Beer reps are the unsung heroes of the beer world. These fine folks deliver beer to your favourite pubs and stores. What more noble calling is there? Here, we hope to highlight local beer reps and the good work they […]
A refined approach to craft beer in the County at Matron
Before opening this year, Matron Fine Beer quietly created buzz as they built their brewery in beautiful Prince Edward County. The Bloomfield brewery is now sending its delicious brews to select locations east to Ottawa and west to Toronto. The […]
How Spearhead made the move to a bricks-and-mortar brewery
By Jordan Duff On March 30th of this year, Spearhead Brewing Company celebrated it’s one year anniversary at its Kingston brewery. The celebration included, among other festive activities, a performance by Sam Roberts, friend of the brewery and face […]
Brew Donkey now has a brewery tour with a cannabis slant
By Jordan Duff For those who have never had the pleasure to ride on the brewery visiting retro-fitted school bus, it is Ottawa’s very own Brew Donkey. The company that brings visitors and locals all over town to destinations like […]
Beer mail: Ontario craft breweries are doing an end-run around our jammed-up beer retail system
By Jordan Duff In 2019, ordering beer online direct from the brewery and having it delivered to your doorstep seems commonplace. It wasn’t always that way. The future is now, but we’ll have to cast back eight years to understand […]
Beer. Diversity. and Dominion City launch scholarship
By Jordan Duff Beer. Diversity. and Dominion City Brewing Co. announced last week that they will be offering a scholarship through Niagara College Teaching Brewery program to foster a more inclusive culture within brewing. It’s an amazing initiative. Ren Navarro, […]
All-Canadian Brew for Terroir Symposium
By Jordan Duff Beau’s All Natural Brewing and Great Lakes Brewing are two veteran breweries that have been at the forefront of Ontario’s beer resurgence. Fittingly, they are co-brewing the feature beer for the Terroir Symposium to demonstrate to the […]
A purely Canadian take on the beer mile
By Jordan Duff Beer and running. While at first blush, these two popular pastimes seem like polar opposites, they can pair nicely. Consider events like The Canada Beer Run, where participants run through the host city, stopping at breweries along […]