Sounding more like the tree-character Groot in The Guardians of the Galaxy, gruit beer was made up of a combination of roots, flowers and herbs back in Europe’s Medieval period. Now, brewers on both sides of the Atlantic and Israel are either seeking to duplicate gruit, or to take the best of the style and…
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For all of you who still think there is nothing to this hard seltzer craze, think again. Brewbound reports that Mark Anthony Brands has selected Glendale, Arizona, as the location of its $250 million West Coast production facility. This in on top of $135 million being dropped on a new plant in New Jersey making…
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A Royal Navy pilot on a beer rescue mission in Australia found that locals in a town cut-off by bush fires were “extremely pleased” with the 20 kegs and four pallets of beer he delivered during a seven-hour mission. “The Australians like a beer, it turns out,” reported The Independent. According to PlymouthLive, Lieutenant Commander Nick…
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While the natural progression has been craft brewers getting into craft distilling, the Nova Scotia Spirit Company has taken the opposite tack. After two-years of planning and development, the distilling company has launched the Painted Boat Beer company in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. “It was kind of a natural progression,” company president Alex Rice told The Coast…
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Constellation Brands, which brings to the US brands such as Corona and other Mexican and Mexican-style beers, will be launching this March a massive $40 million marketing blitz to introduce its new Corona Hard Seltzer. “We’re prepared to have one of the biggest introduction spends that we’ve ever had against a single brand,” CEO Bill…
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Powell River’s Townsite Brewery has re-released Yogn 82 Belgian Triple, coming to you at a strong 9% ABV. In a story first picked up by Canadian Beer News, the brewery says: “This beer is a citrus gem with a nice thick head on top and a beautiful floral hop nose from the Stryian Golding hops…
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International craft beer giant BrewDog has a new bar in London which could be the start of something big. Called BrewDog AF, all drinks will be 0% ABV and will have 15 drinks on tap, including BrewDog’s Nanny State, Punk AF, Wake Up Call – a coffee stout – and Hazy AF, which is an…
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While some hoped that cannabis and beer would go together like toast and jam, the reality is that users enjoy one or the other, not both. According to an article in the Financial Post which used data from Beer Canada, Canadians appear to be drinking less beer – three percent less to be exact –…
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A headline from The Globe and Mail is proving that it is possible to be thinking about beer too often. The January 6 opinion piece by Hugh Segal was headlined: “The brewing situation between Iran and the USA is very much Canada’s problem.” However, it was only after reading the article several times did BJC…
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The global non-alcoholic wine and beer industry is growing at a rate never seen before, being driven by rapid technological development and innovations across the beverage sector, reports Food & Beverage Industry News. This market is expected to be worth a staggering $43,000,000,000 within five years. Along with North American and Europe, industrialization and changing…
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