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Six Premier Craft Beverage Equipment Suppliers Merge in $100 Million Deal

Six Premier Craft Beverage Equipment Suppliers Merge in $100 Million Deal To Launch First-Ever One-Stop-Shop For All Craft Beverage Needs  Lotus Beverage Alliance Offers Highly Customized Beverage Manufacturing Products to Promote Growth In The Craft Beverage Industry Lotus Beverage Alliance, a collective of experienced craft beverage equipment manufacturing companies, today announced that it has officially…

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The Challenge with Selling Craft Beer in Scotland

The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) in Scotland is set to go live from August 2023 and will have consumers paying a small deposit of 20p when they buy a drink in a single-use container and get their deposit back when they return the empty bottle or can. Despite the industry being behind the eco-incentive, craft…

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Fibre Bottle Generation 2.0

Carlsberg is partnering to rethink packaging. After starting the Fibre Bottle project in 2015 with several partners, in 2019 it matured into a formal partnership with Paboco. In 2022 they have made bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in our largest ever trial. A significant milestone for the new generation Fibre Bottle is…

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Molson Aiming to Refresh the Big Beer Market in Canada

Molson aims to refresh big beer marketing in Canada with their new campaign and film directed by Steam Films’ James Michael Chiang. The launch is called “Everyone In.” The 60 second spot is set in real places across the country that aren’t typically given the spotlight in beer ads.  “Across the country, you can walk…

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Ontario Brewery’s Move Allows for Growth

Dawson Trail Craft Brewery has seen growth since its operations began at its Copper Crescent location in Thunder Bay since 2016 and has grown to capacity. “It’s a big move to more than triple the space,” said brewery owner George Renner.  “We’ve been kind of squished up in our space (on Copper Crescent) for quite…

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Dalum Beverage Equipment Launches CO2 Recapture Units in US

Dalum has developed CO2 Recovery Units that promote a circular utilization of a brewery’s own CO2, by recovering the CO2 from the fermentation process. It is collected, cleaned, liquified, stored and is then ready to be used in all steps of future beer production, “It’s just like printing money,” jokes Mike Murphy of Lervig Brewery….

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Climate Change is Threatening the Brewing Industry

According to Climate Central “each of the ingredients in beer is facing different risks due to climate change.” Water makes up 90%-95% of every bottle, can, or keg – and brewing requires five to six times more water than what ends up in each glass.  Beer’s total water footprint extends well beyond the brewery and…

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Unique Hybrid Presrv Kegerator and Beer Cooler by Zephyr

The kitchen equipment brand Zephyr recently expanded its collection of wine and beverage coolers with the introduction of the Presrv Kegerator & Beverage Cooler, which it’s calling an “industry-first hybrid.”. This kegerator and beverage cooler features five distinct configurations with single, double and triple tap options, and it easily converts to a beverage cooler when…

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Square Scours Suds Stats To Determine Canadians’ Beer Beliefs And Behaviours

New data from technology company Square found that Nova Scotia has the most affordable beer in the nation, with an average cost of $5.77. Conversely, citizens of Quebec face the highest beer costs at a whopping $9.14 per drink. Nationally, the average cost of a beer is $7.76, up from $7.66 a year ago, +1.39%,…

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BSG Signs New Distribution Agreement with Hopsteiner

BSG, a leading supplier of raw materials to the brewing industry, is pleased to announce a new distribution agreement with global hop breeder and merchant Hopsteiner.  Starting in March 2023, Hopsteiner hop varieties Bravo™, Calypso™, Lemondrop™, Lotus™, and Sultana™ will be available as part of BSG’s portfolio of malt, hops, yeast, and brewing aids. As…

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