Beer In The News
Coca-Cola gets a premium makeover for new range
Coca-Cola launches a new series of ‘Signature Mixers’ aimed at the premium spirits market.
Rustic Reel Brewing’s Susi Foerg profiled in Kelowna Now
A few years ago I visited Persephone Brewing on the Sunshine Coast and loved how inviting, casual, and unpretentious it was; it felt like a big family, with kids and dogs playing on the grass… I wanted to create that kind of place here.
Monks launch legal fight to protect water purity of Trappist beer
As keepers of one of only 14 abbeys in the world producing Trappist beer, the monks of Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy, in Rochefort, are dogged defenders of the purity of the Continue Reading…
Craft beer has forced big brands to embrace honesty in advertising
The way beer is advertised has been transformed in recent years. Partly due to legal restrictions, but also because of the threat that the craft movement has brought.
Scholarship aims to increase diversity in craft beer industry
Dominion City Brewing partnering with Niagara College An Ottawa brewery is hoping to challenge the perception that craft beer is just for hipster bros by offering a scholarship aimed at Continue Reading…
British craft beer boom stalls as big drinks companies muscle in
Eight new breweries open in past year, down from 390 the year before The UK’s craft beer boom has stalled in the past year, with eight new breweries opening compared with 390 Continue Reading…
Rustic Reel looking forward to serving Kelowna craft ‘beerhopping’ crowd
Rustic Reel owner Susi Foerg was interviewed by Kelowna Now at her under-construction brewery.
Delta council rejects Four Winds application
Mayor George Harvie had some pointed comments about the Century Group on Monday as the majority of council voted to reject an application by Four Winds Brewing to add a new facility at the Southlands.
City of North Van fast-tracks Shipyards Brewery District
They’re all but tapping the kegs in the City of North Vancouver. Council voted unanimously last week to fast track some rule changes that will make it easier for a Continue Reading…
Hatchery Brewing Changes Planned Name to Slackwater Brewing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Effective immediately – Penticton’s newest craft brewery, set to open its doors early summer in the old Mule Nightclub at 218 Martin St, will be changing its name Continue Reading…
50 Fastest Growing U.S. Craft Breweries of 2018 Named by BA
Boulder, Colo.—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—today released its second annual list of the 50 fastest growing small and independent1 craft brewing companies of 2018. Representing 27 states Continue Reading…
Hatchery Brewing readies to join Penticton’s brew pub scene
Hatchery Brewing, as it will be known, will seat 200-plus customers over its two completely rebuilt and redesigned levels. And if the wholesale rebuild going on right now is any indication, it will be glorious.