“When we started Nine Locks, we never thought we would ever hit this point,” said Danny O’Hearn, co-owner of Nine Locks Brewing Company. In Nova Scotia, when a craft brewery generates a high level of revenue or produces a high volume of beer, the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) will then raise the price markup…

PEI locals will soon be allowed to bring their commercially manufactured wine into a licensed dining room, thanks to some changing importation limits to the  Liquor Control Act that came into effect this past Saturday.  P.E.I. is the latest province to remove the restrictions following an agreement between premiers in 2018 to ease interprovincial alcohol…

Anheuser-Busch InBev —  the world’s largest brewer — is using the saved grains leftover from the beer-making process to create alternative protein sources. Budweiser’s parent company partnered with the startup, EverGrain, to develop a technology that enables them to extract the proteins and fibers from the brewing grains to create nutrient-rich ingredients. Using innovative processes,…

The BC Ale Trail, in partnership with Destination British Columbia and the BC Craft Brewers Guild, has launched two new Ale Trails this week: Northeast BC and Northwest BC. Previously known as the Northern BC Ale Trail, the new trails now split the large northern half of BC into two, making it easier for visitors…

Field House Brewing Co. in downtown Chilliwack, BC, is teaming up with Coquitlam’s Mariner Brewing and several other partners to produce and distribute Helping Hands Pilsner. Beginning this week, the beer will be available for purchase at 78-plus retailers from Vancouver to Chilliwack. Proceeds will go to the Abbotsford Disaster Relief Fund (ADRF), which was…

Yakima Chief Hops, a 100% grower-owned network of family hop farms, has been operating for more than 30 years as a resource for brewers, providing solutions-based products and industry leading research. They are advocates of sustainability and meaningful social causes, working to support the environment and communities around the industry. Their recently completed state-of-the-art cold…

New non-alcoholic beverages Libra and Piquette Zero are offering Canadians non-alcoholic options for the holidays and beyond. Upstreet Craft Brewing, a B-Corp certified beverage company based in Charlottetown, PE, and Benjamin Bridge, Canada’s premier sparkling wine house, are joining forces to quench the thirst for non-alcoholic beverages during the holidays, Dry January and into the…

The craft beer industry in Mexico has seen significant growth in just the last few years due in large part to the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) trade servicing efforts and its continuing push to capitalize on Mexican consumer demand to benefit those U.S. barley farmers who supply the industry. Mexico sustained its ranking as the…

Anthony Maddalena, owner of Bagtown Brewing in Sackville, N.B., had learned he couldn’t sell craft beer at farmers’ markets in New Brunswick, after he was already selling empty growlers at the Sackville farmer’s market with a voucher customers could take to his brewery just a few blocks away to fill the growler with beer. “Originally…

Food-tech company, Chinova Bioworks, has just launched an initiative with the College Communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick’s (CCNB) INNOV centre, to develop an exciting new processing aid for vegan-friendly brews. Chinova is leveraging its clean-label ingredient expertise at CCNB’s Grand Falls campus, which has been developing technologies around brewing and distilling for years. The research project…