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Another label coming

Canadians like their booze; unfortunately it might not like them. According to a recent study by the University of Victoria and published in the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, Canadians are getting too many of their daily calories from alcohol beverages, with beer being the leader in this. Drinkers consumed more than one-tenth…

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All things fermented

When it comes to pickles, Toronto’s Henderson Brewing Company plans way ahead. Join the brewery next year on 18 October for Picklefest, a celebration of all things preserved, pickled and fermented. Food, beer, markets, games, contests and more will be at the event, held in the brewery’s parking lot. This will be a dog and…

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May the beer quench your thirst

A UK Suffolk brewery says it has had a “phenomenal” response with the launch of its Star Wars theme range. St Peter’s Brewery’s Galactic Pale Ale and Lightspeed Pilsner Lager beers have been released in time for the ninth and final instalment of the film franchise. With St Peter’s in the project is image licence…

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Damn peanut butter

In what should go as no surprise to anyone who has followed breweries having to change the names of their beers after trademark infringements battles, Off Track Brewing of Nova Scotia has agreed to stop calling its peanut butter stout “Damn Skippy”. The irony of this is, Skippy brand peanut butter has not been sold…

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Crazy beer = crazy free publicity

Oh, those crafty Yanks and what they keep putting in a beer can. While somewhere in Germany a brew master has to be is rolling over in his grave, thinking outside the barrel is paying off in spades. What US craft brewers in particular are realising, if you want to be noticed in a crowded…

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Better ‘dry’ than fat

Almost a third of millennials say they’re cutting back on alcohol with the top reason being: “Beer makes me fat”, according to a new article in Business Insider. Beer is being hit the hardest, with a massive 37 percent of those who say they’re drinking less, it’s beer that they’re cutting out. “If people start…

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Bob O’Marley would be proud

A Canadian company is hoping to sell cannabis beer in Ireland sometime next year, reported various news agencies. Province Brands in Canada has developed a drink by infusing compounds from the cannabis plant into non-alcoholic beer. Drinks sold in Ireland would contain CBD, while in Canada they would also contain THC, which is currently illegal…

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Tit for tat hits cans

While US President Donald Trump might be making America great again, he seems to be going out of his way to hurt the beer industry, all thanks to his trade war with China. US brewers could be facing as early as 1 October a new tariff on aluminium cans, the second one to have hit…

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Wild, wild label

Although located far from where you’re reading this, a can with this insane-looking label needs to be shared with you. Wild Leap of Georgia says it is “excited” to announce the release of Rockweave Double IPA, brewed in commemoration of the Rockweave Music & Arts Festival taking place in LaGrange, Georgia October 4 – 5,…

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Better late than never

North Vancouver craft brewer Deep Cove has just released a new 4.3% cherry kettle sour, oddly enough named ‘Cherry Kettle Sour’. With flavors of fresh Okanagan cherries, grapefruit peel and mild acidity, the brewery says this is the perfect summer sipper. While the sour sounds great, the timing seems late with summer beginning to disappear….

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