Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated every March 17th and some cities give it more importance than others.  In Canada, the celebrations might have nothing to compare to Dublin, Chicago or Boston but we think that any beer festival is worth celebrating;) So we decided to share a “did you know” section with unusual facts about this Irish festival. You might learn some interesting stuff ?  The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in Canada was in Montreal! It took place in 1824.  St. Patrick’s official color was blue! The blue color has a deep meaning and roots in Irish mythology, hist ..read more

Cold weather calls for good comfort winter dishes. We just found THE winter dish that includes our two passions: Eating and drinking (and yes we can enjoy drinking even without alcohol!). Here is  a recipe for Carbonnade Flamande (beer and beef stew) which, as its name suggests, comes straight from Belgium, the land of beers. We adapted the recipe by changing the alcoholic beer to our Sober Irish Red beer and it was DE-LI-CIOUS! Irish red Beer Sober Carpenter and beef stew   For 4 servings   Ingredients : 1kg of beef cubes 4 onions 2 carrots 250g smoked bacon 1 can of Sobe ..read more

You should know that the production of non-alcoholic beer is very similar to that of alcoholic beers and they contain the same ingredients (malt, hops, yeast, water, etc.). There are then three different ways to extract the alcohol. The first method is to remove as much alcohol as possible by evaporating the ethanol (alcohol). The Ethanol evaporates from 78.5 ° C. So before bottling the beer and once the fermentation has taken place, the beer is brought up to 80 ° C for 30 minutes in order to evaporate a maximum of the ethanol contained in the ..read more

Oktoberfest, better known as beer fest, is a Bavarian tradition that has been around for over two centuries and attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. The first Oktoberfest took place in 1810, after Prince Ludwig I married Princess Therese of Sassonie-Hildburghausen. He invited, 5 days after the wedding, all Munich residents to participate in a royal feast in the fields in front of the city gate. Since that day, this place has been called the Theresienwiese (Meadow of Thérèse) in honor of the princess and the event still takes place ..read more

The fall season has arrived! And along with it, many recommendations on where to find the most beautiful pumpkin, where to see the most gorgeous fall colors and on top of it all, what to drink? You keep hearing about warm drinks full of spices, pumpkin lattes, apples and cinnamon… And although we love this autumnal atomosphere, we have decided to be original and to offer you a summer mocktail to make summer last a little longer, at least in your glass! We offer you the “Warm in the Sun”, (as opposed to the original Californian cocktail with alcohol “Cold in the shadows”) a sparkling mocktail r ..read more