Northern Brewer Canada

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Canadian Brewing Awards! We love all of your beers. But what's this about BC's dominance? Can it be true that it's the Brewing Province of the decade, or is that just more Left Coast moonbeams? What do you think?

Things are looking good for beer!

It's Vancouver Craft Beer Week! Here's an interesting perspective on the Vancouver beer scene and whether or not Craft can do lagers. What do you think: do breweries need to stop trying to make Craft lager a thing, or is it the next great style to become part of Craft?

Award-winning brewer Warren Boyer talks recipe design.

Congratulations to this year's winners, and a big shout-out to BC's Dageraad Brewing for three gold medals and Brewery of the Year--well done!

Vectored from Redditor redonionking, this is the actual brewing license issued to his Grandfather--until 1985 in Canada you had to seek permission to homebrew! It's a great time to be alive.

Vectored from the CBC: "Until 1985, Canadians had to request permission from the government to brew beer at home. By 1993, home brewing was growing in popularity." Times have changed! Note that the Royal Canadian Malted Patrol is still active today--well done, Mike.

Hockey and beer go together like . . . hey, stop that!

We're not actually monarchists, but the idea of a game of beer pong (won by Serena Williams, no less) at a royal wedding seems pretty cool, really.

In Vancouver? Want to get in on one of the coolest (and possibly most sold-out) beer festivals around? Try volunteering for VCBW--you'll get up close and personal with brewers and other industry luminaries (many of whom are current or former homebrewers) and you'll learn plenty. Check 'em out!

Tanks a lot . . . That's an enormous amount of capacity. To think that a $200 million facility will only employ 100 people, including a distribution centre and offices. Shows what automation will do in an industrial brewing setting.

In case you missed it in 2016. That'll do pig. That'll do.

It's Wine Wednesday! Master Vintner's Tim Vandergrift says you should drink your red wine ice-cold on hot days. Sound weird to you? Find out what he's on about! https://www.midwestsupplies.com///the-perfect-summer-drink

Getting their judge on! Vanbrewers competition judging in BC today, ahead of the AHA rally at Parallel 49 brewing.

You can't always have a beer when you're out and about--we only wish there was more soda like this around! Who knew spruce could taste good? Not us, until recently!

What the heck are they smoking in Ontario?

14 medals for Canada, and 9 for BC--that's out of 8200 entries submitted! Well done, everyone! We couldn't be more proud of you.

Have you ever tried spruce beer? Have you brewed it? We're with the 'it tastes like Pine Sol' crowd, but lots of people seem to enjoy it--you?

It's Wine Wednesday! Wine is only one of our four favorite beverages--we like coffee almost as much, and in this blog Tim Vandergrift manages to make both at once! https://www.midwestsupplies.com//wine-and-coffee-a-match-m

Where do we sign up?

We're not sure if this is what happens when Homebrewers go pro, Pro-Brewers do trial batches, or just when folks need 260 litres of beer, chop-chop! We do know these folks are making great beer! Photo by Northpaw Brewing Company, at Moody Ales in Port Moody BC.