The USA’s ground central for the craft beer industry continues to grow at a record rate, creating jobs, income, and tax revenue for America’s favourite city. In a report published last week by California State University San Marcos and the San Diego Brewers Guild, it stated that the annual economic impact of the San Diego…
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Much like how the big boys in North American and the UK jumped on craft brewing – either by buying-up or copying – so too are they jumping on the next big thing: seltzer with an alcohol buzz. In the States, Anheuser-Busch – never known to be leading from the front – is releasing Natural…
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Consumers are rejecting beer and cider at the check-out in favor of low to no-alcohol beer and cider, according to e-commerce insights company, Edge by Ascential, and reported in the Retail Times. While the research looked specifically at UK companies, the same end result applies to Canadian consumers as well. The only difference between the two…
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Molson Coors CEO Mark Hunter has projected cannabis-infused non-alcoholic beverages will soon account for up to 30 percent of all cannabis sales. In anticipation of this, Molson Coors acquired a controlling stake last year in Canadian marijuana grower Hexo. Anheuser-Busch Inbev Inc. invested $50 million in a joint venture with Canadian marijuana company Tilray. Constellation…
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A Texas-based craft brewery is taking the heat for naming one of its beers after the location of a South Pacific island blown pretty much into smithereens by US nuclear testing. Fallout from nuclear testing exposed those living in the greater area to high levels of radiation. The tests, which happened from 1946 to 1958,…
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In a David vs Goliath battle, there was never any doubt who would come out on top: tiny Welsh brewer Boss Brewing or international company Hugo Boss. One has a net income of CA$379 million, the other CA$325,218 – minus the CA$16,000 it just lost in attorney fees. According to the Daily Mail, Boss Brewing…
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Four Winds Brewing Co of Delta, British Columbia, has announced that Pomona 2019 has been released. At 5.5% – 8 IBU, it is a bright and bold sour wheat ale aged on nectarines and apricots in French oak foeders with Lactobacillus and Brettanomyces. “Have you ever had a nectarine or apricot that was so good…
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Calgary’s Tool Shed Brewing company has worked with seven other Canadian brewers to create a new brew that tells the story of the LGBTQ rights movement in Canada and the USA. Protest Pale Ale boasts a painting of Marsha P. Johnson on the can. Marsha P. was an American gay liberation activist and self-identified drag…
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An Uxbridge, Ontario, brewing company is fearing a customer backlash after a single anonymous complaint led to dogs being banned. The Second Wedge Brewing Company has been dog-friendly for three years and co-owner Rob Garrad told Global News that dogs have never been a problem. According to regulations, every room where food is prepared must…
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Georgia’s Monday Night Brewing has announced that it has released a Scottish-style single malt whiskey, brewed and distilled in partnership with ASW Distillery, located less than five miles away from the brewery’s home in Atlanta. The Brewers Journal is seeing more breweries either creating their own hard spirits such as gin, or working in collaborations….
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