HALIFAX, NS – Garrison Brewing are making a slight name change to their award-winning Imperial Pale Ale, and will now be calling it Imperial IPA.
According to brewery president Brian Titus, the original name “seemed to have caused some confusion”, and that “having to continually explain that this isn’t ‘…just some pale ale’ & ‘yes, we do make an IPA actually’ was starting to wear a little!”
All future batches of the beer will feature a redesigned label with the new name.
Categories: Brewery News · Nova Scotia
TORONTO, ON – Great Lakes Brewery will be launching this year’s edition of their Winter Ale later this month. As in previous years, this strong ale brewed with spices and flavourings including cinnamon, honey, ginger and orange peel will be available at the brewery store and select LCBO outlets.
Also back this year is the brewery’s Hops For Hunger campaign. From December 1st to 22nd, Great Lakes will donate food to the Daily Bread Food Bank for every purchase made in the brewery store. The heavier the purchase, the bigger the donation, with a goal to beat the 2000 lbs of food donated last year,
Categories: Beer Releases · Brewery News · Ontario · Seasonal Beers
BRAMPTON, ON – Hop City Brewing, a new division of Moosehead Breweries, was quieted launched early last month with the release of their first beer, Barking Squirrel Lager.
While owned by Moosehead, Hop City is being operated as a separate entity, although brewing is taking place in the Brampton facility where the operations of Moosehead-owned Niagara Falls Brewing moved a couple of years ago.
Tasting notes on Barking Squirrel Lager provided by the brewery:
A 5% lager with a rich burnt orange color with subtle noble hop aroma. Medium body with pleasant hop bitterness. Smooth and drinkable with slight hop aftertaste and finish.
Barking Squirrel is available now at a number of bars throughout Ontario.
Categories: Beer Releases · Brewery News · Ontario
HALIFAX, NS – Labatt Breweries have rebranded their Alexander Keith’s Stags Head Stout as Alexander Keith’s Dark Ale. According to a promotional statement, “the new dark ale name better reflects the beer’s unique character.”
This may be a veiled response to criticisms leveled against the beer when it was first launched earlier this year which noted that it was not especially stout-like in appearance or flavour. It’s also been speculated that this is a strategic move to compete more directly against Rickard’s Dark Ale which has just been launched by Molson-Coors Canada.
Along with the new name, Labatt has made the previously draught-only beer available in 473 ml cans at the LCBO in Ontario. Details on retail availability in other provinces have not been announced.
Categories: Beer Releases · Brewery News · Nova Scotia · Ontario
VICTORIA, BC - Vancouver Island Brewery have announced that their Spyhopper Honey Brown has won a bronze medal in the 2009 World Beer Championships.
Run by the Beverage Tasting Institute, the WBCs are North America’s oldest international beer competition. The judges awarded Spyhopper an 84 out of 100 (“Recommended”) in the Specialty Beers category, and recorded the following tasting notes:
Brilliant clear amber color. Very pleasant aromas of honeyed raisin toast follow through on a soft, satiny entry to a dryish medium body with a toasted grain, light molasses, and straw-like hops on the relaxed finish. An easy going, mellow beer to chill with.
Spyhopper Honey Brown is the latest addition to the Vancouver Island Brewery line-up, offered for the first time in April of this year to mark the brewery’s 25th anniversary.
Categories: Beer Awards · Brewery News · British Columbia
CANMORE, AB – On Saturday, October 24th, brewers representing every microbrewery and brewpub in Alberta will be coming together at The Grizzly Paw Brewing in Canmore to brew a collaborative beer for charity.
Grizzly Paw brewmaster Michele Lowney came up with the idea of an annual collaborative charity beer, and for the initial year, the brewers have decided to make a Dark Rye India Pale Ale. Each brewery will receive 3 kegs of the 2000 litre brew, and all proceeds from the sale of the beer will go to each brewery’s charity of choice. All ingredients for the brew have been donated by Canada Malting.
In addition to Grizzly Paw, other breweries participating in the project include: Alley Kat Brewing (Edmonton), Amber’s Brewing (Edmonton), Big Rock Brewing (Calgary), Brew Brothers (Calgary), Brewsters Brewing (Calgary), Drummond Brewing (Red Deer), Jasper Brewing (Jasper), Roughneck Brewing (Calmar), Wild Rose Brewery (Calgary) and Wildwood Brewing (Calgary).
Categories: Alberta · Beer Releases · Brewery News · Seasonal Beers
CREEMORE, ON & VANCOUVER, BC – It was announced this afternoon that two of Canada’s oldest craft breweries will be joining forces, as Creemore Springs Brewery (a subsidiary of Molson Coors Canada since 2005) plans to acquire Granville Island Brewing from Andrew Peller Limited.
The full press release follows below:
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – Oct. 19, 2009) – Granville Island Brewing and Ontario-based Creemore Springs Brewery will be joining forces, to continue bringing Canadians superior craft and specialty beers.
Creemore announced today its intention to acquire Granville Island Brewing from Andrew Peller Limited. These two leading Canadian craft brewers, each with specialty product portfolios that complement existing offerings across Canada, will be able to offer their wide range of brands to more markets in Canada, while continuing to maintain their distinct positions in BC and Ontario.
Categories: Brewery News · British Columbia · Ontario
OTTAWA, ON – HogsBack Brewing Company is a new Ottawa-based brewery in the start-up phase, with plans to have a European-style lager available in the Capital Region by March, 2010.
The yet to be named beer will initially be brewed at an established brewery on a contract basis, but HogsBack is aiming to have their own facility operating and producing beer by the summer of 2011.
Categories: Brewery News · Ontario
SMITHERS, BC – British Columbia’s latest craft brewery, Plan B Brewing, opened to the public in mid-September and held an official grand opening celebration on September 26th.
The beers on offer so far include Revenge of the Pine Pale Ale, Mc’Hughs Oatmeal Stout, Idiot Rock IPA and Half Cracked Nut Brown Ale.
Plan B’s beers are currently available only at the brewery.
Categories: Beer Releases · Brewery News · British Columbia
TORONTO/OAKVILLE/CAMBELLFORD, ON – Great Lakes Brewery (Toronto), Cameron’s Brewing (Oakville) and Church-Key Brewery (Campbellford) have announced that they will be working together on a pair of collaborative brews.
Crafted by John Bowden of Great Lakes, Jon Graham of Cameron’s, and John Graham of Church-Key, the first of the beers will be a fresh hop pale ale that will be available at the next Great Lakes Project X night on October 8th, and the next Cameron’s Cask Night on October 29th.
The second beer will be Triple J Barley Wine, set to be released in the spring.
Categories: Beer Releases · Brewery News · Ontario · Seasonal Beers
