Snow? What snow? Keep your eye on these newly opened breweries for the best reason to brave the blustery weather this winter. Broadhead Brewing Orléans (fall 2019) After the longer-than-expected construction process, the new Broadhead location in Orléans is now […]
Indie Alehouse’s Birroteca now open at Eataly Toronto
“Italians always drink beer with their pizza,” is an idea that North American beer geeks love to glom onto more than it is strictly true. I mean, sure, there is a lot of good beer in Italy—Rome is one of […]
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 […]
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, […]
Growler guide to Ontario’s new drinking regulations
The Ontario government released its first full budget yesterday. There’s a lot in there worth looking at, including major cuts to education funding. We should pay attention to the whole package, but importantly for our purposes, it included the biggest […]
Steam Whistle Expands Capacity and Plans to Brew More Brands
“Do one thing really well.” That was the much-marketed tagline of Toronto’s Steam Whistle Brewing from its beginning in 1998 to 2018. And it served the brand well as it steadily ascended into a national beer distributed across Canada. But […]
New Brewery Report: Gateway City in North Bay
The experience of visiting a new brewery is bound up in expectant questions. What will the beers be like? Will I have to give them a break because they’re still “working things out”? Will the space be a hectic mess […]
Henderson revives Upper Canada’s Rebellion as Repatriation lager
“It’s my day on the kegging line,” Steve Himel, Henderson’s founder and general manager, explains as he answers the phone. I’m calling to find out about their most recent project – reviving Upper Canada Brewing’s Rebellion lager as their own […]