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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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