It all started with the best of intentions, but now it’s turning into a nasty divorce, which is bringing home to all craft brewers around the world – what is craft beer and who can call their beer “craft”? A tightly-knit group of around 10 craft brewers in Calgary’s Manchester area started referring to themselves…
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Coors Light is kicking off the next phase of its “Made to Chill” campaign with a dog adoption program and a new spot that celebrates skipping cuffing season. The new 15-second spot, which fits definitively in the oeuvre the brand has created within its “Made to Chill” world, features a sweatpants-clad woman grabbing a takeout…
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US Indiana City Brewing Company is introducing its Primo dry hopped non-alcoholic sparkling water at this weekend’s Annual Winterfest Beer Festival in Indiana, reports The Beer Connoisseur. Brewery staff will be handing out over 1,000 free pint cans during both days of the festival. For brewers looking for alternatives drinks and uses of their existing…
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Heineken has seen worldwide volume growth of its namesake lager grow by 8.3 percent. This is the best in a decade, according to FoodBev Media. This translates to a venue growth of nearly six percent in 2019 to 23.89 million euros (CA$34.62 million). During 2019, Heineken saw double-digit growth in more than 40 markets, include…
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Beer sales are dropping in China as restaurants, bars, and nightclubs shut down over fears of the coronavirus. According to Fortune, Danish brewer Carlsberg said a segment of its China beer sales has been “significantly impacted” by the outbreak. Reuters has reported that AB Inbev has suspended production at its Wuhan brewery. The various company…
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Rob Fink is founder and producer of award-winning non-alcoholic craft beer, Big Drop Brewing. Fink is dedicated to making great beers that are no more than 0.5% ABV (0.4% in Ontario). Fink is no stranger to challenging well-established business models. As a lawyer in 2016, aged 38 and having just become a father – he found himself bucking…
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It only makes sense. For years drinkers have been combining alcohol with the caffeine buzz of Red Bull. Now it’s coming to you in a can of hard coffee. According to Thrillist, canned hard coffee will be THE drink of 2020, saying that it is “like a pair of sneakers that go with your entire…
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Last year was not a good one for Canadian breweries, with demand dropping by four percent, the largest one-year reduction since National Prohibition from 1918-1920, according to Sylvain Charlebois and reported by the Cape Breton Post. Data from AC Nielson states that while 15-years-ago, beer accounted for 50 percent of all Canadian alcohol sales, this…
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An obscure tool used to warm beer on cold winter nights in Central Europe could make a come-back when drinkers realize what else it can do. According VinePair, the beer warmer is called a bierwärmer in German – or ohříváček in Czech. The warmer is “a narrow metal tube with a hanger,” says Aleš Dočkal,…
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One of the big USA style movers in 2020 will be “softer-on-the-palate juicy IPA” as opposed to IPAs that have a strong distinction between malts and hops. This is according to a new article in The Beer Connoisseur which drew its data from market research firm IRI Worldwide. Leading the way forward with this is…
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