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What’s Up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event planner for Oct. 4-6, 2019

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 4, 2019

North Shore Craft Beer Week Oct. 4-11 • North Vancouver Returning for its third year, North Shore Craft Beer Week kicks off with a Oct. 4 launch party at the Shipyards featuring live music, food trucks and, of course, all […]

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What’s up with what’s going down: your craft beer weekend event guide for Sept. 27-29

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 26, 2019

Brewloops Sept. 27 and 28 • Kamloops This beer festival has it all: more than 30 B.C. breweries and cideries, a dozen live music acts, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, and a family-friendly event on the afternoon of the 28th. […]

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Fresh to Death returns with a killer fresh hopped beer list

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 25, 2019

Fresh to Death, B.C.’s biggest fresh hop beer festival, returns to the Roundhouse in Victoria on Saturday, Oct. 12, with 20 B.C. breweries on hand offering seasonal fresh-hopped beers. The style list runs the gamut from pale ales and IPAs […]

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What’s up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event guide for Sept. 20-22

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 18, 2019

Hop Devil Hootenanny Sept. 21 • 1-7 p.m. • Vancouver It’s time to give thanks for a good harvest and to drink to the health of the Hop Devil to help ensure a bountiful crop next year. To that end, […]

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What’s Up With What’s Going Down: Your Craft Beer Weekend Event Calendar for Sept. 6-8

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 5, 2019

Great Canadian Beer Festival Sept. 6-7 • Victoria The Great Canadian Beer Festival returns to Royal Athletic Park in Victoria for its 27th annual celebration of craft beer with close to 100 breweries and cideries—the most ever at GCBF! Up […]

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10 beers you need to try this weekend at the Great Canadian Beer Festival in Victoria

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 3, 2019

Strap in kiddies, because your liver is about to take a beating this weekend. That’s right, the Great Canadian Beer Festival returns to Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park for its 27th annual celebration of the very best Canadian craft beer has […]

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Great Canadian Beer Festival announces its beer list and it’s a doozy

Rob Mangelsdorf • August 27, 2019

The Great Canadian Beer Festival has released the beer list for its 27th annual celebration of craft beer and it’s a doozy. The coast-to-coast tap list features more than 300 beers and ciders from some of the best breweries in […]

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BC Beer Con: B.C.’s largest-ever craft beer conference coming to Vancouver Oct. 17-18

Rob Mangelsdorf • August 16, 2019

Whether you work in the craft beer industry or just really love craft beer, you are going to want to keep BC Beer Con in Vancouver on your radar this October. Hosted by the BC Craft Brewers Guild, BC Beer […]

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What’s up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event planner for Aug. 16-18

Rob Mangelsdorf • August 16, 2019

Yeast Van block party brings breweries together If you’re in Vancouver this weekend, you’ll need to check out the Yeast Van Block Party on Saturday. The event includes three of my favourite things: craft beer, barbecue and summer in East […]

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Field Day Fest set for this Saturday at Field House Brewing in Abbotsford

Rob Mangelsdorf • August 7, 2019
Field Day Fest returns this Saturday, Aug. 10 to Field House Brewing in Abbotsford

Field House Brewing in Abbotsford is having a Field Day this Saturday Aug. 10, with its annual sour beer, art and music festival, hosted on its beer lawn. Eight breweries will be on hand pouring some of the best sour […]

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