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Tool Shed Brewing Company founder Graham Sherman.

Craft brewer takes on the law

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

By Don Norman March 5, 2024

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

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

Brewer seeks new capacity in North America

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 15, 2022

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

Canada Malting’s processing plant in Montreal. (CanadaMalting.com)

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Canada Malting to join GrainCorp’s global malting spinoff

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff April 3, 2019

The Australian owner of Canada’s biggest malt company plans to spin it off, along with its other worldwide malting assets, into a new stand-alone malt industry player. Sydney-based GrainCorp announced Thursday it plans to “demerge” its global malting business from its grains and edible oils business, forming two separate ASX-listed companies: MaltCo and “New GrainCorp.”

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Canada’s malt barley courts two different buyers

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 14, 2018

CNS Canada — The rising North American craft beer sector and strong demand out of China are both good news stories for Canada’s malt barley sector. However, those two customers have different needs which can also create some challenges, said industry officials speaking Tuesday at the annual Grain World conference in Winnipeg. Lorelle Selinger, North

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Prairie malt barley prices lower than feed

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 15, 2018

CNS Canada — With feed barley in tight supply, the tables have flipped with feed prices now sitting higher than those for malt barley in Western Canada. Feed barley prices “make some of these other prices look a bit ridiculous. There’s no demand from the domestic maltsters because they’ve all been plugged up ever since

A two-row Bentley base malt. (RedShedMalting.ca)

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Growing craft beer sector thirsty for local malt

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 4, 2017

CNS Canada — Craft breweries are a growing subsector of the Canadian beer industry, but the increased variety of local drink options are not necessarily 100 per cent homegrown, as a lack of domestically produced specialty malts forces brewers to look far afield to meet their needs. “We get our base malt locally, but we

While overall beer consumption is seen as flat, the amount of craft beer produced in North America has been rising.

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Craft brewing gives malt barley prices a hop

Acres are seen rising by about five per cent this spring

By Jade Markus March 23, 2016

The craft brewing industry appears to be providing the fastest-rising demand for malt barley, which has been steadily pushing prices higher — but overall reduced demand for beer and increased acres could keep a lid on that strong pricing. “Many maltsters are either 100 per cent craft, or moving the percentages up all the time

Mill Street CEO Irvine Weitzman, Labatt president Jan Craps and Mill Street’s brewmaster Joel Manning and co-founder Steve Abrams (l-r) on Friday announced Labatt has bought the Toronto craft beer company. (CNW Group/Labatt Breweries of Canada)

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Labatt buys Toronto craft brewer Mill Street

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 9, 2015

An award-winning Toronto craft brewer, famed as the biggest certified organic brewer in Canada, is now owned by the makers of Bud and Blue. Labatt Breweries, the Canadian arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced Friday it has bought Mill Street Brewery for an undisclosed sum and will “immediately” invest $10 million in upgrades at Mill Street’s

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GrainCorp to boost U.S. malt output, target craft beer boom

By Colin Packham, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Sydney | Reuters –– Australian agribusiness GrainCorp plans to nearly double output capacity at one its U.S. malt plants, to capitalize on soaring North American demand for craft beer. Typically produced by small, local brewers, the popularity of craft beers has grown rapidly in recent years in the U.S. as drinkers seek new tastes, with

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Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

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Alberta Crop Report: Rains in the south, dryness in the north

Agriculture ministers agree to AgriStability changes

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Craft brewer takes on the law

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

Canada Malting to join GrainCorp’s global malting spinoff

Canada’s malt barley courts two different buyers

Prairie malt barley prices lower than feed

Growing craft beer sector thirsty for local malt

Craft brewing gives malt barley prices a hop

Labatt buys Toronto craft brewer Mill Street

GrainCorp to boost U.S. malt output, target craft beer boom

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