Ontario-based Muskoka Brewery has outlined its newest beer releases, which include the 2018 launch of its Survival Pack. The six-pack of 473ml cans, which is now available, comprise a Craft Lager, Detour, Mad Tom IPA, Cream Ale and the reappearance of its award-winning Shinnicked Stout. It also features a 2018 Moonlight Kettle Graduate: Hibernating Grizzly grisette….
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Investment in brewery software is essential to take your brewery to the next level. Through software you can keep track of your product on hand and processes that work the best for your team,” says Brittany Lacey from Ekos. “It syncs your team together, saving your team hours of headache from something that may have…
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Surly Brewing Company has a lot to answer for. The Minnesota-based brewery has become one of North America’s most respected modern breweries thanks to beers such as Furious IPA. And it was back in 2009, thanks to a love of soccer, that took John Heim and his family down to Minneapolis, one of Minnesota’s major…
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Nearly one and half million people call Manitoba home and more than half of these inhabit it’s capital Winnipeg. But in 2018, only 12 breweries operate in a province that spans 650,000km2. It’s a figure that would bring out most good beer lovers in a cold sweat, so it’s probably best not to tell them…
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Quite often at our barrel shop, we are approached by craft breweries asking for varied and different kinds of barrels that have previously held varied spirits such as rum, sherry, calvados and cognac. It gets tricky to procure good quality recently emptied barrels of this nature without having to procure an entire truckload of them…
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Brewery numbers hit an all-time high of 817 in 2017, according to the latest figures released by Beer Canada. More than half of the 817 brewing facilities are located in either Ontario or Québec. The number of brewing facilities per every 100,000 drinking age adults increased by 16.8% from 2.4 to 2.8 breweries for 2017…
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Sleeping again. I’m looking forward to sleeping again.” Tom Paterson is looking forward to getting a full night’s rest and….dare he say it, relax. Because for Paterson, seven years after he founded Junction Craft Brewing with Doug Pengelly, the duo have finally got somewhere they can truly call home. Oh, and a decent-sized patio where…
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It has been a phenomenal experience. Being able to bring Goose Island beers to Toronto and having the ability to experiment and adapt to drinkers’ tastes is something special. It’s great to be part of,” explains Bernard Priest, head brewer at Goose Island’s Toronto Brewhouse. The Goose Island Brewhouse in Toronto was six months young in…
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Re-coopering is essentially a process used to remove all the neutral oak on the interior surface of a barrel, re-toasting, re-assembly and leak sealing to complete the process. Re-coopering a barrels costs one fifth the price of a new barrel, which typically costs $1000 – $1300CDN per 225L/228L barrel. It is a practice that has…
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Renaissance BioScience has received a boost to its ongoing research and development through the advancement of its proprietary, non-GMO yeast strain development platform. The company will receive a multi-year, non-repayable contribution of up to Cdn$500,000 from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). As part of the company’s ongoing focus to…
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