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B.C. brewers support veterans with new Orion 1-1 beer release

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 22, 2019

Smugglers’ Trail Caskworks and their brewing partners at Vancouver’s Craft Collective Beerworks announced they will be teaming up to produce a commemorative beer honouring Canadian veterans. Called Orion 1-1, $1 from every bottle will be donated to Honour House, a […]

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On tap! New beers from Backcountry, Strange Fellows and Andina

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 22, 2019
Doublemaker by Backcountry Brewing

Here’s what we’re looking forward to blasting our taste buds with this week! Doublemaker by Backcountry Brewing 8.0% ABV • 40 IBU • 473 mL tall can four-packs Everything you love about Backcountry’s award-winning Widowmaker IPA with “double the pleasure […]

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Drink This! Hüftgold by Four Winds Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 18, 2019
Hüftgold by Four Winds Brewing

With craft breweries trending towards more approachable beers, two styles have emerged as the big winners: hazy pales and lagers. Hazy pale ales and IPAs seem to be getting most of the attention these days, probably because that style of […]

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On Tap! New beers from Dageraad, Four Winds and Driftwood

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 15, 2019
Singularity by Driftwood Brewing

Here’s what we’re looking forward to blasting our palates with this week! 10˚ by Dageraad Brewing 10.5% ABV • 650 mL bottles Happy day! We’ve been waiting since 2016 to try the next edition of this Belgian quadrupel by Burnaby’s […]

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Drink This! Midnight Train by Boombox Brewing Company

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 12, 2019

I don’t want to alarm you, but I think it might have snowed. You could look out the window and find out for yourself, but thankfully we have Facebook to show us hundreds of photos of everyone’s front yard/street. What […]

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On tap! New beer from Luppolo, R&B and Steamworks

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 8, 2019
Luppolo's Missing Lynx Hazy IPA and Gold Medal Deer.

Here’s what we’re looking forward to shoving down our throats this week… Missing Lynx Hazy IPA and Gold Medal Deer by Luppolo Brewing Co. 6.8% ABV, 5.5% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Luppolo has a couple of can releases […]

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Recipes

RECIPE: Beer and Cheddar Soup with Strange Fellows Brewing Guardian White IPA

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 6, 2019

By Roy Flemming, executive chef for Tuc Craft Kitchen   Born in the UK and raised in the Caribbean, New York City and Montreal, TUC Craft Kitchen executive chef Roy Flemming has spent more than two decades in the kitchen, […]

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Drink This! Nanaimo Bar Imperial Porter by Vancouver Island Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 5, 2019
Nanaimo Bar Imperial Porter by Vancouver Island Brewing.

When I heard Vancouver Island Brewing was going to be doing a Nanaimo bar porter, my first thought was, “How has no one else thought of this yet?” Because, like most great ideas, it seems really obvious. Pastry stouts and […]

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On tap! New beers from Dageraad, Foamer’s Folly and Backcountry Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 30, 2019
Sextuple by Dageraad Brewing and Sooke Brewing Co.

Here’s what we’re looking forward to pouring down our pie hole this week!   SEXTUPLE! By Dageraad + Sooke Brewing Co. (9.0% ABV, 473 mL tall cans) Brewed in collaboration with Sooke Brewing Co., Dageraad’s SEXTUPLE! is an abbey tripel […]

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Drink This! Kith and Kin by Steel & Oak Brewing Co. + Brassneck Brewery

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 29, 2019
Kith and Kin by Steel & Oak Brewing Co. / Brassneck Brewery

We may be living in the post-truth era, but if there’s one thing that’s universally accepted as fact, it’s that Brassneck makes fantastic beer and if you see something with its logo on it at the beer store, then you […]

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