Founded in 2017, Partake Brewing quickly became a leader in the craft non-alcoholic beer category winning numerous awards for its IPA and Pale Ale including gold at the World Beer Awards earlier this month. Partake Brewing was founded by Ted Fleming who wanted to continue to enjoy the taste of craft beer after he was…

The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) released the Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for September 2021. The NBWA Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) is an informal monthly statistical release giving distributors a timely and reliable indicator of industry beer purchasing activity. BPI is the measuring stick used to give distributors a real-time indicator in order to measure…

Yakima Chief Hops (YCH) a 100 percent farmer-owned global hop supplier, announced this week the pre-sale of their 5th Annual Pink Boots Blend in partnership with Pink Boots Society (PBS). PBS is an international nonprofit with a mission to assist, inspire, and encourage women in the fermented and alcoholic beverage industry. The Pink Boots Blend…

American brewing mogul, Anheuser-Bush, will be giving the hard seltzer market another go. After several attempts, the company opts to give it another try. The maker of Budweiser tried to dip its toe into the alcoholic seltzer market a few years ago and flopped. The problem, according to Anheuser-Busch’s new chief executive: It was too…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its way into the beer community and one brewer in Toronto has created its first beer using Ai. Last month, the Kensington Brewing Company put the AI in IPA with A Little Robotic, Toronto’s first beer designed using artificial intelligence —a smoothie-style, double dry-hopped IPA made with mango puree and…

Environmental protection has become more prominent in the brewing community and trying to solve the carbon footprint and Co2 emissions problem has been on the forefront. To make one barrel of beer, up to seven barrels of water are used. Beer also requires a lot of heat during the brewing process and refrigeration immediately following…

Nonfungible tokens (NFT) are being examined by Trace Network Labs to create a gateway that allows brands and customers to carry their lifestyle goods into any metaverse. According to Craft Brewing Business, the marketplace has been built on the Polygon Network, allowing faster, smoother, more secure and cheaper transactions for the metaverses. Vietnamese craft beer…

The 2021 Canadian Brewing Awards celebrated Canadian brews and brewers from across the country and all their creations in Quebec this year. In their 19th annual competition, with over 165 awards handed out, West Coast B.C. breweries collected 40 of the awards, with 20 of them handed out to breweries in Metro Vancouver. In total…

Athletic Brewing Company, a leader in the non-alcoholic brewing scene, is having an awesome year, adding winning awards at three major beer competitions to their list. They also won the International Beer Challenge 2020 “Brewer of the Year North America,” and continue to be recognized for reimagining beer for the modern, active adult. At the…

Saskatchewan continues to celebrate their medal wins at the 2021 Canadian Brewing Awards with golds and silvers while Regina’s Rebellion Brewing took home the 2021 Beer of the Year Award with its Cherry Lambic. 21st Street Brewery from Saskatoon and Rafter R Brewing from Maple Creek took home silver medals whilst the Saskatoon microbrewery won…