Sleeping again. I’m looking forward to sleeping again.” Tom Paterson is looking forward to getting a full night’s rest and….dare he say it, relax. Because for Paterson, seven years after he founded Junction Craft Brewing with Doug Pengelly, the duo have finally got somewhere they can truly call home. Oh, and a decent-sized patio where…
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California’s Russian River Brewing Company is one of those rare finds. A brewery, so often revered for its Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger IPAs but one that is also treasured for its barrel-aged output. Be that a strong dark ale aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels, or a sour aged in Pinot barrels, the level…
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It has been a phenomenal experience. Being able to bring Goose Island beers to Toronto and having the ability to experiment and adapt to drinkers’ tastes is something special. It’s great to be part of,” explains Bernard Priest, head brewer at Goose Island’s Toronto Brewhouse. The Goose Island Brewhouse in Toronto was six months young in…
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The beer is The Exchange Brewery’s non-traditional version of a Flemish Ale that is decidedly tart from a short lactic fermentation and then aged in oak with a mixed cocktail of wild yeast and bacteria to round out its flavour. Our Bruin, which won a Gold Medal at the 2017 Ontario Brewing Awards, is auburn-brown…
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The brewery, established in 2014, said its latest beer is loaded with peach, melon and orange hop flavour. Drop Bear IPA is a 6.5% beer that is brewed with Australian Galaxy and Summer hops and is the brewery’s nod to Australia’s unusually large and viscious marsupial, the Drop Bear. The brewery explained: “Australia’s history as…
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Re-coopering is essentially a process used to remove all the neutral oak on the interior surface of a barrel, re-toasting, re-assembly and leak sealing to complete the process. Re-coopering a barrels costs one fifth the price of a new barrel, which typically costs $1000 – $1300CDN per 225L/228L barrel. It is a practice that has…
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The Brewers Association Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo was a different animal in 1998 compared to the annual giant it is now. Held in Atlanta, Georgia in the April of that year, the Brewing Studies National Craft Brewers Conference, as it was known then, was a melting pot of brewing knowledge. Companies like Wachsmann Brewing…
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The funny thing is that in the nineties, I don’t think the word ‘craft’ really existed in the world of beer. If you were making good beer, and people were enjoying it, then that was enough. I knew we were making good beer, drinkers were relating to our beer, and working with my dad (the…
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The cuts are equal to $10 million in economic support for small and regional breweries, designed to increase their financial capacity to grow and expand. The Province said it will also take action to improve cash flow for craft brewers, ensuring they will have more money to fund payroll, rent, and investments in new equipment….
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