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….

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…

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…

Pinter is an easy to use home beer and cider brewing system. The main element is a keg-shaped device with a pouring handle in which you brew your own beer or cider from fresh press beer mixes from bottles. Since flavour develops during fermentation and is then impacted by time, storage, temperature, and many other…

Last month, Brewed in Windsor: A Tasty History, was released detailing Windsor-Essex’s relationship with beer stemming all the way back from the prohibition days to the present day industry. The book’s authors, Chris Edwards and Elaine Weeks published the book in honour of their friend, Bill Marentette, who died in January. “Bill was a collector…

Located on the West Coast of British Columbia, Oliver’s Firehall Brewery is breaking into a new market with their non-alcoholic experimental beer called Fire Drill N.A.I.P.A. The brew is an Indian Pale Ale which is “refreshing and hoppy, with strong aromas of citrus fruit” and is brewed in collaboration with Escarpment Laboratories in Guelph, Ontario….

Almost three years ago, the Ontario government brought forth a legislation to terminate an alcohol-retailing agreement which has big breweries threatening to sue for a billion dollars. Since then, there has been very little movement from the government and Labatt and Molson-Coors over the future of the Master Framework Agreement, which gives The Beer Store…

For anyone who has always wanted to pour a fresh pint of beer from the tap right at home, this one’s for you. Irish beer mogul, Guinness, is launching an at-home beer tap for £750 (CAD 1,273). This limited tap will be available for purchase beginning Monday December 6. The “Guinness Microdraught”, had launched earlier this…