Craft Brewing

• Local breweries band together to bring bizarre beers to Edmontonians

  Edmonton beer lovers are being invited to sample some strange suds this winter as part of an event being put on by a newly-formed entity aimed at promoting local brewers.

  Consumer

  Jan 3, 2023
  
• Alberta entrepreneur upcycles brewery waste twice

  The brewing process has a by-product -- spent grain -- which usually ends up being composted or in the landfill.

  Consumer

  Jun 29, 2021
  
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• Maritime craft brewers concerned over ‘scarce’ supply of beer cans

  "We operate, as I'm sure most breweries do, 'just in time.' I don't have six months of cans or bottles sitting at my brewery, it's more like a few weeks."

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2020
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• Research seeks to tap into craft-brewing potential of Maritime wild hops

  Jason McCallum and Aaron Mills have spent the last two years searching out wild hops that grow mainly along creek beds and heavily forested areas in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

  Features

  Feb 23, 2020
• Edmonton’s Alley Kat Brewing sold, but ownership to remain local

  After 25 years as a family business, the husband-and-wife owners of one of Edmonton's first craft breweries have sold Alley Kat to two fans from St. Albert.

  Consumer

  Feb 5, 2020
• Craft beer industry says ‘cheers’ to local brewery expansion

  Pile O' Bones taproom is brewing up some friendly competition, showcasing homegrown suds from across the province.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2019
• B.C. program brews up 1st place finish in North American beer school championship

  "It shows the quality of of the education here," said program chair Alek Egi. "We're extremely proud of our students."

  Education

  May 10, 2019
• New craft brewery opens up shop in Peterborough’s south end

  Peterborough's newest craft brewery and taphouse is called "Beard Free Brewing."

  Consumer

  Mar 24, 2018
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• Alberta beer-tax court challenge pushed to September

  Toronto-based Steam Whistle Brewing has argued that Alberta violated trade rules when it imposed a separate tax system on small breweries outside of the New West Partnership provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta in October 2015.

  Consumer

  Jun 23, 2017
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• Canadian breweries take on Alberta government’s beer tax

  Two Canadian brewing companies head to court in Calgary on Thursday, arguing that a mark-up on out-of-province beer is unconstitutional. Last summer a markup was introduced on all beer, but Alberta brewers were given access grants that offset the tax.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2017