclable Green Fibre Bottle, which are the first “paper bottles” to contain beer. Carlsberg…
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