The New Orleans-based Raspberry Pi-powered home brewing monitoring system is known for being set up in a shed and now creator Patrick Murphy and his team have created a new invention. Keg Punk is a simple inventory program designed for bars and breweries that helps keep up with what’s currently on tap along with what’s…

A lawsuit was filed this week by the owner of Budweiser, Corona, and Stella Artois against US beer-maker Constellation Brands, for using the Corona brand name in a hard seltzer. Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) acquired Corona’s parent company, Grupo Modelo, in 2013, however US antitrust regulators required it to sell the company’s US-based business to…

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven Canada will begin selling a selection of Ontario-made beer and wine products in several of its Ontario locations. 7-Eleven says the beer and wine would be offered during limited hours in designated consumption areas. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is still reviewing its liquor sales license applications, which were…

A 5,000-year-old brewery has been discovered in Egypt – it could be the world’s oldest known beer factory thought to have dated back to the era of King Narmer, according to the Supreme Council of Antiquities. King Narmer founded the First Dynasty and is considered to have unified Egypt. The brewery was discovered in Abydos,…

Emily Comeau, a second-year KPU brewing student, has won the first annual Nancy More Award – More became the first North American female brewmaster in 1985 – presented by the BC Hospitality Foundation and BC Craft Brewers Guild. More has been a KPU instructor for six years and helped create the Brewing and Brewery Operations…

Producers in Western Europe are capitalizing on the health and wellness trend that the industry is continuing to see grow, by expanding their portfolios in the low and no ABV products. “After what was a tumultuous 2020, consumers are more determined than ever to maintain a healthy, moderate lifestyle that promotes balance, both physically and…

With the concern of the can shortage continuing to play a major role with brewers’ production process, most producers had to shift into making beer to go in the form of growlers, bottles, crowlers, and lots of cans making it easy to transport. Brewer’s Association analysis had shown an increasing preference for cans, with cans…

Renaissance BioScience Corp., a leading global bioengineering company, published a landmark paper on lager yeast development in the February 2021 issue of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Volume 87, Issue 3) detailing its latest discovery on non-GMO lager yeast strains that will help broaden the diversity of commercial lager beer strains for both major global beer…

Carlsberg released its 2020 financial statements which found millennials are drinking less beer. “All of the top beer brands saw their volume and value on-trade sales drop due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Ryan Whittaker, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. “Brewers have had to adapt to unprecedented…

The Tragically Hip are suing Toronto brewery, Mill Street Brewery, for alleged trademark infringement in the promotion of its 100th Meridian lager. “Many of you are probably under the impression that we are associated with Mill Street’s 100th Meridian beer — we are not,” the band said on social media. The band’s lawyers say they…