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Beverages
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Most Canadians familiar with cannabis beverages – and a quarter might give them as a gift this holiday season
A new study from Truss Beverage Co. shows that heading into the holiday season consideration of cannabis beverages is at an all time high, with 87 per cent of legal-age Canadians now familiar with the format. Gifting is high on…
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Dairy Distillery releases Canada’s first lactose-free dairy cream liquor
Almonte, Ontario-based Dairy Distillery has pioneered technology to transform unused milk sugar into a sustainable vodka called Vodkow. Its spirit of innovation continues with the launch of Vodkow Cream. Blending fresh Canadian cream with Vodkow vodka created a delicious cream…
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PEI-based Upstreet launches premium non-alcoholic brand Libra
Charlottetown, PEI-based craft brewery Upstreet Craft Brewing is making a splash in the Canadian non-alcoholic beer market with the nation-wide release of their flagship Pale Ale. Upstreet Craft Brewing has launched a new line of non-alcoholic craft beers under the…
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Forty Creek celebrates three new International Whisky Awards
Forty Creek took home three esteemed awards from the 2020 New York International Spirits Competition, including “Canada Master Whiskey Blender of the Year” for Master Blender Bill Ashburn, “Canada Whiskey Distillery of the Year” and a Gold Medal for Forty…
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SkipTheDishes and Wine Rack Partner to Deliver Alcohol Throughout Ontario
SkipTheDishes, Canada’s largest and most popular food delivery network, is partnering with Wine Rack, Ontario’s leading chain of wine boutiques. Launching October 29, Skip will begin delivering alcohol directly to customers from 34 stores in Toronto, and over 100 stores…
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Alzheimer’s prevention beverage developed in Quebec to be marketed by end of year
For years now, Stephen Cunnane, a professor and researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement du CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS, has been interested in the benefits of ketones as a source of…
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Waterloo Brewing partners with the Sherway Group to open new warehouse
Waterloo Brewing, Ontario’s largest Canadian-owned brewery, will be partnering with the Sherway Group who will operate a 150,000 square foot warehouse facility in Ayr, Ontario and provide both storage and warehouse service on behalf of the Company. For the last…
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Montreal’s GURU Organic Energy Corp takes major steps forward
After closing a $34.5 million financing round two months ago, Montreal-based GURU Organic Energy Corp. has commenced trading of its common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange. GURU is a dynamic, fast-growing beverage company launched in 1999, when it pioneered the…
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More than 90 Labatt brands receive ‘Ontario Made’ designation
Labatt Breweries of Canada received an official ‘Ontario Made’ designation for 96 beer and ready-to-drink brands that are proudly produced at Labatt’s London and Toronto facilities, building on the company’s Ontario roots dating back to 1847. The Ontario Made program,…
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MOD Beverage acquires TBA Beverage assets
Vancouver-based multi-brand beverage start-up MOD Beverage has acquired assets from the now-defunct TBA Beverage (formerly known as Craft Collective Beerworks and Factory Brewing). These assets include beer brands Spectrum Beer, Haus Lager, Phantom Beer and the Canadian operations of Seattle-based…
