Edmontonians could soon have more beer choices thanks to provincial policy changes, and local beer retailers say it’s a good thing.
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City brewery owner calls for taxes on out-of province beers
Recent changes in Alberta’s liquor production regulations should encourage more “craft” breweries. But a Lethbridge businessman says they don’t go far enough.
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CRAFT Beer Market opens third location in Edmonton
CALGARY – The Calgary-based CRAFT Beer Market is continuing its Canadian expansion with plans to open its third location in December in downtown Edmonton.
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Build a craft brewery, urban revival will come
NEW YORK (AP) — To see how a small business can transform a neighborhood, just follow the barrels.
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‘Cathedral of beer’ set to open this spring in Edmonton
EDMONTON – A beer battle is brewing in Edmonton.
When it opens in April or May, Calgary-based Craft Beer Market will be the latest tap house seeking to quench a growing thirst for specialty brews.
Craft Beer Market has leased the former Hy’s Steak Loft building on Rice-Howard Way in downtown Edmonton.
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Local microbreweries have positive impact on economy
CALGARY — The microbrewing industry has a great positive economic impact on their communities wherever they are, says an expert in the field who gave a webinar presentation to the Calgary industry on Thursday.
“That impact is really driven by the relative inefficiency that small breweries have. That sounds like it might be a bad thing but from an economic perspective it’s actually a very good thing because it takes a small brewer a lot more (people) to produce a barrel of beer than it might take some of the large breweries,” said Scott Metzger, founder and chief executive of Freetail Brewing Co., board member of the Texas Craft Brewers Guild and lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at San Antonio. “Where these breweries exist they provide a lot of jobs and therefore a lot of ripple effects in terms of the economic impact they have on those communities.”
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Calgary’s Village Brewery quadruples capacity
CALGARY — Nine months after launching, Village Brewery is quadrupling its capacity to match increasing demand for beer.
Village Brewery partner Tom Stuart said sales have exceeded expectations, particularly for growlers, a larger container designed specifically to hold 1.98 litres of brew.
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