Tag: Brews News
Brews News: Rochester craft brewer taps into historic recipes for small-batch fest
Craft beer getting a little old? That’s a good thing in places such as upstate New York. Two beer recipes brewed anew by a Rochester craft brewery aim to be star attractions as the Genesee Country Village and Museum shakes off the pandemic to host the outdoor History on Tap, a local small-batch beer, wine […]
Brews News: Location could leave planned Port Stanley craft brewery high and dry
A long summer weekend and thoughts turn to beaches, beer and high hopes that well-intentioned plans don’t falter.
Brews News: Bird-friendly brew takes wing at London Brewing
Flight or flights? They’re converging this spring at a community-focused brewery in London’s Old East Village. London Brewing is back with a reformulated beer and a celebration of songbirds, nesting and the eye-opening advocacy of Bird Friendly London. The beer is somewhat familiar to the wee brewer’s fans of the last seven years or so. […]
Brews News: After last year’s IPA win, hopes high for Canadian craft brews at world awards
How good are Ontario craft beers? Here’s a taste. The marquee style for most craft breweries is an India Pale Ale. The assertive bitterness of an IPA is the first thing folks fresh to the beer world think of when you say, hey, let’s go to a craft brewery. One of the marquee beer competitions […]
Brews News: Craft brewers often crying in their beer over politics
Politics and pints? It should be last call.
Brews News: New London beer fest a sign of normality – with safety in mind
Ready to take it outside, beer lovers? Organizers of craft beer festivals, including a new one in London, are counting on it after the pandemic put the kibosh on events for the last two years. “The London Beer Fest is intentionally an outdoor festival,” said Tim Stewart, who’s involved in planning the new event at […]
Brews News: Home brewers encouraged to source local ingredients for Railway City competition
Will that be a beer with a little terroir of Minto or Parkhill? Maybe some flavour from East Elgin or some aroma from Tavistock? This year’s Platform 22 home brew competition organized by Railway City Brewing in St. Thomas is going local with a call for entrants to brew with Ontario hops and other local […]
Brews News: Local artists celebrated with their own beer cans
Can you frame a beer can? We might be tempted to do so with a pair of new releases from London Brewing in the city’s Old East Village as well as Collective Arts of Hamilton. The worker-owned London Brewing co-operative has for the second year released a beer that celebrates the city’s artistic talents ahead […]
Brews News: Local craft brewers back Ukrainian colleague’s fundraising effort
Craft brewing’s big-hearted blue, yellow and amber effort to fund humanitarian relief in Ukraine continues to grow as recipes from Pravda Beer Theatre, a brewery in Lviv, Ukraine, are replicated locally. The newest to launch is from Broken Rail in St. Marys with its Kyiv Not Kiev, a golden ale that tweaks a Pravda recipe. […]
Brews News: Forked River, Knights vet team to aid Ukraine
A business professor’s record-breaking Ontario Hockey League season has, 40 years later, turned into a beer sales fundraiser for Ukraine.