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Hops Connect Canada Montréal Warehouse Expansion

MONTRÉAL, MAY 19 — Hops Connect Canada is excited to announce its new cold-storage facility in Montréal.  The company has been supplying craft breweries in Quebec and the Maritimes from its Ontario warehouse for years, but now all orders for these regions will be shipped from Montréal, reducing shipping costs and lead times.  This move…

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The “I Love Craft Beer” Mixed Pack From Cameron’s Brewing Company has The Top 5 Reasons Why Craft Beer Is Superior

Are you still drinking big box beers? Cameron’s Brewing Company, an award-winning brewery that knows quality beer, says it’s time you make the switch to craft. “It’s always been important to support local, but it’s never been as crucial as it is right now,” says Clint Israel, President of Cameron’s, a family-run brewery in Oakville….

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Brewers Association Releases Annual Craft Brewing Industry Production Report and Top 50 Producing Craft Brewing Companies for 2022

The Brewers Association (BA)—the trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers—released their annual production figures for the U.S. craft brewing industry. In 2022, small and independent brewers collectively produced 24.3 million barrels of beer, on par with 2021’s numbers3, and craft’s overall beer market share by volume grew to 13.2%, up from 13.1% the…

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Big Rock Brewery Announces Extension Of Partnership With The Edmonton Folk Music Festival

Big Rock Brewery Inc. (“Big Rock” or the “Corporation”) and Edmonton Folk Music Festival are excited to announce a partnership extension. As an independent craft brewery, community engagement and contributions are foundational to Big Rock and its ethos. Supporting events and artists is a longstanding tradition for Big Rock and Big Rock is proud to…

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Toronto’s Left Field Brewery Announces Second Location

Left Field Brewery in Toronto, ON, has announced that they will be expanding to a second location in Liberty Village later this year. The space at 40 Hanna Ave is a century-old former billiard table factory that was more recently a fully functioning brewpub which closed in 2019. Like their current Leslieville location, it’s a…

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Six Premier Craft Beverage Equipment Suppliers Merge in $100 Million Deal

Six Premier Craft Beverage Equipment Suppliers Merge in $100 Million Deal To Launch First-Ever One-Stop-Shop For All Craft Beverage Needs  Lotus Beverage Alliance Offers Highly Customized Beverage Manufacturing Products to Promote Growth In The Craft Beverage Industry Lotus Beverage Alliance, a collective of experienced craft beverage equipment manufacturing companies, today announced that it has officially…

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Fibre Bottle Generation 2.0

Carlsberg is partnering to rethink packaging. After starting the Fibre Bottle project in 2015 with several partners, in 2019 it matured into a formal partnership with Paboco. In 2022 they have made bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in our largest ever trial. A significant milestone for the new generation Fibre Bottle is…

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Dalum Beverage Equipment Launches CO2 Recapture Units in US

Dalum has developed CO2 Recovery Units that promote a circular utilization of a brewery’s own CO2, by recovering the CO2 from the fermentation process. It is collected, cleaned, liquified, stored and is then ready to be used in all steps of future beer production, “It’s just like printing money,” jokes Mike Murphy of Lervig Brewery….

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Unique Hybrid Presrv Kegerator and Beer Cooler by Zephyr

The kitchen equipment brand Zephyr recently expanded its collection of wine and beverage coolers with the introduction of the Presrv Kegerator & Beverage Cooler, which it’s calling an “industry-first hybrid.”. This kegerator and beverage cooler features five distinct configurations with single, double and triple tap options, and it easily converts to a beverage cooler when…

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Square Scours Suds Stats To Determine Canadians’ Beer Beliefs And Behaviours

New data from technology company Square found that Nova Scotia has the most affordable beer in the nation, with an average cost of $5.77. Conversely, citizens of Quebec face the highest beer costs at a whopping $9.14 per drink. Nationally, the average cost of a beer is $7.76, up from $7.66 a year ago, +1.39%,…

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