The Tuesday Mash – Oct. 2
Junction Craft Brewing opening nears
Junction Craft Brewing recently announced that it has moved into new premises for the brewing, sale, and distribution of its popular craft beers. And, while the transformation of the new space on Cawthra Avenue is still in the very early stages, the development is a promising one for residents of the Junction, and for craft beer fans in general. [BlogTO]
The Birth of a Barrel [Video]
Shot inside the storied walls of the Brown Forman Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky, this short film follows the creation of a whiskey barrel from start to finish. Jack Daniel’s is the only major distiller in the world that still makes their own barrels. [Jack Daniels]
5 things we learned at the Iron Brewer Competition
Last Friday afternoon, 15 Master Brewers from across the province were pouring samples of their greatest beers in an effort to be crowned Iron Brewer 2012.It’s only the third year of this competition, dreamed up by one of Toronto’s finest brewmasters, Paul Dickey, and this year there were so many entries that a lottery was held to choose the 15 contestants. [The Grid]
This year’s hops and next year’s already sold
A slow drizzle soaks the hop yards as Nicholas Schaut looks into his family’s future.The four acres, three newly planted this spring, are just the beginning. These vines will produce some 600 pounds of dried, packaged, organic brewing hops this fall.It’s all sold, as is next year’s crop. [Owen Sound Sun Times]
Nickel Brook Releases New Wet Hop Series
Nickel Brook Brewing has announced the release of Bertwell 80/- and Underground Pale Ale, two installments in a new Wet Hop Series of beers brewed using freshly harvested hops. [Canadian Beer News]
From brewery to grow-op to custody battle
It was once home to Barrie, Ont.’s biggest employer, and later the country’s largest indoor grow-op, with marijuana growing in old beer vats. Now, the 35-acre former Molson Brewery site, worth an estimated $8.9-million, sits fallow, ragweed sprouting up in the former parking lots. [National Post]
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