B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Wine bottles are fancy, huh? So when a brewery puts its beer in a wine bottle, it must mean that it’s extra fancy, I guess. Actually, more often than not, this has proven to be true, in my experience. Sometimes […]
There seems to be all sorts of drama these days in the craft beer world about contract brewing—that is, the practice of brewing beer at a brewery that isn’t yours. Recently, Doan’s and Postmark were acquired by Craft Collective Beerworks, […]
By pastry chef Agnieszka Furmanek, Spinnakers Brewpub As a child growing up in Poland, pastry chef Agnieszka Furmanek learned to cook at her mother’s knee. After earning her Masters in Food Science and Nutrition and moving to Victoria two years […]
Here’s the thing: English beers, they get no respect. Are they warm and undercarbonated? Yes—or are North American beers too cold and fizzy? Are they weaker than a cup of tea at Nana’s house? Again, yes—or are they extremely sessionable? […]
Prince Rupert’s Wheelhouse Brewing Co. is one of the pioneers of the Northern B.C. craft beer scene, and they’ll be celebrating their fifth anniversary in December, which is a pretty big deal. Wheelhouse’s beers are also making an appearance at […]
Since the B.C. Beer Awards were last Saturday, this week I thought I’d highlight one of the gold medal-winning beers. (Check out the full list of winners here.) Little Red One is a lambic-style sour ale with black currants from […]
When it comes to legendary craft breweries in this province, there are dozens that have had a significant impact on shaping the B.C. beer scene. Victoria’s Driftwood Brewery has undoubtedly earned a place in that pantheon with its lineup of […]
In the ongoing search for new flavours, craft brewers have recently stumbled upon an obscure variety of beer yeast from Norway, of all places. The country that considers gelatinous lye-soaked salt cod its national dish is apparently also home to […]
The B.C. Beer Awards launched its first-ever collab beer this week, a fresh-hopped kolsch brewed by 2017 Brewery of the Year-winner Mount Arrowsmith Brewing and 2017 Rookie of the Year, Backcountry Brewing. Called Group Project, the beer was brewed at […]
One of the great things about the craft beer revolution is the many styles of beer that have been saved from obscurity—if not outright extinction—by creative brewers looking for the next “Big Thing.” One style that’s popped up in recent […]