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Nova Scotian Brewery Creates Beer with Secret Ingredient

Tatamagouche Brewing Company is located in rural Nova Scotia. Co-owner Christiane Jost said that the brewery is an example of the wonderful things happening in Tatamagouche and along Nova Scotia’s north shore. “Winning awards is about quality and fitting certain categories correctly. Our team are perfectionists including my husband, Matt, who heads the brewing department….

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Traditional Malting Methods Get a Face Lift

The increase in demand for Canada’s craft brewing industry has led to more demand for local craft malt – barley that’s partially germinated and then dried for use in brewing. “There’s a demand for locally-sourced craft malt, produced in a small system and in local production; it feeds into the ethos of what craft brewing…

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A Surrey Salute to the Founder of Canada’s First Craft Brewery

Today marks a historic event at Surrey’s Russell Brewing. They’ve teamed up with KPU Brewing and other breweries around the province of BC to create a beer that salutes the founder of Canada’s first craft brewery, John Mitchell. Today, (July 6) marks the 40th anniversary of the day Alexander John Mitchell opened the doors to…

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Archeochemistry Takes a Look at Modern Industrial Brewing

A historical bee was recently found in northern Germany. It dates back to the German Empire Era and its chemical composition represents a unique source of insights into brewing culture of the late nineteenth century when pioneer innovations laid the foundations for industrial brewing. Complementary analytics including metabolomics, microbiological, sensory, and beer attribute analysis revealed…

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Hops Interest Increases as Craft Beer Continues to Grow

“We were all kind of surprised to see a record crop last year, after the spring heat dome, which hit when the vines were vulnerable,” said Maggie Elliot, science and communications director for the Hop Growers of Washington regarding the data showing more than 84.6 million pounds of hops were grown in Washington in 2021,…

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Manitoba Cleans Up at The Prairie Beer Awards

The Prairie Beer Awards is a Non Profit Organization celebrating the craft beer, mead, cider and other brewery made beverages (OBB) from Manitoba and Saskatchewan Canada. The awards took place in Winnipeg and all breweries and contract breweries located in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are welcome to enter. Judging and awards location for 2022 took place…

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Brewmaster is a New Beer Brewing Simulator Game

Brewmaster Beer Brewing Simulator is a craft beer brewing indie game that has showcases realism in the gaming world. The trailer premiered during this year’s Future Games Show which is a showcase of all of the latest games coming to PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and more. Brewmaster Beer Brewing Simulator gave game players a more in-depth…

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Ceria Launches New Look For Alcohol-Free Cannabis Beer

Keith Villa is the brewmaster behind the popular Belgian-style wheat ale Blue Moon. Earlier this month, he announced the launch of a new look for the line of alcohol-free craft beers infused with cannabis from Ceria Brewing Company, the beverage firm he founded with his wife Jodi Villa. Ceria was founded by the couple in…

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Vancouver’s Container Brewing Launches Seabus Sauce Strong Beer

Seabus Sauce, the imperial pilsner, is the new beer from Container Brewing in collaboration with the enigma behind Seabus memes. The beer was inspired by the Seabus meme guy but not only by his tastes, but also the beers that appear on his account, especially Pabst Blue Ribbon. “Obviously we wanted it to have a…

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Waterloo Brewing Sponsors Wilfrid Laurier Athletic Sponsorship/Scholarships

Waterloo Brewing Ltd., Ontario’s largest Canadian-owned brewery, is the new official beer, cider and ready-to-drink sponsor of Wilfrid Laurier University Athletics & Recreation. The brewery has sponsored a five-year deal with Wilfrid Laurier Athletic Sponsorship/Scholarships which will contribute more than $360,000 in support for student-athletes and athletics at Laurier. The partnership will include pouring rights…

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