New non-alcoholic beverages Libra and Piquette Zero are offering Canadians non-alcoholic options for the holidays and beyond. Upstreet Craft Brewing, a B-Corp certified beverage company based in Charlottetown, PE, and Benjamin Bridge, Canada’s premier sparkling wine house, are joining forces to quench the thirst for non-alcoholic beverages during the holidays, Dry January and into the…
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The craft beer industry in Mexico has seen significant growth in just the last few years due in large part to the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) trade servicing efforts and its continuing push to capitalize on Mexican consumer demand to benefit those U.S. barley farmers who supply the industry. Mexico sustained its ranking as the…
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Anthony Maddalena, owner of Bagtown Brewing in Sackville, N.B., had learned he couldn’t sell craft beer at farmers’ markets in New Brunswick, after he was already selling empty growlers at the Sackville farmer’s market with a voucher customers could take to his brewery just a few blocks away to fill the growler with beer. “Originally…
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Food-tech company, Chinova Bioworks, has just launched an initiative with the College Communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick’s (CCNB) INNOV centre, to develop an exciting new processing aid for vegan-friendly brews. Chinova is leveraging its clean-label ingredient expertise at CCNB’s Grand Falls campus, which has been developing technologies around brewing and distilling for years. The research project…
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Brothers and brewery owners, Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk of Farmery Estate Brewery, have created a unique beer made from wild Manitoba tundra berries. “We were very active in working with and promoting Churchill last year through our Explore MB pack and through Travel Manitoba, which included custom labels promoting tourism locations throughout the province,” says…
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In an effort to better serve the global brewing community Yakima Chief Hops (YCH), the largest, 100% grower-owned hop supplier based in Yakima, Washington, has completed construction of a state-of-the-art cold storage warehouse in Belgium. Yakima Chief Hops has been supplying brewers worldwide with quality hops for more than 30 years. Developing some of the…
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The Nanaimo Craft Beer Society, in collaboration with Longwood Brewery and Bayview Brewing Company (opening soon), will honour all of the healthcare workers for their dedication and courage to help battle the pandemic over the last 20 months. As a token of their appreciation, 7 Belles Saison, a spicy dry ale, was released last month….
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A beloved non-alcoholic brand, GRUVI, has been helping customers be healthy and stay social, one drink at a time since their inception in Toronto in 2019. They created a line of craft, non-alcoholic beers and wine that feature a tasty, healthy brew. When the company started their journey, their only funding came from friends and…
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According to GlobalData, Asda (a retailer in the UK) could hold a winner on its hands with its Craft on Draft partnership, whose survey shows almost 60 percent of consumers see the use of reusable or refillable packaging as important. The leading data and analytics company notes that sustainable shopping is a way in which supermarkets…
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Niagara College’s ‘Cider House’ took home two new medals and a spot on this year’s Top 10 Cideries list at the U.S. Open Cider Championship. 2021 marked the eighth year for the U.S. Open Cider Championship, which drew more than 270 entries representing 25 different cider styles and four kombucha styles from cideries, wineries and…
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