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The Canadian Beer Index - at the Real Beer Page; History of Beer in Canada - at the Beer Store; Stubby.ca - The history and images of the Stubby beer bottle; CBC Digital Archives - Selling Suds: The Beer Industry in Canada; Alcohol labelling variations between the U.S. and Canada; TAPS Magazine - Celebrating The World of Canadian Beer and Beyond
Rothmans renamed Canadian Breweries Limited for its two largest subsidiaries as Carling O'Keefe. [39] The company bought two more brewers: Doran's of Northern Ontario, and National Brewing of the US. [39] The company also acquired the Canadian license to make and distribute Carlsberg beer and distribute Tuborg brands in North America. [45]
Labatt survived by producing full strength beer for export south of the border and by introducing two "temperance ales" with less than two per cent alcohol for sale in Ontario. However, the Canadian beer industry suffered a second blow when Prohibition in the United States began in 1919. When Prohibition was repealed in Ontario in 1926, just 15 ...
The annual Canadian Brewing Awards recognizes the best beers in Canada using blind taste tests. [12] Most of the 2015 and 2016 winners were craft beers. However, some were made by larger brewers, including Moosehead; this company won a Gold in 2015 for their Pale ale and a Gold and Silver, respectively for their Alpine Lager and Cracked Canoe ...
Originally formed as Brewing Corporation of Ontario, became Canadian Breweries in 1936. One of the "Big Three" of Canadian brewing formed by buying or merging smaller competitors. Became Carling O'Keefe in 1973. Merged with Molson in 1989: Central City Brewers & Distillers: British Columbia: Surrey: 2003: Le Cheval Blanc: Quebec: Montreal: 1986
Molson Coors Canada is part-owner of The Beer Store in Ontario (Brewers Retail Inc.), operating as a beer distribution and retail chain, which (protected by legislation) has an over 85% market share of the total Ontario industry beer sales. Molson Coors Canada owns 50% of Brewers Distribution Limited in Western Canada.
What instead sprung up was the development of spruce beer, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. [6] After the fall of New France, the numerous British soldiers in the Canadian British colonies in the eighteenth century was a benefit to breweries since the troops were each entitled to six pints of beer per day.
Schooner is a regional lager style beer of the eastern Canadian provinces. It has an alcohol content of 5.0% ABV and is brewed at the Oland Brewery in Halifax , Nova Scotia . History