April 2024 News

New changes in B.C. will allow more flexible visitor policies (around sampling and serving) for wine, craft spirits and other beverage alcohol producers in the province, local publications like Vernon Matters and the Vancouver Island Free Daily reported.

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Anohka Distillery, a farm distillery located west of Edmonton, won World’s Best New Make & Young Spirit at the World Whiskies Awards for its This is Not Whisky peated expression.

Quebec’s gin bubble has burst, according to an article on The Logic (paywall), referencing lower province-wide sales for the once-booming spirit.

Spent yeast may hold the potential to filter out heavy metals from electrical recycling waste, according to Newsweek.

On April 1, excise tax on beer, wine and spirits — slated to rise by 4.7 per cent — went up by just two per cent, a cap imposed for the next two year. In addition, The Spirits Business reported, the excise duty rate on the first 15,000 hectolitres was reduced by half.