The wait is finally over as the Toronto Craft Beer Festival has teamed up with its new location, RendezViews, to bring back beer lovers’ favourite festival from September 23 to 26, aptly named RendezBrews. “We are so excited to be able to safely bring together craft beer lovers who support local and independent breweries at RendezBrews,”…

Beer is often fermented and stored in oak barrels, which, depending on various factors, plays a role in picking up the barrel’s flavours, characteristics, etc. Mostly the case for British ales such as Strong Bitter, other advanced processes have allowed the industry and those brewing to sidestep the barrel process and be able to use…

The microbrewery, Good Robot Brewing in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has created a unique campaign called, ‘Become a Micro-Influencer’ that will run until November 14. The campaign runs as follows: the business will basically pay $1 to anyone who takes a photograph with their product and posts it on the social media website Instagram. “We were…

Brewing beer in Edmonton for approx. 60 years, the Labatt Breweries’ expansion in Edmonton will create more than two dozen jobs via a $69 million investment (of a $119-million capital investment for the entire province) for a new 30,000-square foot warehouse alongside updates to its brewhouse and control room.   “It really positions the brewery for…

As International Beer Day celebrated its 13th year (it was first celebrated in 2008 and is recognized annually on the first Friday of August), it is known as a global celebration of beer where brewers, pubs, and all around beer lovers rejoice and celebrate the industry and its brews. However, when taking a step back…

Fior Markets recently published a report outlining the global brewer’s yeast market growth expectancy to go from  USD 2.82 billion in 2020 to USD 5.87 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 9.6% percent during the forecast period 2021-2028. Increasing research and development by businesses to deliver unique and timely products to consumers drives the…

As the West Coast brewing community continues to support environmental and ecological communities with their brews, Calgary, AB has been added to the list via the Annex Ale Project. The project will be releasing four beers (as part of a series) being released in partnership with the Calgary Zoological Foundation, where a portion of each…

Big Rock has brewing operations in Calgary, Alberta, Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario and recently announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. From June 30, 2021, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Corporation reported: net revenue increased by 14.8%, from $11.9 million to…

BC breweries and distilleries are looking to marry their love of brewing and distilling with their passion to help support the planet. Vancouver Island Brewing has teamed up with the Pacific Salmon Foundation to collaborate on what they’ve deemed the 2021 Pod Pack – a collaborative sampler pack designed to raise awareness of the health…

Evermoore, Moth Lane and Lone Oak brewing companies all got through the pandemic with the help of the Atlantic bubble and the incredible community support. “We are seeing tourists trickle in now, it feels new to us, it has been so long since we welcomed new faces but it’s been fantastic,” said Evermoore’s owner. As…