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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P.E.I.’s newest craft brewery – Lone Oak Brewing in Borden-Carleton – took a significant step forward with its plans to begin selling products and serving customers in early October. Located in Borden-Carleton’s Gateway Village near the Confederation Bridge, the Lone Oak brewery, taproom, and retail store is planned to open in autumn 2019, with a specialty line of…
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Cowbell Brewing Co has teamed up with Great Lakes Helicopter (GLH) to offer a service that transports guests from Grand Bend to Cowbell Farm. The trips will run every Wednesday and Sunday from June 22 2019 and will be operated by Great Lakes Helicopter, of Breslau, a Transport Canada approved, Ontario Private Career College Flight…
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Toronto’s sensational food and drinks fundraiser, Cuisine & Cuvée for Providence Healthcare, is happening at REBEL (11 Polson Street) on Friday, May 31 at 6:30 p.m. Now in its 19th year—and the winner of the 2017 Canadian Event Industry Award for Most Outstanding Event Up To $200,000—Cuisine & Cuvée is a night of fun and…
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