Students at Université de Montréal have been testing out a new brew made of local organic ingredients harvested from their own campus, reports CBC. “We want to promote the products of our campus,” said Pascal Prouteau, the university’s director of housing, hospitality and restauration. The beer is made at the Brasserie Onzes Comptés in Cookshire-Eaton, Que., using honey from the…
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Barkerville Brewing is testing out a new biodegradable four-pack beer carrier, reports CBC. The Eco Six Pack Ring, or E6PR, is made from compostable materials using waste products generated in the brewing industry such as plant fibres, barley and wheat, said Meghan Lackie, sales manager at the northern BC brewery. “[It’s] awesome because it closes the…
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Munich’s 186th Oktoberfest beer festival has kicked off and German organisers are expecting a massive record breaking 6 million beer lovers to attend. This last Saturday the event kicked off when Munich mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap into the first keg with two blows of a hammer and shouted: “O’zapt it” – it’s tapped….
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If any extra-terrestrial aliens escape from Area 51 today, they are entitled to have a free beer, thanks to Bud Light. Some months ago when a few people on the Net – in jest – decided to storm top secret Area 51 in the US Nevada desert to find proof of alien visitors, Bud jumped…
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While the rest of Nova Scotia was hunkering down last week when Hurricane Dorian came whistling in, a Halifax native decided it was a fine time to wave the flag and have a cold one. Logan White’s photo, taken by his girlfriend and shared on Facebook, was shot at Cow Bay. It’s caption: “Dorian? Never…
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Winnipeg’s Kilter Brewery has just released its new ‘Elysium’ 7.2% ABV IPA. Kilter says that this is a luscious and divine IPA, double dry-hopped with El Dorado and Galaxy hops. Kilter, which has been around for a year and a few months, has already gain a reputation for coming out with new big batch one-off…
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Iron Maiden has announced the release of its first lager, TROOPER Sun and Steel, a 4.8 percent ABV double-fermented lager created with authentic Japanese sake yeast. The beer will be brewed by Robinsons Brewery. The beer takes its name from the Iron Maiden song “Sun and Steel” that appears on their 1983 album Piece of Mind,…
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It seems hard to believe but back in 1992, Alberta’s Drummond Brewery got slammed-dunked for selling a beer too cheaply. Called Beer Beer, and priced in Alberta at around $10.80 for a 12-pack, all was well, with Drummond selling 1.5 million cases of Beer Beer a year. But then they entered neighbouring Saskatchewan’s beer market…
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Your coffee stout is popular, drinkers like the coffee flavour – like Starbucks but with a kick. What if you left out the ‘stout’ then and just went with the coffee? In a manner of speaking, this is what Pabst Blue Ribbon did back in July and MillerCoors has just done with its La Colombe…
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A Charleston man is under arrest this morning after police determined he was operating a craft brewery without a beard. Adam Hawkins was swarmed by the SWAT team and placed into custody, where he’ll be deprived of a razor, forced to wear hipster clothing, and ride a beach cruiser bicycle until he’s ready to operate…
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