Clocktower, based in Elgin Street, Ottawa, has marked a landmark for the brewery with the launch of its 20th Anniversary Ale. The 5.4% beer has been brewed to celebrate two decades of local craft brewing in the area. They explained: “The 20th is a light and refreshing end of summer beer. It is characterized by…
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BLOOM, which works actively with Ontario industries to find practical and affordable business solutions that deliver economic, environmental and social benefits, has launched Water & Beer. It is a practical online platform designed to help craft brewers better manage their water and ingredient use. The platform is pitched as the ‘go to’ resource for craft…
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Side Launch Brewing Company, which was established in May 2014, has been crowned the best brewery in Canada for 2016 at a recent awards event. The award caps a successful first half of the year for the brewery, located at 200 Mountain Road, which sealed three gold medals for their Side Launch Wheat, Side Launch…
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Halo Brewery, based on Wallace Avenue in Toronto, has unveiled ‘System Overload’, an 8% Imperial IPA. The beer is nearly entirely dry-hopped, bar a small bittering addition, with Citra. The brewery explained: “System Overload is intended to be a pure expression of this unique hop that is known for its juicy tropical, citrus and lychee…
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Blyth, Ontario-based Cowbell Brewing Co has recently broken ground on its brewery, restaurant, and event venue, the first carbon neutral operation of its kind. Due to open in Spring/Summer next year, the company will offset 100% of its greenhouse gas emissions, which include all energy consumed in the brewing and facility operations. Cowbell has commissioned…
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Acceptance in beer is a process that many have to go through, though not all want to. This acceptance could lie in the letting go of a beer, or a style, that your favourite brewery no longer wants to brew. It could be based in their decision to move away from bottling to canning, or…
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Alpha Bomb, Canadian Amber and Salute 1179 from Big Red Brewery are to hit select Ontario grocery stores later in August The beers, which will be available in 473ml cans, comprise the 6.2% Alpha Bomb, a 6.2% unfiltered IPA that uses a trio of hops, and is double dry-hopped for a big, fragrant punch. Also…
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100 Mile House, BC Canada-based Broke ‘n Rode Brewing Co is looking for an investor to help aid expansion, or a buyer for its brewery. The brewery is seeking 50% investment or for an interested party to purchase the business for $320,000. The company, which opened in April 2016 also has a licensed tasting room…
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Alongside brewery mergers and acquisitions mergers, one of the prevalent and inescapable issues dominating the modern brewing landscape is that of hops and more pertinently, their supply. Hop shortages, of varying severity, have been well documented, while the adage of necessity being the mother of invention has ensured that brewers are increasingly turning to yeast…
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FILTEC has unveiled AURAtec, a pressure detection unit for glass beverage and aluminium can containers. The unit is a laser-based inspection system that detects pressure inconsistencies in glass and can containers. It uses multi-point laser scanning technology to generate 3D maps of container surfaces, detecting pressure variations with extremely high accuracy. According to the manufacturer, AURAtec accurately…
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