B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
It’s August, and it’s time to soak in the bliss that is the British Columbia summer. Which means if you’re not currently chilling next to a large body of water, then you need to trick your tastebuds into thinking you […]
Of the many multitudes of craft beer styles, none is so versatile as the India pale ale. IPAs can be light or dark, clear or hazy, strong or weak, bitter or sweet, or anything in between. The sub genres of […]
Summer has arrived, and we can only hope we’ve finally seen the end of the June-uary misery. Since the next three months are totally going to be hot and sunny (touch wood) and we’re obviously going to be at the […]
It’s a new year, and many of us are turning over a new leaf and cutting down on our alcohol consumption, whether it’s to support our mental and/or physical health, or just to give our wallets a break. I’m not […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, I’m not talking about the holidays, or the ski season, or the end of another year spent watching society crumble before our very eyes. It’s time for year-end limited edition craft […]
Newsflash: It’s miserable out. This time of year, most days weeks months are a never-ending grey blur of damp and cold, with one drizzly day after another, after another. And on the rare occasions that the sun does make an […]
It’s October and things are officially spooky what with the dark and stormy nights, creeping fog and pumpkin beers showing up on beer store shelves. Yikes! It’s no secret that I have no love for pumpkin beers. In fact, one […]
This summer has been a scorcher so far and there’s still more than a month to go. Some locally-crafted liquid refreshment is just thing to beat the heat, so here are some favourites we’re currently quaffing. Bottlecap by Twin City […]
The new reality of COVID-19 is that even tiny breweries previously focused solely on their tasting rooms have now pivoted to packaged sales in order to stay alive. While this doesn’t come close to making up for the loss of […]
During these unprecedentedly weird times, every dollar we spend can have an enormous impact. Hundreds of thousands of people in B.C. have been laid off or have lost their jobs entirely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I’m one of them, […]