Ontario, along with the rest of the world, has suffered through many challenges thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Ontario craft beer brewers are facing a variety of difficulties that could mean closure for several businesses. Debt, a recent jump in taxes, increased costs on cans and yeast, and continuing to be challenged against a…
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Established in 2015 in Oslo by founders Pål Ingebrigtsen and Michael Kononsky, The Norwegian technology company Plaato was designed to provide fermentation solutions to the home brewing market. Now, it’s becoming a front runner revolutionizing food technology beyond the alcoholic beverage sector. “We figured out how to digitize this biochemical process and make it interesting…
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TOWN OF LINCOLN, ONTARIO – As part of the 14th annual Water Canada Summit held in Ottawa on June 8, Econse Water Technologies (Hamilton, ON) and Bench Brewing Company (Lincoln, ON) were recognized as the winner of the 2023 Water Canada Award for Wastewater. This achievement highlights the remarkable impact of their Zero Wastewater Footprint…
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Custom home company, Pine Ridge Modular, has teamed up with award-winning brewery Trench Brewing & Distilling, to launch a new beer to assist the ongoing housing crisis in Northern BC. The new beer called “Pine Ridge Kolsch” will be sold in liquor stores around the province of BC with $2 from every 4-pack sold donated…
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Craft beers from breweries that are growing in South Korea are set to shake up the South Korean alcoholic beverage market who are currently being dominated by giant local and multinational brands, mainly due to the unique taste and flavour profiles and brand stories that have been geared towards targeting millennials. It has become quite…
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Early this month, the 2023 Canadian Brewing Awards were revealed in Halifax, and once again, craft breweries from British Columbia performed remarkably well on a national level. 39 BC breweries collectively took home 51 awards, including 16 golds, 17 silvers, 12 bronze medals, and 6 honourable mentions (HM). The full list of B.C. winners below:…
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Bench Brewing Co. in Beamsville, ON, received a very honourable and sustainable award from the Water Canada Awards for using a system that turns their wastewater into recycled water, which waters the hops and orchards on their eight-acre lot. The award fell within the Wastewater Category by WCA for a “wastewater project that uses a…
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Engelszell, home to Austria’s only Trappist brewery, will see its last four monks staying at the Austrian abbey soon vacating the premises. The resident monk community announced earlier last month that it could no longer maintain a Trappist life within the monastery. The fate of the buildings, the church and the production of beer and…
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Craft beer continues to rise in Singapore. Currently, there is a 4% market share, and the new brewers are looking to get beer drinkers away from the dominant market leader, Tiger beer, with innovative flavours, sustainable offerings, and attractive new-age packaging. “I think what drives the craft beer business is to talk about flavours because…
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Whitby, ON’s historic Pump House, built in 1904, will soon be the new establishment for a local brewery. Town Brewery has agreed to a five-year deal for a pop-up restaurant in the century-old building. The space will open on July 1 and be available to customers through the fall season. “This is the first of…
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