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Interesting Information About Non-alcoholic Beer May Be Found In a Study on Alcohol Consumption Patterns

One-fifth of individuals now regularly consume non-alcoholic beverages due to the increase in sober curiosity and the availability of these products. Customer experience (CX) platform DISQO released new insights about alcohol and non-alcohol consumption behaviors and sentiment in its new report, “Alcohol & Non-Alcohol Advertising.”  DISQO outlines attitudes impacting the market and growth opportunities for…

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According to a Survey, the Most Popular Beers Consumed by Albertans are Guinness, Corona, or Bud

The research and analytics team at Casinos.com claims that Google Trends was mostly used to determine the top suds brands in the country. Recent web research reveals that Coors Light is the beer of choice for Saskatchewan residents when they want to get a drink. In the Land of the Living Skies, American light beer…

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Niagara College Teaching Brewery Collaborates With a Non-profit Group to Establish Scholarships for BIPOC Students  

A brand-new scholarship aims to add some diversity to the craft beer industry. In collaboration with the Niagara College Teaching Brewery, the craft beer-focused non-profit organization Link Up is giving a $5,000 scholarship to help a first-year BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) student pursue their passion for brewing. Considering that $5,000 is almost…

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The 24th Brewery in the Central Okanagan Has Just Opened

Three Lakes Brewing finally welcomed customers on August 9 after more than two years of planning, slogging through labour, and awaiting the necessary permits. Three Okanagan women—Melanie Raby, her daughter Tara, and friend and business partner Cathy van Kesteren—came up with the concept as our team told the tale back in April, and now their…

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EU Beer Output Has Returned to Pre-pandemic Levels

In 2022, EU nations produced almost 34.3 billion (bn) litres of alcoholic beer and 1.6 billion (bn) litres of beer with less than 0.5% alcohol content or no alcohol content at all. In comparison to 2021, beer with alcohol output in the EU climbed by 7%, reverting to levels closer to the pre-pandemic year of…

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Brewer Releases New Quinoa Beer After Two Years of Development

‘I’m not sure if there is another alcoholic beer that’s organic, kosher, vegan, and gluten-free altogether,’ says the owner of Barrie-based Miski Brewing. Ricardo Irivarren had been in the health-food industry for quite some time when, in 2019, he had his first taste of quinoa beer while dining at a Mexican restaurant in Orlando, Florida. …

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Minister Vandal Announces Federal Funding for a Manitoba Brewing Company to Expand Its Product Line

Over $500,000 to grow production and expand its sales presence across Western Canada. Fort Garry Brewing is the largest and longest-operating microbrewery in Manitoba. It produces a wide range of beer products and in 2021 expanded and entered the ready-to-drink beverage market. On August 2, the Honourable Dan Vandal, Minister responsible for PrairiesCan and Member…

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Craft Beer Made with High-Performance Churaotome Rice from Japan

Utilizing the enhanced rice “Churaotome” discovered and developed by OIST and Onna Village, an innovative craft beer called “Itanji Ale” was produced by Nakatsu Brewery.  It is a black Belgian porter prepared with brown sugar from Iejima and OIST Rice.  The Agricultural Cooperative Association of Okinawa Prefecture (hereinafter “JA Okinawa”) and AgVenture Lab (hence “Ag…

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A Manitoba Brewery Receives Fundings from Province

One of the 16 Manitoba groups that got financing from the province last month as a result of their dedication to cutting carbon emissions is Neepawa’s Farmery Estate Brewing Company. Farmery received $150,000 of the $1.5 million in funds given to these organizations by the government through the Conservation and Climate Fund in order to…

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Niagara College Crowned Overall Winner at a U.S. Beer Competition

If you need any more proof that Niagara College Teaching Brewery is among the top post-secondary institutions in North America for studying the art and science of brewing beer, just look at how well it just performed at the U.S. Open College Beer Championship. Niagara College was declared the competition’s grand national champion in a…

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