B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Disc golf pairs well with B.C. craft beer While flinging a flying disc for fun likely dates back to the proliferation of the pie pan, it became popularized in the 1950s with the commercialization of the Frisbee. A variety of […]
There’s salt in my beer My teetotalling grandparents didn’t drink beer, but more than a few friends remember seeing their older forebears spilling some salt into their Old Style Pilsners. The reason for doing so varies considerably: it adds more […]
This is the first time a brewery from Eastern Canada has won the Canada Beer Cup Canadian craft breweries celebrated brewing excellence at the Canada Beer Cup Awards Gala in Québec City on November 10. The trophy for Best Beer […]
Brewery tours around the world My first brewery tour did not include any actual beer because I was still an underage high school student at the time. One of my buddies wanted to become a brewer after graduation and […]
GOLD Best New World Cider // Cowichan Dry Merridale is B.C.’s first craft cidery. Its founders took over this enchanting yet slightly run-down cidery in Cobble Hill back in 1999, and then set to work transforming Merridale into a thriving establishment […]
GOLD Best Dark Ale // Dark Matter I first tasted Sean Hoyne’s beer more than 30 years ago when I moved to Victoria from Ontario and discovered Swans Brewpub where he began his brewing career. Of the core list of four […]
Colourful Breweries Did you know that 13 different B.C. breweries have a colour in their name? The most commonly used is red/rouge (5) with white coming in second (3). Black Kettle, Buffalo Rouge, Copper, Grey Fox, Red Arrow, Red […]
B.C. breweries have fallen in love with Czech-style side-pour taps Ask Brent Mills about his “first time” and you’ll see his eyes light up as he recalls this highly pleasurable experience, one that he has spent a considerable amount of […]
Beastly Breweries There are 19 breweries in B.C. featuring 13 unique animals in their names: 3 Dogs, Angry Hen, Bad Dog, Barn Owl, Buffalo Rouge, CowDog, Dead Frog, Dog Mountain, Fisher Peak, Fox Mountain, Grey Fox, Noble Pig, Ravens, Red […]
Port Alberni’s Twin City Brewing has repeated as BC’s top brewery, taking home the big prize along with five individual awards at the 2024 BC Beer Awards, which were announced in New Westminster on October 19. Prior to winning Brewery […]