The weekend is fast approaching, and with it the glorious conclusion to Vancouver Craft Beer Week: the annual VCBW Fest at the PNE Fairgrounds. This Saturday and Sunday (June 2 and 3), more than 100 breweries and cideries will be […]
Summer 2018 edition of The Growler out now!
The Summer 2018 issue of The Growler is out now, with all the pertinent craft beer intel you need to survive the hot weather. This issue of B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide is jam-packed with informative stories, hilarious features and […]
Happy friggin’ birthday! Central City celebrates 15 years by upsizing cans at no extra cost
Central City Brewers + Distillers is celebrating 15 years of craft beer by moving its entire core lineup of Red Racer beers from 355mL cans to 500mL tall cans—while keeping the price the same. This isn’t just a limited time […]
Burnaby’s Dageraad named Brewery of the Year at Canadian Brewing Awards
Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing took home the top honours at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Halifax tonight (May 26), winning the coveted Brewery of the Year award, as well as a slew of gold medals. Breweries from across Canada took part […]
BREWHALL to take over old Steel Toad space in late June
Tap & Barrel Restaurants’ new brewery in the former Steel Toad space on East 2nd Ave. in Vancouver will be called BREWHALL, it was announced this week, and should be open for business by late June. In a press release […]
VCBW launches 2018 collab beer: Sea-to-Sky Double Dry Hopped Pilsner
Vancouver Craft Beer Week returns for its ninth year May 25 to June 3, and it’s commemorating the annual citywide celebration with its official 2018 VCBW Collaboration Beer. This year, VCBW partnered with Backcountry Brewing (Squamish), Beere Brewing (North Vancouver) […]
Vancouver Craft Beer Week kicks off with the East Van Crusher
Gird your liver and clear your schedule, because the ninth annual Vancouver Craft Beer Week is almost upon us. What started out as a humble craft beer fest back when you could count the number of local breweries on both […]
Phillips’ Levidrome Imperial Regal Lager seeks to add six-year-old’s word to the dictionary
Phillips Brewing is helping a six-year-old boy’s dream come true by hopefully forever changing the English language with the release of its latest beer. Let me explain. Victoria author and musician Lucky Budd says his son Levi discovered there was […]
Tap & Barrel’s new patio has an insane amount of B.C. craft beer
Tap & Barrel is opening its 240-seat patio at their flagship North Vancouver location in Lower Lonsdale this Friday, and it might be the best place in the province to enjoy B.C. craft beer al fresco. The patio—which is designed […]
B.C. brewers win big at World Beer Cup
It bills itself as the “Most Prestigious Beer Competition in the World”, and this year B.C. brewers proved they are among the best of the best. In all, B.C. breweries brought home nine medals—including three golds—from the World Beer Cup, […]