Mountain Crest continues its battle in court against two brewery giants, accusing them of making secret deals with Canadian authorities to monopolize the Ontario market, according to Courthouse News Service. Two years ago, Mountain Crest sued Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors, America’s two biggest breweries, claiming they abused their monopoly power to restrain trade — particularly, beer exports…
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Île Sauvage Brewing of Victoria, BC, has just announced the release of a new collaboration with the recently opened Whistle Buoy Brewing, also of Victoria. Shiro Shiro (4% ABV) is described by the brewery as a “dry, tart Berliner Weisse, aged on local Shiro Plums and Nelson Sauvin Hops.” The reason behind the name which means ‘white-white’…
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Canadians like their booze; unfortunately it might not like them. According to a recent study by the University of Victoria and published in the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, Canadians are getting too many of their daily calories from alcohol beverages, with beer being the leader in this. Drinkers consumed more than one-tenth…
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When it comes to pickles, Toronto’s Henderson Brewing Company plans way ahead. Join the brewery next year on 18 October for Picklefest, a celebration of all things preserved, pickled and fermented. Food, beer, markets, games, contests and more will be at the event, held in the brewery’s parking lot. This will be a dog and…
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A UK Suffolk brewery says it has had a “phenomenal” response with the launch of its Star Wars theme range. St Peter’s Brewery’s Galactic Pale Ale and Lightspeed Pilsner Lager beers have been released in time for the ninth and final instalment of the film franchise. With St Peter’s in the project is image licence…
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In what should go as no surprise to anyone who has followed breweries having to change the names of their beers after trademark infringements battles, Off Track Brewing of Nova Scotia has agreed to stop calling its peanut butter stout “Damn Skippy”. The irony of this is, Skippy brand peanut butter has not been sold…
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Oh, those crafty Yanks and what they keep putting in a beer can. While somewhere in Germany a brew master has to be is rolling over in his grave, thinking outside the barrel is paying off in spades. What US craft brewers in particular are realising, if you want to be noticed in a crowded…
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Almost a third of millennials say they’re cutting back on alcohol with the top reason being: “Beer makes me fat”, according to a new article in Business Insider. Beer is being hit the hardest, with a massive 37 percent of those who say they’re drinking less, it’s beer that they’re cutting out. “If people start…
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A Canadian company is hoping to sell cannabis beer in Ireland sometime next year, reported various news agencies. Province Brands in Canada has developed a drink by infusing compounds from the cannabis plant into non-alcoholic beer. Drinks sold in Ireland would contain CBD, while in Canada they would also contain THC, which is currently illegal…
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While US President Donald Trump might be making America great again, he seems to be going out of his way to hurt the beer industry, all thanks to his trade war with China. US brewers could be facing as early as 1 October a new tariff on aluminium cans, the second one to have hit…
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