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Craft Beer Social Media and its Effect on Craft Beer Culture

November 13, 2019 / / 0 Comments
Craft beer social media: I don't write reviews.
Craft beer social media: I don’t write reviews.

This is in response to Ben Johnson’s Article, “Under the Influence: How Social Media is Changing Craft Beer Culture,” originally published in The Growler on October 23, 2019. Please give the article a read before you dive into my response below.

A response to Ben Johnson

I feel inclined to jump into the discussion that Ben Johnson began a few weeks ago in the article mentioned above. I consider myself one of those beer influencers he may be referring to in his article about craft beer social media, and I feel a sense of duty to stand up here, for myself and the many beer friends I have met because of social media platforms like Instagram.

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Manitoulin Brewing Co.

October 25, 2019 / / 0 Comments
Manitoulin Brewing Co.
Manitoulin Brewing Co.

From travelling and exploring…

After pulling him away from sharpening his chainsaw (ok, I ain’t in Kansas anymore, Ma…) and taking a seat at a high-top table surrounded by fermentors, kettles, and mash tuns, I asked Blair Hagman, co-owner and head brewer at Manitoulin Brewing Co., what he thought a ‘craft beer lifestyle’ might be.

“I think, as a consumer, a craft beer lifestyle is about travelling and exploring craft breweries in the region. It’s about supporting the different breweries and trying the products and flavours they produce, and then engaging them and becoming a part of craft beer culture.”

“As the producer, it’s all about focusing on your local region and supporting local producers by purchasing local ingredients to incorporate in your recipes, collaborating with local businesses on community projects and events, and producing beers that celebrate the region, culture, and people.”

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11 Pumpkin Beers to get You Through October to Your Halloween Party and Beyond

September 27, 2019 / / 0 Comments
Ontario Pumpkin Beers: Jack-o-lantern and a pint of pumpkin beer.

Ontario Pumpkin Beers for 2019

The leaves are just starting to turn colours. It’s almost – almost! – time to take out your sweater. It’s the end of September, or as many of us consider it, it’s pumpkin beer season. Harvest time; a reminder that Halloween – the year’s greatest celebration, fo sho! – is right around the corner. So, what’s in store for Ontario pumpkin beers, 2019 edition?

There’s always the usual favourites, and there’s happily some newer pumpkin-inspired concoctions from breweries from all across Ontario. Certainly, and most importantly, the following list should supply you with enough gems to keep your palette wet with pumpkin through to Halloween and beyond.

So, here we have, your seasonal obsession, 11 Ontario pumpkin beers:

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Spearhead Brewing Company

August 2, 2019 / / 0 Comments
Welcome to Spearhead Brewing Company: the sign above the entrance to the brewery.
Welcome to Spearhead Brewing Company: the sign above the entrance to the brewery.

Creativity, passion, and community…

“It’s about harnessing creativity, passion, and community into one thing,” Martin Villeneuve, CEO and managing partner of Spearhead Brewing Company, told me when I asked him about a ‘craft beer lifestyle.’

Sitting at a four-top table looking through large windows into the brewery’s production area, Martin continued: “It’s not an easy lifestyle – it’s hard work… The lifestyle is about finding the right people that have the same connection, but it’s all fuelled by one word, which is ‘passion.’

“That’s the fuel behind every great beer company: people that are passionate about the craft. All the trials and tribulations are really just noise – it’s probably a necessary noise, but it doesn’t matter in the end…

“What matters is when the place is full and someone tells you, ‘This is so great: thank you,’ But that’s really the icing on the cake, and most people don’t see the cake, which takes a lot of work to make. There’s a lot of sweat – and sometimes blood and tears.”

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