WINTER 2019
VOL. 1, NO. 1
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEER CANADA, SPIRITS CANADA
AND THE CANADIAN VINTNERS ASSOCIATION
Contents
Departments
2 Letter from the Editor
4 Events
35 On the Menu
Features
6 Escalator Tax Draws Critics
In 2017, the Government of Canada quietly slid an
automatic tax escalator mechanism into legislation,
which imposes an automatic hike to excise duty rates
on all beverage alcohol every April 1.
BY LISA KOPOCHINSKI
14 Better Yeast, Better Beer
Decoding yeast’s vital contributions
to flavour and aroma
BY JASON HUNG AND MATTHEW DAHABIEH,
RENAISSANCE BIOSCIENCE CORP.
Profiles
28 Brewing Beer in the Yukon
Yukon Brewing started as an idea born around a
campfire during a canoe trip more than 20 years ago.
Today, its popular line of craft beers is sold throughout
much of Western Canada — and even as far afield as
Tokyo, if you know where to look
BY MARK HALSALL
32 Henry of Pelham Celebrates 30 Years
Pioneering sustainability initiatives
since the early 2000s
Articles
20 Ontario Craft Brewers Conference Recap
Ontario Craft Brewers shares fresh insight and
approaches for rapidly growing craft beer market
25 CVA’s Efforts for DTC across Canada Continue
Direct delivery of wine from winery to
consumer will help Canadian wineries
increase their wine sales market share
34 Canadian Wine Industry Awards
A Time to Recognize our Champions
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Escalator Tax
Draws Critics
The Canadian government added an automatic
tax escalator mechanism into legislation,
imposing an automatic tax hike every April 1
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On the Cover
It’s no secret that Canadians
pay a lot of tax on alcohol.
It’s a blow to the industry
that the Canadian
government has introduced
an annual automatic hike
to the alcohol tax rates
every April 1. Read how
this legislation affects the
industry and what is being
done to combat it, starting
on page 6.
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