B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
This September, Canada’s oldest beer festival will go on tour to the East Kootenays. After celebrating in Victoria on the weekend after Labour Day as usual, GCBF will hit the road for the first time ever in its 29-year history. […]
The 2023 Canadian Brewing Awards were announced in Halifax on Saturday, June 3, and craft breweries from British Columbia fared extremely well on the national stage. In total, 39 BC breweries won 51 awards, including 16 golds, 17 silvers, 12 […]
Given the variety of quality beer options in the Six, maybe Toronto should be known as the Six-Pack Early last fall, I had the opportunity to travel to Toronto to be part of the judging panel for the inaugural Canada […]
It seems like the pandemic and economic conditions have led to a slowdown in new brewery development, but there still are several breweries in the works that we expect will open in the next year so. Boltage Brewing Squamish (2023) […]
Quesnel’s Barkerville Brewing has brewed a special beer in honour of BC’s first licenced dentist, William Allen “Painless” Jones. Barkerville Brewing is celebrating Black History Month with the launch of a new beer called Painless Jones Schwarzbier. The Quesnel-based brewery, […]
Dry January is over — February is all about exploring and tasting along the BC Ale Trail. The BC Ale Trail, in collaboration with Translink’s Dine the Line, has created Tasting Passports featuring 64 businesses in five different Metro Vancouver […]
Enjoy festive flavours from full-bodied dark ales to creamy eggnog sips this holiday season. This winter, beer lovers can sip on more than 100+ seasonally-inspired suds, thanks to the talented craft brew crews throughout BC. Featuring unmistakably festive flavours including […]
Gladstone Brewing Wins Brewery of the Year and Parallel 49 Brewing Earns Best in Show The 2022 BC Beer Awards were announced on November 5 at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the […]
Best in Show Awarded to Callister Brewing’s Wee Laird Wee Heavy at the Canadian Craft Brewers Association Canada Beer Cup B.C. breweries brought home 46 medals at the Canada Beer Cup presented by the Canadian Craft Brewers Association, including “Best […]
Winnipeg has more than a dozen breweries, along with other great ways to sip and sample craft beer in both indoor and outdoor settings. Although I love living on the West Coast, I have a soft spot for Winnipeg. My […]