SpotlightOctober2016

03 SPOTLIGHT ON OCTOBER 08 CURRENT INDUSTRY EVENTS 12 SPOTLIGHT ON INDUSTRY 12 PEI BREWING Tiny Province, Big Beer Taste 26 SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS 26 HUDEC WOODWORKING Nova Scotia’s Sweetest Treasures come from a Small Village on the North Shore 52 SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION 52 MULTIDEV TECHNOLOGIES INC. Tailored Beats OSFA Any Day 62 SPINDRIFT BREWING CO. Making Waves in the Microbrewery World 71 DME BREWING SOLUTIONS A New Beginning for Old Friends Automated Design Meets Intuitive Direction 32 APPLETON CHOCOLATES

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Those guys behind the glass are used to it. You can point and talk about them amongst yourselves. Laugh – they won’t take it personally. If you wave – and their hands are free – they’ll wave back. Head Brewer, Joe Strickland and Braumeister, Stefan Buhl have been making beer for Marten Brewing Co. on 30th Avenue in Vernon, British Columbia for over two years now and the fact that they perform their craft – please excuse the beer pun – in the centre of a brewpub while customers empty their mugs and plates is just part of the job. And it’s a welcome part. These guys love when they look out from their glassed-in brewery at the centre of the Marten Brewpub & Grill and see tables of co-workers and guests or toasting a fresh-from-the-tap pint of one of their very own creations while they’re putting together those very same recipes...

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Good Suds on the Vineyard

82 MARTEN BREWING CO. A Truly Canadian Story

Jonathan David Blum’s CV is impressive. Accord- ing to Bloomberg, he earned his undergraduate degree from George Washington University. Then he earned his JD (Juris Doctor or Doctor of Law degree) from Western New England College, School of Law. In March of this year he retired from YUM! Brands – which operates Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and WingStreet around the globe – after serving as the Chief Public Affairs Officer and Senior Vice President for nearly nineteen years. He was also the Vice President of Public Affairs at Taco Bell for almost twenty- three years and the Global Nutrition Officer for four years. He’s currently serving as a Director of The Advertising Council, Inc. and as an Indepen- dent Director of Kindred Healthcare Inc. ...

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