Brews News: Storm Stayed captures spirit of mad science with two new batches | London Free Press

Escape to Paradise is a dry-hopped double IPA featuring three varieties of hops — Galaxy, Vic Secret and Azacca. Orange Creamsic Ale, which echoes flavours from the ice cream bar with a similar name, is one of five craft beers selected to be featured for a year at the legislature’s dining room after being taste-tested […]

Brews News: More choices, better quality among low-alcohol beers | London Free Press

Some of the best-regarded craft breweries in Ontario are committed to no or low-alcohol, from Bellwoods and Rorschach in Toronto, Collective Arts in Hamilton, Wellington in Guelph and Spearhead in Kingston. “If a customer describes non-alcoholic beer as tasteless, I usually suggest that they try a few different brands and styles we carry before making […]

Brews News: Forked River partners up beer with its kitchen | London Free Press

T for Texas, T for Tennessee. With apologies to Jimmie Rogers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Waylon Jennings and anyone else who sang this song, it’s the anthem now at Forked River Brewing in London. A one-off light IPA, brewed with Chinook, Cascade and Centennial hops from BackRoads in Parkhill, is coming soon. While a full-fledged microbrewery would […]

Curley Brewing patrons relish Texas inspired, pickle flavoured, small-batch beer | London Free Press

Cleverly christened as Relish, the pickle beer was greeted by taproom patrons with a mix of eagerness and trepidation, Curley said. Curley Brewing, noted for its tart beers and gems such as Red Rye, an amber brewed with rye malt, has an ideal beer to pair with Valentine’s Day chocolates. Soon to be released is […]

Brews News: Craft brewers answer resolved consumers calls for lighter lagers | London Free Press

Refined Fool of Sarnia has brewed its first batch of Sarnia Light with one or more trial batches still to come as the brew team looks at recipes and considers patron feedback. Sarnia Light is a four per cent alcohol rice lager that has a classic North American taste, smooth, crisp and crushable. Cowbell of […]

Brews News: Harmon’s sees growth potential in near-beer | London Free Press

Brewed under contract at Equals Brewing in London, Harmon’s is the creation of Mill Street co-founder Steve Abrams and former Mill Street head brewer and current Niagara College instructor Rob Doyle. “There are many factors, but we see older millennials as the primary driving force behind the surge in non-alcoholic beer’s popularity,” Abrams said in […]

Lots of cannabis stories opened. Now lots are going out business: Regulator

There are 1,457 cannabis retail stores operating in Ontario, with applications for 471 others under review, according to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario . “There is a process to ensure that the operator has taken the necessary steps to close their store, including dealing with any remaining inventory, which must be sold prior […]

London-area cannabis grower rolls out ‘joints for justice’ campaign

Under its Joints for Justice campaign, Entourage Health Corp. Entourage, formerly WeedMD, is also working with Cannabis Amnesty to promote diversity and inclusion in the industry and help marijuana retailers educate consumers about the fallout from the drug’s criminalization prior to Canada becoming the second country in the world to legalize it recreationally in 2018. […]

Smoke, shop: Major London mall welcoming its first marijuana retailer

Canopy Growth, Canada’s largest cannabis company, has opened outlets in a handful of Cadillac Fairview-owned Toronto-area malls, including the Eaton Centre, Fairview Mall and Sherway Gardens and the Rideau Centre in Ottawa. “If you look at most of the stores in the malls, they’re mostly chain stores anyway. It’s unclear when the Masonville Tokyo Smoke, […]