25 August 2017 Archives

Category 12 Releases ZRA 2 and Barrelholder Golden Strong 2017

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 25, 2017

VICTORIA, BC – Category 12 Brewing has announced the release of a pair of limited edition beers. ZRA 2 - a follow-up to last year's Zombie Repellant Ale - is an "Anti-Pumpkin Beer" described as...

Beer Releases

Spinnakers Releases New Edition of Ortega Blonde

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 25, 2017

VICTORIA, BC – Spinnakers Brewpub has announced the release of a new vintage of a unique collaboration with a local winery. Originally released in 2014, Ortega Blonde is a ale/wine hybrid brewed using wine from...

Beer Events

CAMRA Vancouver Holding “Beer on the Beach” Event to Protest Restrictive Public Drinking Laws

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 25, 2017

VANCOUVER, BC - Craft beer consumer advocacy group CAMRA Vancouver has announced that it will be hosting an event this weekend to protest Vancouver's restrictive public drinking laws. As per...

Brewery News

Origin Malting & Brewing Now Open in Strathmore, Alberta

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 27, 2017

STRATHMORE, AB - Prairie beer blog On Beer reports that a new brewery, taproom, and malting house has opened in the town of Strathmore in southern Alberta. Origin Malting &...

Beer Releases

Waterloo Brewing Making Festbier for Bingemans Oktoberfest Kool Haus

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 25, 2017

KITCHENER, ON – Bingemans entertainment and event complex has announced that Waterloo Brewing has created a new limited edition beer to be served in its Oktoberfest Kool Haus festhalle this October. Waterloo Festbier is...

Beer Releases

Lake of Bays Brings Back Wild North Pumpkin Ale

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 25, 2017

BAYSVILLE, ON – Lake of Bays Brewing has announced the return of the popular autumn edition in its Wild North Series of rotating seasonal beers. Wild North Pumpkin Ale is a 6% abv and 25...

Brewery News

Conspiracy Theory Brewing Now Open in Ottawa

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 25, 2017

OTTAWA, ON - Ontario Beverage Network reports that a new home-based brewery in Ottawa has received approval to start official retail sales of its beers. Conspiracy Theory Brewing has been...

Beer Releases

Sawdust City Sägemehl Stadt Returning Next Week

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 24, 2017

GRAVENHURST, ON – Sawdust City Brewing has announced that the official beer of its annual Oktoberfest celebration will be returning next week for its third annual appearance. Sägemehl Stadt is a 5% abv German-style...

Brewery News

Backstage Brewing Opening Soon in Stellarton, NS

CBNAugust 25, 2017August 24, 2017

STELLARTON, NS - The Atlantic Canada Beer Blog reports that a new brewery is getting set to open soon in Stellarton, a small town near New Glasgow in Nova Scotia....