It was a Canada Day celebration for Ontario’s newest farm-based brewery, Red Barn Brewing, opening its doors in Blenheim, Ontario’s Chatham-Kent region. Inspired by their family’s legacy and history from living on the farm, in 2014, Denny Vervaet and Dan English started making their own craft beer.  The farm sits on 100 acres of 3rd…

What’s Brewing Magazine is celebrating its 30th Anniversary and as part of their celebrations, they are shedding a spotlight on some of the early pioneers of BC’s brewing scene. One of those highlights is celebrating one of Metro Vancouver’s first real brewpubs, opened by Gary Lohin.  He is the head brewer at Central City Brewers…

Olds College Brewery has created a unique traceable beer using blockchain technology and barley.  Launching Barley Trail, their first fully transparent beer using malt barley grown on the Olds College Smart Farm with Decisive Farming and Grain Discovery’s technology, Field to Glass is the brainchild of Decisive Farming, Grain Discovery, Red Shed Malting and the…

Canada’s Oldest brewery, Molson Canadian, has set out on a mission to help celebrate Canada Day.   Since 1786, seven generations of Molson have been brewing in Canada and they want to celebrate all Canadian beer brands this week by creating a case of Canadian only beer.  Molson is inviting their fellow brewers across Canada to…

Statistics revealed both the challenges and confident gains of Canadian beer trends in 2019.  From environmental leadership to domestic production and the number of brewing facilities, percentages both rose and fell both nationally and provincially. Brewing Facilities Since most Canadian breweries are small (94% capacity), it was an interesting find that the number of brewing…

NO PEOPLE. NO FARM. NO BEER.™ is the new initiative from Roy Farms.  Roy Farms is the world’s largest independent brewery-direct hop farm and The NO BEER Brand is a first-of-its-kind craft beer which features empty beer cans intended to celebrate the hard work of all the people around the world who work at hop…

The award-winning brewpub, Melvin Brewing, has announced the hiring of Frank Magazine as their new CEO.  Based in Alpine, Wyoming, the Mothership of the three establishments was founded by Jeremy Tofte who will work with Magazine, who brings 35 years of industry experience to Melvin.  The hire comes after manufacturing declined by 6% last year,…

Each year, The Roundhouse Craft Beer Festival is hosted by Steam Whistle Brewing in Roundhouse Park, the heart of downtown Toronto.  The festival was created to provide beer lovers the opportunity to sample Ontario’s finest craft brews and delicious eats from Toronto’s best Food Trucks. This year, the Summer Craft Beer Fest will be taking…

GEA is one of the largest suppliers of food processing and related industries specializing in machinery, and plants as well as process technology and components. Last year, the company generated consolidated revenues of over EUR 4.9 billion and generates around 70 percent of its revenue in the food and beverages sector that enjoys long-term sustainable…