Russell Breweries has confirmed it is selling both Fort Garry and Russell Brewing to two separate companies.  Fort Garry Brewing Company is being sold for close to $8m ($7,715,545.00) to a newly established Manitoba-based Limited Partnership, which is backed by “one of the largest diversified private equity/venture capital firms within the prairie provinces” said the…

Keg Logistics has grown its beer and cider customer count to more than 1,000 following the acquisition of Atlas Keg Company. The move is designed to provide a “one-stop-shop solution to help its customers thrive”. The acquisition also significantly enhances Keg Logistics’ coverage across the United States, and its ability to “provide keg and brewery…

Mill Street has launched its latest Harvest sampler pack and has also revived its popular ‘Vanilla Porter’. The Harvest pack comprises three beers. ‘Oktoberfest Style’ is a 5.5% number featuring Hersbrucker hops. Also included is ‘Tankenstein IPA’ which is a 7.0% beer brewed with Nugget and Cascade while the pack is rounded off with the…

Nickel Brook Brewing Co’s Burlington Brewery at 864 Drury Lane, Burlington has been rebranded as The Funk Lab. The move enables the brewery to focus solely on sour and funk beer production in Burlington. Nickel Brook’s core beers that include ‘Headstock IPA’ and ‘Naughty Neighbour APA’ are produced at the Hamilton, Ontario facility it owns…

Toronto’s Allstream Centre will host the fifth Ontario Craft Brewers Conference & Suppliers Marketplace 2016 this October. Taking place on 13th October from 8am to 7pm, the event attracts the industry’s top brewers, decision-makers, thought leaders and supporters. The conference will feature education sessions, networking, breakouts, suppliers marketplace and craft beer & food. Attendees include…

DME Brewing Solutions (DME) and Newlands Systems (NSI) have collaborated to allow both businesses to “fortify their position as global leaders in the craft brewing equipment manufacturing industry”. DME president and CEO assumes the role of CEO while Brad McQuhae takes the position of senior vice president of innovation for the combined organization, effective immediately….

Econse has tied with St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences (River Institute) to launch the project at the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference in Toronto this October. Craft Beer Waterprints measure and analyzes the wastewater that craft breweries produce to help improve their water quality and make it easier to meet local wastewater targets. The…

Ottawa-based Tooth and Nail Brewing Company has unveiled a new beer, ’Eerste’, to mark it’s first anniversary. The 5.6% beer is a blend of other beers the company has produced and is available in 500ml bottles. Matt Tweedy, owner and brewmaster of Tooth and Nail Brewing Company, explained: “For our Anniversary beers, we have decided…

Calgary-based Big Rock Brewery marked Toronto Beer Week with the opening of its new brewery in Ontario. Visitors last weekend were given the chance to look inside our its brewhouse, meet its Ontario Brewmaster, Connor K. Patrick, as well as its Head Brewmaster, Paul Gautreau. There was also the opportunity to taste some of its…

Moosehead Breweries has confirmed that it will open its new small-batch brewery in Saint John, New Brunswick, adjacent to Pugsley slip. Moosehead President Andrew Oland, said: “Returning to the Uptown Saint John area is meaningful and we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate our company’s milestone anniversary than the opening of this brewery….