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Today only – free beer for aliens!

If any extra-terrestrial aliens escape from Area 51 today, they are entitled to have a free beer, thanks to Bud Light. Some months ago when a few people on the Net – in jest – decided to storm top secret Area 51 in the US Nevada desert to find proof of alien visitors, Bud jumped…

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I ain’t afraid of no hurricane

While the rest of Nova Scotia was hunkering down last week when Hurricane Dorian came whistling in, a Halifax native decided it was a fine time to wave the flag and have a cold one. Logan White’s photo, taken by his girlfriend and shared on Facebook, was shot at Cow Bay. It’s caption: “Dorian? Never…

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‘Luscious’ IPA released

Winnipeg’s Kilter Brewery has just released its new ‘Elysium’ 7.2% ABV IPA. Kilter says that this is a luscious and divine IPA, double dry-hopped with El Dorado and Galaxy hops. Kilter, which has been around for a year and a few months, has already gain a reputation for coming out with new big batch one-off…

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Heavy metal brew

Iron Maiden has announced the release of its first lager, TROOPER Sun and Steel, a 4.8 percent ABV double-fermented lager created with authentic Japanese sake yeast. The beer will be brewed by Robinsons Brewery. The beer takes its name from the Iron Maiden song “Sun and Steel” that appears on their 1983 album Piece of Mind,…

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Can beer be too cheap?

It seems hard to believe but back in 1992, Alberta’s Drummond Brewery got slammed-dunked for selling a beer too cheaply. Called Beer Beer, and priced in Alberta at around $10.80 for a 12-pack, all was well, with Drummond selling 1.5 million cases of Beer Beer a year. But then they entered neighbouring Saskatchewan’s beer market…

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Diversify with the bean

Your coffee stout is popular, drinkers like the coffee flavour – like Starbucks but with a kick. What if you left out the ‘stout’ then and just went with the coffee? In a manner of speaking, this is what Pabst Blue Ribbon did back in July and MillerCoors has just done with its La Colombe…

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Brewer arrested for not having a beard

A Charleston man is under arrest this morning after police determined he was operating a craft brewery without a beard. Adam Hawkins was swarmed by the SWAT team and placed into custody, where he’ll be deprived of a razor, forced to wear hipster clothing, and ride a beach cruiser bicycle until he’s ready to operate…

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The best and worse

Florida craft breweries showed the best and worse of human nature as the state braced for Hurricane Dorian. In a story broke by Vinepair, more that 60 craft breweries said they were making water available for free – this was taking place when it looked like Florida was going to take a solid hit from…

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‘Secret deals’ keep out small players

Mountain Crest continues its battle in court against two brewery giants, accusing them of making secret deals with Canadian authorities to monopolize the Ontario market, according to Courthouse News Service. Two years ago, Mountain Crest sued Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors, America’s two biggest breweries, claiming they abused their monopoly power to restrain trade — particularly, beer exports…

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Victoria meeting of minds

 Île Sauvage Brewing of Victoria, BC, has just announced the release of a new collaboration with the recently opened Whistle Buoy Brewing, also of Victoria. Shiro Shiro (4% ABV) is described by the brewery as a “dry, tart Berliner Weisse, aged on local Shiro Plums and Nelson Sauvin Hops.” The reason behind the name which means ‘white-white’…

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