“Nolo” alcohol is set to be one of the driving trends of 2020, according to the craft brewers’ trade organisation, and reported by the BBC. In the report it says sales have soared by 30 percent in the last five years. The number of 18-24-year-olds who say they don’t drink has increased by six percent…
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BC brewer Russell Brewing Company has released Belgian Dubble, a 7.5% ABV, announces Canadian Beer News. Russell says that this is a traditional dark Belgian-Style Beer with notes of dark fruit, caramelized sugars, and spice. While this may sound like dessert in a glass it remains balanced with a dry finish and a refreshing effervescence….
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US state of Maine brewer Rob Tod told fellow Maine beer makers that there are “choppy waters ahead” for craft brewers. Tod, founder of Allagash Brewing, was speaking at the recent New England Brew Summit, which was reported on by Brewbound. The information he gave could be applied just as easily to UK brewers. “If…
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Hard seltzer is going to hurt the Canadian beer industry, according to an article in The Cochrane Times-Post. The beverage is owned by the Mark Anthony Group and its creator, Anthony von Mendl, is from Vancouver. “This whole thing is an absolute dream,” von Mandl told CTV. “This is a disruption very similar to what…
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A crowd-source fund to support the five families of the victims of the shooting last month at Molson Coors Brewing Company’s Milwaukee brewery has reached $1.1 million, reports Brewbound. The gunman, a 51-year-old Molson Coors electrician died at the scene from a self-inflected gunshot. According to the Washington Post, shooter Anthony Ferrill’s motive was racism,…
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Constellation Brands have officially washed its hands of Ballast Point and new owners – the relatively unknown Kings & Convicts of Chicago – have taken control and are charting a new course. New CEO Brendan Watters, who claims the start of the deal was made on a golf course, says he will increase marketing and…
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While some might think it is too early to judge the most different label of the year award, Pontoon Brewery in the US state of Georgia will be hard to beat with its porter, Honorary Girl Scout: Samo’nut Cookie. The theme for this beer comes from the Girl Scouts that do a major fund raiser…
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Coming off the best year in its history in which it posted 64.3% growth on the strength of its first national campaign, Peroni Nastro Azzurro is poised to invest even more in 2020. The Italian import, which has increased its share of the European imports category by more than 50% since the launch of its…
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UK’s Warburtons Bakery is finding a somewhere to stick its crumpets that didn’t make the grade, reports The Bolton News. IF you like a bit of crumpet you can now enjoy it in beer form — thanks to Warburtons. The Bolton bakery has teamed up with London brewery Toast to create the light session IPA – Warburtons…
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Comedian Ricky Gervais has had many a beer throughout the world but he rates Vancouver’s ‘Gypsies Tears’, brewed by Parallel 49, as the best he’s ever tasted. Some impressed was the brewery by this unsolicited endorsement that they changed the name of Gypsies Tears to Ricky Tears, according to 604 Now. A Twitter follower started…
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