Breweries and distilleries across the province are responding to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak by shifting production from hazy IPAs and botanical gins to making hand sanitizer for front line workers. The key ingredient in hand sanitizer is ethyl alcohol, […]
B.C. craft breweries push for government support, debt relief amid COVID-19 outbreak
With tasting rooms across the province closed due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) response and thousands of people laid off, B.C.’s craft breweries and the people they employ and support are in crisis. Operating on slim margins with little in the […]
Fort Langley Beer + Food Festival postponed to June 27
The Fort Langley Beer + Food Festival has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak (coronavirus), and will be rescheduled for June 27, 2020, instead. The festival was originally slated for May 16, 2020, but due to the ongoing […]
Patina, V2V Black Hops and Jackknife Brewing open amid COVID-19 outbreak
A trio of new craft breweries have opened their doors in B.C. in recent weeks, and have had to promptly shut them due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. It should have been a time of celebration for Patina Brewing in […]
Restaurants permitted to deliver booze with food
B.C will allow out-of-work employees to deliver alcohol with food deliveries, Attorney General David Eby said Sunday (March 22). “In these extraordinary times, more British Columbians are relying on delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Eby said. “Permitting licensed restaurants […]
Great Okanagan Beer Festival postponed due to COVID-19
Kelowna’s Great Okanagan Beer Festival is the latest COVID-19 casualty. The week-long festival was originally slated for the first week of May, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, organizers have opted to postpone the event and hopefully have […]
Craft beer in crisis: how to support your local brewery during the COVID-19 outbreak
With each day as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak worsens, restrictions on our day-to-day life become more and more intrusive. For small businesses like craft breweries and cideries, these measures have resulted in closures, lay-offs and fears of bankruptcy. There is […]
Vancouver Craft Beer Week postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak
Organizers of Vancouver Craft Beer Week have announced today that the beloved annual beer festival will be postponed until later in the summer due to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. “Given the global situation with COVID-19, and in light of […]
Downtown Vancouver bars ordered closed for St. Patrick’s Day
The Vancouver region’s chief medical health officer has ordered all bars and restaurants in downtown Vancouver to close for St. Patrick’s Day in an effort to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus. Dr. Patricia Daly of Vancouver Coastal Health issued […]
COVID-19 outbreak causes craft brewery tasting rooms to close, reduce capacity across B.C.
The latest casualty in the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak appears to be B.C.’s craft brewery tasting rooms. A number of breweries around the province have opted to reduce capacity and in some cases shut down completely in order to stop the […]