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Wakefield Ginger Beer Brewery is One of The Only in the World

In a quiet industrial estate near Wakefield city centre, England, a husband and wife duo have created alcoholic ginger beers. With other ginger beers already on the market, what makes DMC Brewery’s Ginger Beers so special is that there are only three other breweries in the world specialising in ginger beer and which use only…

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Yakima Chief Hops Achieves Patent Status on Cryo Hops® Process

Yakima Chief Hops (YCH), the leading American hop supplier, has been awarded a US patent for its innovative hop processing technology used in manufacturing their Cryo Hops® brand products, as they also celebrate the 5th Anniversary since its launch to the brewing industry. YCH is known for its leading hop research and advanced products. With…

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Gruvi Partners with TFB & Associates to Continue Rapid Expansion in Canada

Gruvi, a line of non-alcoholic beer and wine led by a dynamic sister and brother duo, is expanding its footprint across all 10 Canadian provinces. The company announced last week a strategic distribution partnership with TFB & Associates that will continue pushing Gruvi’s Canadian growth momentum forward. Gruvi initially launched in Canada in 2019, and…

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From Spent Grain to Food Supplement

Sibling entrepreneurs Niamh and Ruairi Dooley from Athlone, Ireland, are the masterminds behind the zero-waste food brand BiaSol. This brother and sister duo are using brewers’ spent grains to create a nutritional food supplement which can be added to everything from soups, sauces and baking, to a bowl of porridge or your morning smoothie. “We…

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Heineken Launches Virtual Beer as a Joke

The Dutch brewing mogul, Heineken, as a joke, launched virtual beer in the metaverse as a way to highlight the length businesses will go to in order to receive a piece of the pie. Journalists were invited to the virtual mock launch at a virtual brewery in Decentraland – a virtual world owned by its…

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The Botany of Beer Available July 2022

“Brewers like to talk about how beer makes connections. These are never stronger than when the ingredients used to make a batch come from a world we know. Giuseppe Caruso has created a voluminous guide to making this happen. Open it to any page and you’ll think, “Yea, I can make a beer with that….

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Patagonia Provisions and Dogfish Head Launch Kernza® Pils

Dogfish Head has teamed up with Patagonia Provisions to launch Kernza® Pils, a crisp and refreshing German-style pilsner beer made with Kernza, a perennial grain that helps draw down carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in the ground. Now available on shelves and on tap in select markets coast to coast, Kernza Pils is…

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Alberta Women Brewing for Change  

In 2016, Chelsea Tessier began homebrewing in her home in Edmonton, Alberta. She joined the Edmonton Homebrewers Guild and six years later, she became president, but still faces challenges as she prepares to open her own brewery. “It’s frustrating when you tell people you’re opening a brewery and the first assumption is that my husband…

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Partake Brewing Introduces New Brew and Secures $16.5M USD in Series B Funding

Leading non-alcoholic beer brand, Partake Brewing has raised $16.5 Million USD in Series B round of funding, led by US based investors PowerPlant Partners and Amberstone. This investment signifies a tremendous success for a non-alcoholic (NA) beer brand, as Partake continues to grow and expand into international markets.    This new funding will help take…

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Government of Canada Funds Close to $1 Million in Winnipeg

Last week, the Government of Canada announced it will fund close to $1 million to support increased production capacity for two microbreweries in downtown Winnipeg. Winnipeg’s increasing number of locally-owned microbreweries complement the city’s excellent food and beverage scene and are further contributing to an already vibrant downtown core. The Honourable Daniel Vandal, Minister of…

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