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Huge impact feared after dogs banned

An Uxbridge, Ontario, brewing company is fearing a customer backlash after a single anonymous complaint led to dogs being banned. The Second Wedge Brewing Company has been dog-friendly for three years and co-owner Rob Garrad told Global News that dogs have never been a problem. According to regulations, every room where food is prepared must…

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Brewery teams with distillery

Georgia’s Monday Night Brewing has announced that it has released a Scottish-style single malt whiskey, brewed and distilled in partnership with ASW Distillery, located less than five miles away from the brewery’s home in Atlanta. The Brewers Journal is seeing more breweries either creating their own hard spirits such as gin, or working in collaborations….

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Lone Oak Brewing Opening This Autumn in Borden-Carleton, PEI

P.E.I.’s newest craft brewery – Lone Oak Brewing in Borden-Carleton – took a significant step forward with its plans to begin selling products and serving customers in early October. Located in Borden-Carleton’s Gateway Village near the Confederation Bridge, the Lone Oak brewery, taproom, and retail store is planned to open in autumn 2019, with a specialty line of…

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Cowbell Brewing Co launches partnership with Great Lakes Helicopter

Cowbell Brewing Co has teamed up with Great Lakes Helicopter (GLH) to offer a service that transports guests from Grand Bend to Cowbell Farm. The trips will run every Wednesday and Sunday from June 22 2019 and will be operated by Great Lakes Helicopter, of Breslau, a Transport Canada approved, Ontario Private Career College Flight…

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Cuisine & Cuvée takes place tomorrow (31st May)

Toronto’s sensational food and drinks fundraiser, Cuisine & Cuvée for Providence Healthcare, is happening at REBEL (11 Polson Street) on Friday, May 31 at 6:30 p.m. Now in its 19th year—and the winner of the 2017 Canadian Event Industry Award for Most Outstanding Event Up To $200,000—Cuisine & Cuvée is a night of fun and…

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Ontario may allow beer sales in corner stores

Beer in Ontario may soon be coming to a corner store near you. According to an article in CBC.ca, the Progressive Conservative government has tabled legislation that would terminate a contract with The Beer Store. This would pave the way for beer in corner stores. The Beer Store is owned by more than 30 Ontario-based…

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Brewers collaborate to mark Vancouver Craft Beer Week

Breweries from across Vancouver have collaborated on a new beer to help celebrate the tenth annual Vancouver Craft Beer Week. The team behind Vancouver Craft Beer Week have worked with Four Winds Brewing Co, Dageraad Brewing and Powell Brewery to formulate a recipe for the beer, Ten. These breweries were recently joined by more than…

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Beer sales booming in Nunavut

Alcohol buying habits in Nunavut shifted in a big way the same year a beer and wine store opened, according to the latest report on retail sales from Statistics Canada. “Prior to the opening of this store, much of Nunavut’s liquor was purchased outside of the territory through import permits,” the report states. “The Nunavut…

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New brewing scholarship launched

Dominion City Beer has collaborated with Beer.Diversity. and Niagara College to launch a new scholarship The scholarship will be awarded annually to one outstanding senior level student in the Niagara College Brewmaster and Brewery Operations Management program with a background presently underrepresented in the brewing industry. The scholarship is two-fold. It includes $1,000 towards the recipient’s…

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Canadian Craft Brewers Association founded

A new federation of provincial craft beer Associations, the CCBA-AMBC, has been founded to represent craft breweries in every province and territory in Canada Canadian Craft Brewers Association–Association des Microbrasseries Canadiennes represents more than 700 craft breweries from every province and territory in Canada. The federation aims to “promote and protect the interests of small…

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