Kelowna is further staking its claim as a craft beer destination with the recent opening of Boundary Brewing Co., one of six breweries and brewpubs now serving up craft beer within the city limits. Started by former farmer and rugby-enthusiast […]
Bizarre Liquor Laws of BC’s Past: The Great Tied House Debate
A tied house, originally a British term, is a bar or restaurant that has an association (financial or otherwise) with a brewery that is likely to cause the brewery’s beer to be favoured over other brands. The association can come […]
This Valentine's Day, say it with beer!
Brace yourselves, V-Day is upon us. Which means there’s a good chance you are going to have to buy some sort of clichéd gift for your significant other as a lame token of your undying love and affection, or whatever. […]
Unsung Heroes of Beer: The Tool Shed Brewing guys (Graham Sherman and Jeff Orr)
Lately, Graham Sherman might be best known nationally as the Calgarian brewer and co-founder of Tool Shed Brewing who “fired” a critical patron and beer writer. But Sherman’s been making headlines, alongside his business partner Jeff Orr, since 2013, when […]
A beer lover’s guide to Dine Out Vancouver
Vancouver’s best restaurants may have been slow to embrace craft beer, but there’s still plenty pouring at this year’s Dine Out Vancouver festival. It’s an almost absurd premise. 280-plus restaurants all offering deeply-discounted prix fixe multi-course meals for 17 days […]
The beauty behind barrel-aging
In competitive industries like craft brewing, staying ahead of the curve and on top of the trends is vital to keeping consumers interested. Craft brewers are taking traditional styles and flavours and are making them their own using different ingredients. […]
A Brew Horizon: The Top 10 most anticipated breweries of 2017
If you thought the craft beer revolution was slowing down, well, how wrong you are! Every corner of this province is experiencing a beer boom, and we, the thirsty public, are the beneficiaries. The forecast for 2017 sees breweries […]
The Year in Beer: The best new breweries of 2016
I’m certainly not the first to mention it, but yes, 2016 has been an absolute abomination of a year for most of the human race. Between Aleppo, Trump, and [insert dead musician/actor/celebrity of your choosing here], 2017 can’t come soon […]
Brew Kid on the Block: Mayne Island Brewing Co.
Mayne Island Brewing Co. founder Michael Garratt may have made his living selling wine, but his true love has always been beer. To that end, he and his wife Annette opened their own brewery earlier this month on their […]
Brewer vs. Brewer: The Employee vs. Employee edition
With Brewer vs Brewer, the concept always been the same: put two brewers from different breweries in the same room, make them ask each other questions, take pictures of them answering these questions, then hope to gawd that the […]