Since the beginning, Slackwater Brewing has been teaming up with the Pink Boots Society to create brews. The society provides a yearly hop pellets blend, and breweries get to make their own beer with proceeds going to educational scholarship and programming for women in the industry. Slackwater’s female staff have gathered once again to come…

It’s no secret that the B.C. craft beer scene continues to invade the market with 200 breweries since 2020 and an additional six new operations set to launch this year. Some might say that a lot of BC’s success stems from calling a 4,500 square foot, custom-built teaching brewery, complete with state-of-the-art brewing and lab…

Graduating students in the brewing program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) – Langley Campus, located in BC, started offering new beers at the end of last month. Every Friday at the KPU Brew Lab, new creations of beers are released and available for purchase until April, allowing beer lovers to sample the students’ products as…

Halifax’s 2 Crows Brewing Co. has spun a commercial beer into a local delight. Using only Maritime ingredients, the brewery hopes its AC Light Lager can access the Bud Light drinkers of the world into the craft brewery market. Andrew Simpson, from 2 Crows Brewery, said that the new flagship brew is made with Shoreline Malting…

Niagara College staff members have won two Awards of Excellence from the Minister of Colleges and Universities. A team from the College’s Research & Innovation division was presented with an award in the Everyday Heroes category, for making a difference during the pandemic and the 2020-2021 academic year, while College Brewmaster Jon Downing was honoured with…

Nova Scotia’s craft beer industry continues to grow and thrive in spite of all the challenges it has been facing, but some producers say the current policy in place is still penalizing the most successful brewers. “Nova Scotia craft beer is a real success story,” says Brian Titus, the president of the Craft Brewers Association…

Ben Coli, co-founder and brewer of Dageraad Brewing in Burnaby, BC, took to social media this month to express the challenges his brewery is facing at the start of a continued pandemic year. “I want to be clear that Dageraad isn’t at risk of closing, but business has been terrible for us and for a…

Victoria, British Columbia’s Phillips Brewing & Malting Co has launched iOTA. Founded in 2021, it is responsibly brewed by irresponsible brewers. Phillips believes that the magic of craft beer is not defined by its alcohol content but rather by the community it builds. As an award-winning independent craft brewery, they created iOTA non-alcoholic craft beer…