Stephen Tyson and Yves St. Amand spent years managing Toronto establishments before deciding to merge their experience with their passion for sustainability. They are now working on Canada’s first carbon-negative brewery which will be located in Peterborough, Ontario. With climate change on the forefront of the brewing industry, these brewers are in the process of…
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Japan’s Sapporo will acquire California-based Stone Brewing for $168 million. Stone Brewing, founded in 1996, is the ninth largest craft brewer in the U.S. and the largest in Southern California. Stone claims to have pioneered the West Coast style IPA, and also produces a range of lagers, stouts and sours. Its beer is sold across…
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The 2022 New York International Beer Competition took place in April and Upstreet Craft Brewing received several pieces of hardware for their Libra line of non-alcoholic beers. The top accolade was Libra named Canadian Non-Alcoholic Brewery of the Year in recognition of “its commitment to innovation and pushing the boundaries of the non-alcoholic craft beer…
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A brewery in Fort Worth, Texas, has released their newest beverage at a hot dog festival. The unveiling is the ideal spot to announce that they are releasing a hard seltzer brewed from leftover hot dog water. Martin House Brewing Company has been known to create unique and wacky products such as their salsa verde…
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In the middle of the Cape Winelands, there is a site where for more than 50 years wine was produced, and now lies the home of Soul Barrel Brewing, producers of Live Grand Cru Culture, Africa’s best craft beer in 2022. Dennis Cruywagen, writer for the Daily Maverick, was sitting in what was a wine…
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Tatamagouche Brewing Company is located in rural Nova Scotia. Co-owner Christiane Jost said that the brewery is an example of the wonderful things happening in Tatamagouche and along Nova Scotia’s north shore. “Winning awards is about quality and fitting certain categories correctly. Our team are perfectionists including my husband, Matt, who heads the brewing department….
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The increase in demand for Canada’s craft brewing industry has led to more demand for local craft malt – barley that’s partially germinated and then dried for use in brewing. “There’s a demand for locally-sourced craft malt, produced in a small system and in local production; it feeds into the ethos of what craft brewing…
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Today marks a historic event at Surrey’s Russell Brewing. They’ve teamed up with KPU Brewing and other breweries around the province of BC to create a beer that salutes the founder of Canada’s first craft brewery, John Mitchell. Today, (July 6) marks the 40th anniversary of the day Alexander John Mitchell opened the doors to…
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A historical bee was recently found in northern Germany. It dates back to the German Empire Era and its chemical composition represents a unique source of insights into brewing culture of the late nineteenth century when pioneer innovations laid the foundations for industrial brewing. Complementary analytics including metabolomics, microbiological, sensory, and beer attribute analysis revealed…
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“We were all kind of surprised to see a record crop last year, after the spring heat dome, which hit when the vines were vulnerable,” said Maggie Elliot, science and communications director for the Hop Growers of Washington regarding the data showing more than 84.6 million pounds of hops were grown in Washington in 2021,…
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