Hops seem to be bouncing back into the fold with an 11 percent jump last year, with hope for continued growth. The June Hop Acreage Strung for Harvest, 2021 report released by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service noted hop acreage was at a record high of 60,000+ acres, 4 percent more than last year’s…
Read More
Andrea Chiodo enjoys doodling, which ended up becoming the packaging art for Barrie, ON’s, Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery. With a background in literature, Chiodo was never certain how she would turn her university degree into a career but managed to find a pretty unique way to combine her passion for storytelling and art since the…
Read More
As the industry kicks off 2022, the Brewers Association (BA) took a look back at a year filled with new growth, economic relief, supply chain disruptions, and innovation. In 2021, the sales tide swung back toward breweries, bars, and restaurants, and many craft brewers began to see the path back to their former production volumes,…
Read More
Three Norfolk County craft breweries received medals at the 2021 Ontario Brewing Awards, a competition that drew 450 entries in 37 categories from 100 craft breweries across the province. Meuse Brewing Co., Charlotteville Brewing Co. and Wishbone Brewing Co. were all sent home with hardware. Co-owners of Meuse Brewing, Estelle van Kleef and Mischa Geven,…
Read More
Yakima Chief Hops (YCH), a 100% grower-owned global hop supplier with a mission to connect brewers with family hop farms for more than 30 years, has launched a new podcast titled Bigger Than Beer. In their first season, they are featuring women+ from across the industry, from the hop farms to the taprooms, to tell…
Read More
13 years ago, Paul McLauchlin and his wife Melinda were looking to add 2,000-square-feet of office space to their existing property and took to an innovative and creative design to do so – using beer cans. The husband and wife duo are president of the Rural Municipalities Association and Reeve of Ponoka County, and in…
Read More
“When we started Nine Locks, we never thought we would ever hit this point,” said Danny O’Hearn, co-owner of Nine Locks Brewing Company. In Nova Scotia, when a craft brewery generates a high level of revenue or produces a high volume of beer, the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) will then raise the price markup…
Read More
PEI locals will soon be allowed to bring their commercially manufactured wine into a licensed dining room, thanks to some changing importation limits to the Liquor Control Act that came into effect this past Saturday. P.E.I. is the latest province to remove the restrictions following an agreement between premiers in 2018 to ease interprovincial alcohol…
Read More
Anheuser-Busch InBev — the world’s largest brewer — is using the saved grains leftover from the beer-making process to create alternative protein sources. Budweiser’s parent company partnered with the startup, EverGrain, to develop a technology that enables them to extract the proteins and fibers from the brewing grains to create nutrient-rich ingredients. Using innovative processes,…
Read More
The BC Ale Trail, in partnership with Destination British Columbia and the BC Craft Brewers Guild, has launched two new Ale Trails this week: Northeast BC and Northwest BC. Previously known as the Northern BC Ale Trail, the new trails now split the large northern half of BC into two, making it easier for visitors…
Read More