B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
I’ll be completely honest, I’m not super familiar with the boysenberry. The sum total of my previous experience with this fruit has been with IHOP pancake syrup, so for years I assumed it was an artificial flavour with a made-up […]
Part 2 in a four-part series exploring the basic building blocks of beer… Beer starts with grain in just about every way. Even historically. There’s no canonical origin story for beer, but the myth goes that one of our […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the beer, with B.C. craft breweries putting out some great holiday-themed brews, perfect for stuffing stockings and stocking fridges. Here’s what’s on our wish list this week… Granville Island Brewing’s Cellar Series Gift […]
When it comes to authentic representations of traditional Belgian beer styles, Vancouver’s Strange Fellows Brewing is among the few breweries in this province that consistently get it right. Far too many breweries think that by merely throwing a particular […]
Victoria’s Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. has been on the forefront of the craft beer movement since opening in 2001, and the re-release of Black Toque harkens back to a time when everything was shiny and new. If you’ve ever […]
It’s fair to say we all take water for granted. Turn on the tap and there it is. It’s only when restrictions kick in during extreme dry spells, or the city cuts your supply as it flushes the damn […]
So this Saturday is my son’s first birthday and my wife and I are looking forward to it with a sense of relief and amazement. Relief that we got that crazy, exhausting, overwhelming first year of our lovely darling child’s […]
Here’s what we’re looking forward to tossing down our gullet this week… Fernie Brewing Co., Black Mammoth Winter Ale (8.0% ABV, 25 IBU) Fernie’s Black Mammoth Winter Ale is back to warm our hearts and our livers. This […]
It’s American Thanksgiving today and the Christmas season is just around the corner, so it’s probably a good time to reflect on the many things we’re thankful for. I mean, yeah, I’m thankful for my wife and my son and […]
It’s pretty miserable out this week and I’m feeling pretty miserable, too, thanks to a lingering cold that just will not go away. So for this week’s beer I decided my sinuses needed a shotgun blast of hops to […]