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Saskatchewan expands growler opportunities

According to Don McMorris, the minister responsible for SLGA, interest in craft beer continues to grow but many of these products are not always available in cans or bottles. “Expanding the locations eligible to provide growler fills will give consumers additional opportunities to enjoy craft beer products in their homes,” he added. Businesses that opt…

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Molson Coors Canada launches 1908 Historic Pale Ale

The beer, a limited release available in 625ml and 341ml bottles, is brewed from a recipe found in the company’s archives and is the company’s attempt to recreate the pale ale from that era. This included combining a range of malts, heirloom hops and century-old fermentation techniques. “To try and replicate the flavours and nuances…

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Beer Store appoints new board members

According to the company, the latest changes to its ownership comes as the business continues to grow its support for smaller brewers in the province of Ontario. The new directors, of which there are now 25, were appointed to the Beer Store Board of Directors at its recent shareholders Annual General Meeting (AGM) meeting. The…

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Postmark Brewing collaborates on Sevens IPA

The brewery’s IPA will front a new look and name in honour of Canada’s participation in the 10-stop HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, and 5-stop HSBC Women’s World Rugby Sevens Series. Sevens IPA will be available in three formats with 650ml bombers featuring a photograph of Vancouver’s most famous city vista from the top of…

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Beer Canada promotes latest award

A $1,000 award is being offered to the top performing student entering their final year. This scholarship demonstrates our goal to raise awareness among future brewing leaders of the support available to them. Kwantlen Polytechnic University runs a state‐of‐the‐art teaching brewery, KPU Brewing, at its Langley campus in British Columbia. The university’s Brewing and Brewery…

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Best Red X malt integral to new Stone Brewing Co ‘Pataskala Red X IPA’

The beer uses Mosaic, Amarillo and Cascade hops to provide this red IPA with an ‘upfront fruity and piney aroma, transcending into stone fruit flavor and pleasingly lingering bitterness’. It is brewed with late hop additions and also dry-hopped. The 7.3% beer is citrus-forward and balanced by cereal notes and biscuit undertones from the malt….

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Camden Town Brewery sold to AB InBev in deal worth £85m

North London based Camden Town Brewery has been sold to AB InBev in deal worth £85m. The deal sees Camden Town Brewery become a wholly-owned subsidiary of AB InBev. The company said in a statement: “The ‘craft’ brewing movement has seen incredible growth driven by innovation, quality and daring. Camden Town Brewery has been at the…

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Krones launches 18,000 cans per hour can filler

Craftmate is a modularised volumetric model with 24 filling valves, and as a stand-alone machine in ‘its own right’. It features a pitch circle diameter of 1,080 millimetres and is claimed to be suitable for a number of brewery sizes. The machine has been designed for filling cans in the standard 211/202 format, but can…

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