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Tool Shed Brewing Company founder Graham Sherman.
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Craft brewer takes on the law

How Tool Shed Brewing fought Alberta’s liquor laws and won

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Glacier FarmMedia – In 2012, Calgary brewer Graham Sherman was told his plan to start a craft brewery didn’t conform to Alberta’s liquor laws. The province’s legal framework wasn’t friendly to small-scale producers. Brewery-owner hopefuls had to be able to produce 500,000 litres of beer a year if they wanted a licence. Sherman didn’t have
Marta Izydorczyk, research scientist and program manager with the Canadian Grain Commission, explains the function of a germination drum during the laboratory tour.
Cereals, Crops

Farmers attend malting academy

The malting sector is complex and the CMBTC aims to offer growers better insights

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Farmers are gaining new insights in the malt industry through a course offered by the Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC). The Malt Academy for Producers explores a complicated industry. “I thought it was a very educational course,” said Leigh Smith, who runs a 5,000-acre mixed operation north of Oak Lake. “There was a lot
Oats contain beta-glucans which add sweetness and a silky mouthfeel and haze to beer.
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There are oats in that there beer

Manitoba Oat Growers hear how their crop is turned into craft booze

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Beer isn’t just the domain of barley, Manitoba Oat Growers heard at their AGM on February 15. Christopher Marsh, a brewer with Lake of the Woods Brewing Company, talked to farmers about how he uses oats in the craft beer he brews. Lake of the Woods Brewing Company has breweries in Kenora, Winnipeg and Warroad,
A November photo from Waterloo Brewing’s company blog promoting its “apple crumble porter” from its 2022 Signature Series Winter Collection. (WaterlooBrewing.com)
Crops, Markets

Carlsberg to buy Ontario’s Waterloo Brewing

Danish brewing giant paying $144 million to scale up Canadian business

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One of the world’s biggest beer companies is moving to expand its brewing capacity on Canadian soil with a $144 million deal for Kitchener-based Waterloo Brewing. Carlsberg Group on Wednesday announced an all-cash deal worth $4 per share for all shares of Waterloo Brewing, which bills itself as the largest Canadian-owned brewery in Ontario and
In volume, beer sales are 8.3 per cent below pre-pandemic levels and have dropped for a variety of reasons.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Canadian brewers having a hard time staying afloat

The industry hoped for a post-COVID bounce, but instead sales continue to sag

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With recent reports that people are out enjoying the weather, we could assume that everything is back to normal after the pandemic. But that’s not entirely true, especially for the beer industry. Total beer sales have dropped 7.3 per cent from last year, according to Beer Canada. Total beer sales are up in Newfoundland and
Jeff and Sheila Elder on their farm near Wawanesa, Man.
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Sizing up the new kids on the malting block

Malt barley variety acceptance has been a slow road, but newcomers are showing genetic promise

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Two beer glasses were waiting as each attendee of the Manitoba Malt Barley Field Day filtered past a table set up on the Elder Farm near Wawanesa, Man. Both were golden yellow and only lightly hopped, to better gauge the quality of malt. Both were brewed under identical conditions. Only the variety was different. One
(AmsterdamBeer.com)
Crops

Denmark’s Royal Unibrew to buy Toronto’s Amsterdam Brewery

Brewer seeks new capacity in North America

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Corrected, July 18 — Copenhagen | Reuters –– Danish brewer and beverage maker Royal Unibrew will acquire Toronto craft brewer Amsterdam Brewery in a deal valued at around 250 million Danish crowns (C$44 million), Royal Unibrew said in a statement on Friday. “The acquisition we are doing today is very important for the future growth
File photo of barrels on display in a Nova Scotia vineyard. (Tashka/iStock/Getty Images)

Wastewater regulation eased for Nova Scotia on-farm processing

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Nova Scotia has introduced regulatory changes that allow on-farm processing operations to better manage wastewater on their smaller scale. The changes, which took effect May 11, come at the request of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture (NSFA) — which has said that owners of small farm-level processing facilities shouldn’t be treated the same as
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Sacrebleu! French brewers use algae to make blue beer

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Reuters – A French brewer has started using algae with a naturally occurring pigment to turn their beer blue. The beer, with the brand name “Line,” is the result of a tie-up between a firm that wants to popularize the algae as a dietary supplement, and a nearby craft brewery that was looking for a

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