If you have a liver and pulse, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a lot more fantastic beer being brewed and consumed in Vancouver these days. In little more than five years, our city has transformed itself from a puritanical craft […]
Hop Circuit returns to Yeast Van this Sunday
Yeast Van is home to some of the best beer and spirits in the province, and this Sunday you can get a peek behind the scenes and meet the people responsible for your favourite bevvies. The third annual Yeast Van […]
Siris Cask Festival coming to Vancouver
The Siris Cask Festival is returning in June, and this time you won’t have to schlep all the way out to Port Coquitlam to enjoy it. Named after Siris, the original goddess of beer in pre-Sumerian mythology, the festival features […]
Luppolo takes the top prize at Okanagan Fest of Ale
Vancouver’s Luppolo Brewing Co. was the big winner at the 2018 Okanagan Fest of Ale this past weekend in Penticton, picking up coveted Best in Show honours for its Tart Wild Ale with Plum, as well as winning for Best […]
Okanagan Fest of Ale kicks off this weekend
The rain has stopped (sort of), the roads have cleared, and it’s smooth sailing to the Interior for the first time in forever—which means conditions are perfect for the Okanagan Fest of Ale this weekend in Penticton! This year marks […]
Blood, sweat, tears and beers as Beer Wars returns this Sunday
One of my favourite beer events of the year is happening this Sunday, and if you haven’t snagged tickets yet, you really need to get on that. Beer Wars is the craft beer version of Aprons for Gloves, a boxing […]
Beer to the ground! Here’s our quarterly round-up of B.C.’s newest breweries for Spring 2018
Our spies are working overtime to keep up with all the new breweries opening every month in B.C. Another Beer Co. New Westminster (summer 2018) Sapperton used to be the brewing capital of the province, and ABC hopes to […]
Beer League BASH raises more than $5k for East Van youth hockey
Bomber Brewing’s Beer League BASH charity hockey tournament helped raise more than $5,500 for the Britannia After School Hockey program at Vancouver’s Britannia Community Secondary School earlier this month, helping give East Van kids who would not normally have the […]
Factory Brewing is now Craft Collective Beerworks
B.C.’s first dedicated contract brewery is getting a rebrand, and a change of focus. Factory Brewing is no longer. In it’s place, the much more pleasant-sounding Craft Collective Beerworks. So why the rebrand? It looks like Craft Collective will be […]
Coquitlam’s John B Pub celebrates 40 years with Main Sail Pale Ale
One of the oldest continuously operating neighborhood pubs in the province is hitting a pretty significant milestone this month. Coquitlam’s John B Pub is celebrating 40 years of serving pints to the thirsty masses on March 14, and to mark […]