Our pals at Business in Vancouver have done a great story about the BC hops industry. Interesting fact: “Chilliwack Hop Farm now supplies hops to more than 150 breweries across North America, Europe and China and plans to expand […]
Perfection in a pint at Postmark Brewing
Postmark Brewing was the winner for Best Vancouver Craft Brewery category in Westender’s annual Best Of The City: Dining readers’ choice poll. Here’s a profile I did on this great little brewery. Check out the full results here. […]
Up your beer nerd game with these super cool tasting cards
So this is pretty cool. Vancouver Cicerone and BJCP-certified beer judge Dave Shea is launching a Kickstarter campaign to bring a pet project of his to life. He’s created this thing called the Palate Deck, and it’s basically a […]
Bad luck for One Duck
Some terrible news out of Squamish. The owners of the fledgling One Duck Brewing Company, which had hoped to be open before the end of the year, announced on Facebook that they might not open at all after getting […]
Mother’s milk
It might be hard to believe now, but there was a time – not too long ago, in fact – when beer was actually marketed as a health drink. “Guinness is Good For You,” was the popular catch phrase […]
Pumpkin beers, and other terrible ideas
AKA, the nightmare before Christmas… There’s a chill in the air and our annual frigid monsoon season has begun in earnest, which means one thing: pumpkin spice everything. There are pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice Cheerios, pumpkin spice Triscuits, […]
Proposed beer museum to be a mecca for hop heads
I think we can all agree that beer is pretty awesome, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this right now. For a lot of us, it’s a kind of boozy religion. So, obviously, beer lovers deserve some sort of holy site […]
Beerlesque returns to the Roundhouse
Craft beer and nearly-naked bodies are a pretty good combination is you ask us (which no one did, but there you go). This Saturday is the sixth annual Beerlesque event at the Roundhouse Community Centre, which combines the very […]
Central City and Parallel 49 announce 2016 craft beer advent calendar
It’s that time of year! Craft beer advent calendar season! Central City Brewers + Distillers and Parallel 49 Brewing Company announced today they are once again collaborating on an advent-style beer calendar with this year’s Seasons Greetings 24-Pack. This year’s “calendar” is packaged to look like […]
Nothing but love at the BC Beer Awards
It’s been a few days since the BC Beer Awards, and I have to say, I’m still buzzing. And not just from all the amazing beer on offer (well, that’s part of it, I’m sure). The BC Beer Awards […]