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Announcing Canadian (Home)Brewer of the Year Circuit for 2025

By Eric Cousineau / March 22, 2025

The BRB Winter Seasonal Competition: Igniting the Spirit of Winter in the Heart of Summer

By Stephen Lord / July 11, 2023

Brewer of the Year Update 2023

By Jeremy Cowan / March 1, 2023

Edmonton Homebrewers Guild’s Ironfist 2022 Malt Dash

By Cory Fath / July 25, 2022

Brew on the ICE: Aroma Brewealis Homebrew Club’s Winter Event

By Shawn Brennan / June 4, 2022

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Identifying Off-Flavours in Beer: Oxidation

By David Boggs / December 7, 2021

Technical

Identifying Off-Flavours in Beer: Light-struck

By David Boggs / September 6, 2021

Technical

Identifying off-flavours in beer: Phenols

By David Boggs / August 4, 2021

Technical

Beer Math – Mix, Mix, Mix!

By Aaron Brown / July 6, 2021

Technical

Identifying Off-flavours In Beer – Acetaldehyde

By David Boggs / July 6, 2021

Brewer of the Year Update 2023

By Jeremy Cowan / March 1, 2023

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BrewHQ’s new headquarters is a homebrew wonderland and playground

By Michael Orr / December 31, 2022

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Climate Change—How will it affect beer production

By Jay Avrett / February 17, 2022

Specials

Making Pearfect Perry—A chat with a GLINTCAP winner

By Canadian Homebrewers Association / November 9, 2021

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CMBTC x Winnipeg Brew Bombers creative homebrew competition 2021

By Kathy Yan Li / November 9, 2021

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Mash Out!

Mash Out! Reiterated Mashing

By Mike Chowns / July 7, 2020

It’s hard to believe that it’s already July and the craziness that is 2020 is half over. That being said,...
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Q&A: La Chope à malt/ Beer Grains Supply Co. — Athéna Chabot (Gatineau, QC)

By CHA / April 8, 2019

Athéna Chabot is the owner of La Chope à malt/ Beer Grains Supply Co. Here's our chat with her about...
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Running an Advent Beer Exchange

By SuiGeneris / December 4, 2018

For the past seven years the London Homebrewers Guild has been running an Advent exchange, and over that time we...
Brewery Features

Brewery Feature: Short Finger Brewing (Kitchener, ON)

By CHA / August 3, 2018

Short Finger Brewing in Kitchener, ON has always been a homebrew supply store, up until about a month ago that...
Specials/Technical

Slow and Steady — Slow Cooker Bochet

By Kathy Yan Li / August 8, 2019

Bochet, a mead that is made with caramelized honey, is a great way to use a more generic honey like...

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Announcing Canadian (Home)Brewer of the Year Circuit for 2025

By Eric Cousineau / March 22, 2025

The Brewer of the Year Committee (BOTY) of the Canadian Homebrewers Association (CHA) is pleased to announce the 2025 edition...
Educational Lectures

Brewer of the Year Committee Q&A—CHA Speaker Series

By Kathy Yan Li / January 22, 2024

On December 12, 2023, we hosted the newly appointed Brewer of the Year committee for a Q&A. The committee spent...
Educational Lectures

Using Ale Yeasts at Lager Temps by Brandon Baerwald—CHA Speaker Series

By Kathy Yan Li / December 9, 2023

On September 28, 2023, Brandon Baerwald was our speaker for our September Speaker Series. He did a presentation on using...
Educational Lectures

Are Norwegian Farmhouse Ale Yeasts Related to other European Ale Yeasts? by Fina Nelson—CHA Speaker Series

By Kathy Yan Li / December 7, 2023

On May 18, 2023, Fina Nelson was our speaker for our May Speaker Series. She did a presentation on Norwegian...
Educational Lectures

Canadian Spruce, Eh? by Dave Cole—CHA Speaker Series

By Kathy Yan Li / December 7, 2023

On April 27, 2023, Dave Cole was our speaker for our April Speaker Series. He did a presentation on brewing...

Recipes

Recipe – Darkness English Porter

By Canadian Homebrewers Association / May 27, 2022

Matt King, and avid homebrewer and member of GTA Brews provided his award winning recipe as one of the official...
Recipes

Recipe – Betty Blonde

By Canadian Homebrewers Association / May 27, 2022

Barley's Homebrewing Supplies in New Westminster, BC provided this recipe as one of the official 2022 Canadian Homebrew Day recipes!...
Recipes

Recipe – Love Lies Bleeding (Blue)

By Canadian Homebrewers Association / July 4, 2021

This NEIPA recipe comes courtesy of Third Moon Brewing Co. out of Milton, ON. This is for the blue label...
Recipes

Recipe – Ginger Beer-Beer

By Canadian Homebrewers Association / July 4, 2021

This beer was brewed as part of an internal Escarpment Labs homebrew competition. Staff teamed up to brew something festive...
Recipes

Recipe – Diamond Park Mild

By Canadian Homebrewers Association / July 4, 2021

This dark mild recipe comes courtesy of People's Pint Brewing Company out of Toronto - Beer By The People For...

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