Tim Sheahan

Winners of the 2020 Canadian Brewing Awards Announced on Sunday

The Annual Canadian Brewing Awards is Canada’s national competition for judging the quality of Canadian manufactured beer inviting Canadian majority-owned breweries of all sizes to compete in a Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). The competition involves sanctioned blind tasting determining the best beers in 55 style categories. Due to COVID-19, the 18th annual award ceremonies…

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Canada’s Prud’Homme Beer Certification® Changes Direction In 2020

Prud’homme Beer Certification® is Canada’s leading beer education program and is now becoming distinctively more Canadian. “This year has reminded us of our great love for this country, our need to increasingly support local and our incredible Canadian brewing industry. Every aspect of Prud’homme Beer Certification® has been carefully thought out to reflect Canadian standards…

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Sheetz Brews Beer Using 100 Pounds of Gummy Rings

In the fourth instalment of Sheetz Project Brewing, they’ve created a watermelon wheat beer called Watt-Ahh-Melon Ring, brewed with over 100 pounds of gummy rings.  This handcrafted limited released is a 5.3% ABV and 18 IBU with the taste of a tart ale brewed with Sheetz gummy rings and reflects natural flavours that balances sweet…

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Free Webinar: Monitoring Brewery Cleanliness

ATP technology is a fast and accurate method to check the cleanliness of any surface in your brewery. Aquatherm polypropylene piping systems are designed for use with potable water, compressed air, product transfer, heating, cooling, and more which makes it the perfect addition for brewer’s needs. “Ensuring that your brewery stays clean is more important…

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Two Pillars Brewery Opens Its Doors in Calgary, Alberta

Two Pillars Brewery has settled into the Crescent Heights neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta. Founders Boaz Leung and Jacob May both immigrated to Canada from different cultures coming together through the universal language of good food and good drink giving them common ground to build relationships on their love of beer launching the friendship and brand…

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Trebodur Creates Biodegradable Beer Rings Made from Spent Grain

Trebodur is a fully natural and biodegradable material solely made from brewers‘ spent grain. The 100% organic material is made from biodegradable packaging made from waste products that would otherwise be disposed of.  Trebodur is mixed with a binding agent in order to make it a functional solution for several things such as being used…

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Make Your Beer Count – Cheers to Charity is Back

Since launching in December 2013, BC’s Fernie Brewing created the Cheers to Charity program, which has raised more than $150,000 for local charities to date. Due to the pandemic, the program was put on hold but has started again with a slightly different form this month. The sales from Fernie Brewing’s flight tastings help fund…

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3rd Annual Maritime Homebrew Challenge Returns

The Gahan House has returned for its 2020 edition of The Maritime Home Brew Challenge. This challenge started in 2014 in PEI, born in the original location of the Gahan House in Charlottetown. This year, they are broadening their challenge and taking it a step further to find the best home brewer with the best…

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Waterloo Brewing EBITDA Increases in Second Quarter

Founded in 1984, Ontario’s largest Canadian-owned brewery, Waterloo Brewing (formerly Brick Brewing Co. Limited), was the first craft brewery to start up in Ontario and is credited with pioneering the present-day craft brewing renaissance in Canada. This week they announced their financial results for their second quarter ending July 26, 2020, which reported an EBITDA…

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Harpoon Brewery Releases Dunkin’ Beers

Beginning this month, Harpoon Brewery and Dunkin’ are releasing a series of coffee and donut infused beers. “After more than two years and three seasons of collaborating with the Dunkin’ team, our fans have come to expect a delicious fall beer from us, but we wanted to give them something extra special this year,” said…

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