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Off Grid Ales: Brewery Opens Somewhere Outside of Harvey Station This Week

New Brunswick is seeing a rapidly rising tide in the craft brewing industry, and a resurgence of the traditional public house in the form of the modern taproom. Craft breweries are finding homes in communities, and in turn have been giving communities a home. Their success shouldn’t come as a surprise: they are being embraced as an inherently local product, contributing to a local economy, and often tied to a local arts and culture scene, not to mention an excellent source of beer. As the demand increases we’re beginning to see craft breweries pop-up in some interesting places, including Off Grid Ales; their story is just as much about where they are as what they do. Continue reading Off Grid Ales: Brewery Opens Somewhere Outside of Harvey Station This Week

NSLC Respond To Big Spruce Brewing’s Open Letter

Recently, Jeremy White of Cape Breton-based Big Spruce Brewing published an open letter airing his beefs with the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation. In the letter, White cites ten very specific complaints regarding how the current bureaucracy is handling the growing craft beer industry, ranging from limiting the size of their glassware to the use of unconstitutional mark-ups (or what most people would refer to as taxes). Continue reading NSLC Respond To Big Spruce Brewing’s Open Letter

Charlottetown’s Upstreet Craft Brewing Expands Into New Brunswick

A little over a year after opening its doors and kegs to the public, PEI’s Upstreet Craft Brewing is ready to expand its reach to the other side of the Confederation Bridge. Having upgraded their production capacity during the Spring, it’s only natural for the fledgling brewery to now set its sights on New Brunswick. Continue reading Charlottetown’s Upstreet Craft Brewing Expands Into New Brunswick