Yesterday, Martin Street Liquor Merchants, Tin Whistle Brewing Co., and Wallflower Studio, unveiled a new mural adding a fresh dose of public art to the 300 block of Martin Street. The new mural features Tin Whistle Brewing’s award-winning branding, including animals from its bright, fun-loving beer can labels. “On the mural you’ll see a binocular-wielding,…
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OutSpoken Brewing is a microbrewery based in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. This past January, it closed for the majority of the month without so much as an explanation. Co-owners Vaughn Alexander and Graham Atkinson have discussed the closure on social media, outlining a myriad of challenges due to a result from the pandemic. “In all…
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Nine Locks Brewing Company has responded to pleas for support from the people of Turkey and Syria and aims to help all they can with the upcoming release of a never-before-brewed, limited-edition, Rise from the Rubble Disaster Relief IPA with 100% of the beer’s proceeds going to the Canadian Red Cross Turkey and Syria Appeal….
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Bob and Doug McKenzie rank among Canada’s foremost experts on beer, donuts, and toques. They first gained fame in the 1980s with a recurring TV show, a platinum-selling album, and a major motion picture. Now, the legendary McKenzie brothers returned to the Canadian airwaves last week in a series of 30-second radio commercials where they…
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For its 10th year, Queen of Craft returns to Wellington Brewery in Guelph, ON. On March 4 and 18, beer experts will gather at 2023 Queen of Craft events to hold discussions about the beer industry and offer beer-themed activities focused on celebrating and empowering women and non-binary individuals in craft beer. Women beer experts…
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WassALE is made up of a collective of Langley’s craft breweries, cideries, and distilleries and was created from the festive mid-winter tradition of Wassailing. In this ancient British custom, people gather together to celebrate the passing of the long winter and the promise of the coming spring by feasting, drinking, singing, and being merry in…
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Category 12 Brewing in Victoria, British Columbia has proved that giving up gluten does not mean sacrificing the taste of craft beer. Created by Michael and Karen Kuzyk in Saanichton, Category 12 pays homage to Michael’s past life in ‘the lab’– with a doctorate in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Victoria paired with…
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As inflation continues to rise across the country and in many different facets, rent and cost increases claimed one Toronto brewery. A popular brewery in the Stockyards area said goodbye to People’s Pint earlier this month. The pinch will be felt across the industry as the brewery was known for helping out home brewers with…
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The 4th annual Penticton Beer Week was held last October and eight local Penticton brewers banded together to release a collaboration Hazy IPA beer called Do Good, raising $3,300 to Dragonfly Pond Society. This was the second time Penticton breweries have made this special fundraising collaboration beer, donating partial proceeds to the charity. “The Penticton…
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Alcohol taxes have been linked to inflation in Canada since 2017 and will automatically increase by 6.3% on April 1, which is no April Fools joke. “We had been in a one to two per cent inflation environment for some time, people got used to that,” said CJ Hélie, the President of Beer Canada. “Then…
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