In an age of frenetic beer release schedules, launching the first addition to your core range in more than four years is something of a lesser seen approach to business. But playing the long game in only releasing a new beer when it’s been dialled-in, and when the time is right, is the Muskoka Brewery…
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Tobacco Dock in London is a vast, sprawling space. Spanning 16,000sqm, the building comprises two expansive floors. It’s a Grade I listed warehouse, built around 1811, and is constructed primarily from brick and iron. Its original purpose was to store imported tobacco before it continued its onward journey. And for several days in the beginning…
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Ontario-based Muskoka Brewery has outlined its newest beer releases, which include the 2018 launch of its Survival Pack. The six-pack of 473ml cans, which is now available, comprise a Craft Lager, Detour, Mad Tom IPA, Cream Ale and the reappearance of its award-winning Shinnicked Stout. It also features a 2018 Moonlight Kettle Graduate: Hibernating Grizzly grisette….
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Investment in brewery software is essential to take your brewery to the next level. Through software you can keep track of your product on hand and processes that work the best for your team,” says Brittany Lacey from Ekos. “It syncs your team together, saving your team hours of headache from something that may have…
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Surly Brewing Company has a lot to answer for. The Minnesota-based brewery has become one of North America’s most respected modern breweries thanks to beers such as Furious IPA. And it was back in 2009, thanks to a love of soccer, that took John Heim and his family down to Minneapolis, one of Minnesota’s major…
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Nearly one and half million people call Manitoba home and more than half of these inhabit it’s capital Winnipeg. But in 2018, only 12 breweries operate in a province that spans 650,000km2. It’s a figure that would bring out most good beer lovers in a cold sweat, so it’s probably best not to tell them…
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Quite often at our barrel shop, we are approached by craft breweries asking for varied and different kinds of barrels that have previously held varied spirits such as rum, sherry, calvados and cognac. It gets tricky to procure good quality recently emptied barrels of this nature without having to procure an entire truckload of them…
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The study, which estimates the cost of substance use to Canadian society, cost $1.4 million to produce and was funded by Health Canada. Beer Canada said the report fails to discuss some of the positive trends that are a direct result of industry, government and NGOs working toward reducing harmful drinking and fostering a culture…
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Brewery numbers hit an all-time high of 817 in 2017, according to the latest figures released by Beer Canada. More than half of the 817 brewing facilities are located in either Ontario or Québec. The number of brewing facilities per every 100,000 drinking age adults increased by 16.8% from 2.4 to 2.8 breweries for 2017…
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Granted, the horrible (and illegal) practice of providing money to secure a place at a drinking establishment goes well back into the 1800’s. In 1997, when I started my career with the Oland Specialty Beer Co., it was against company policy to seal a commitment with a ‘keg deal’. In fact, our leadership team went…
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