New to the Canadian market, Coors Seltzer – in flavours that include black cherry, mango, lemon lime, and grapefruit – is helping the planet with an incentive for Earth Day. The brand is asking Canadians to skip their showers on April 22 so people can confidently keep their cameras off and avoid any zoom meetings….

The B.C. government has given a temporary authorization to bars and restaurants to sell draught beer in growlers to patrons who purchase a meal. This allowance will be in place until June 6, 2021, allowing Liquor Primary and Food Primary licensees to package beer in growlers for off-site consumption. “We know it’s a tough time…

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. ACS’ mission is to advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and all its people. They have created a new way to extract the protein and fiber from brewer’s spent grain and use it to…

This past Tuesday April 13th marked the 10-year anniversary of the historic official opening day of the Niagara College’s Teaching Brewery. The milestone was marked by a virtual “Brewunion” for a group from the first class of Brewmaster graduates.  Located at NC’s Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Teaching Brewery is home to the …

Tom Staib was a fourth-generation owner, alongside brother Andy, of DWS Printing, a label manufacturer in Long Island, NY that has been in business since 1865. Staib passed away suddenly last October. “Tom was our customer, our business partner, our friend,” said Bill Myers, Marketing Manager at Domino.  “He was well known and highly regarded. …

“It’s been really difficult,” said Paul Goulet. “We’ve been largely shut down throughout —  we haven’t fully opened since the pandemic hit. It’s been difficult having to feed the animals and care for the animals and provide for the staff who have been under the stresses everyone’s been under… it’s been trying but we’re finding…

When the pandemic hit the industry, many people got creative on how to pivot and adapt to the challenge. That was no different for Scott Willard and his family who launched Schooner Street Brewing. The partners consist of three brothers and a cousin: Jody and Patrick Schnarr, Mike Brown and Willard. The homebrewing began in…

The Craft Brewers Whiskey Project is a five-year collaboration which includes the distilling of a dozen different popular beers from a limited group of craft beer brewers across five states. The concept of producing whiskey from beer brewed over five years is now the liquid gold bottled by Berkshire Mountain Distillers who is releasing a…

This month, Mt. Begbie Brewing Company celebrates their 25th anniversary of brewing! Armed with his Ph.D in nuclear physics and a proven track record of exceptional home brews, Bart Larson and his wife Tracey left Vancouver and opened their first location in Revelstoke B.C. In April of 1996 they released Begbie Cream Ale, followed by…

Unfortunately for brewers, April 1 was no April Fool’s joke when the federal government’s excise beer tax increased again for the second time since the start of the pandemic and the fifth time in four years. The tax is an automatic annual increase which was introduced in 2017. “It is a hindrance for brewers, but…