Feb 19, 2025
Kitchener, ON is a tight-knit brewing scene, and one man has been a pillar of the community for around a decade now. Rob Hern launched Short Finger Brewing in 2019 after running a successful home brew shop out of the same space, and he jumped back on the pod after two years to catch Cee and Nate up. They touched on his...
Feb 12, 2025
With the recent announcement of 25% tariffs on Canadian goods
in the USA by President Trump, and the subsequent retaliatory
tariffs on American goods in Canada by Prime Minster Trudeau, the
craft beer industry is arguably the most aggressively affected.
Thankfully they were paused for 30 days in early February,...
Feb 5, 2025
One good thing to come out of the pandemic in Ontario was the
ability for existing businesses to add a craft bottle shop element
to their offerings, and it's about time we did a deep dive for this
series. Chris Redmond of Durand Bar & Bottle Shop in Hamilton, ON,
and Marc Lecompte of Sidewalk Beer Shop in Waterloo, ON,...