Richard Hatter had a difficult job and he knew it. His firm, Hired Guns, had been tapped to redesign the label for Fat Tug, one of B.C.’s most influential beers – and one that already had an iconic label. According […]
The hand that rocks the label
Gluten for Punishment
As a ruggedly handsome 43-year-old man with a lustrous ginger beard, an open-minded palate, near-perfect digestion and guts of iron, I have never had an issue with gluten. If I could make love to it or shower in the stuff, […]
Know your freaky hangover cures, people
First, there was alcohol. And it was good. Then – likely the next morning – came the nauseous, head-pounding hangover. And it was very bad. For thousands of years, different cultures all over the world have suffered hangovers, and have […]
Beer tastes just fine out of the can, thank you very much
“Cans? Are you crazy?” If you, like me, have used this as your rallying cry – if you have spent the past few years scoffing at canned beer’s highly inferior taste, decrying its proponents as hopeless plebs, and turning up […]
Where's Surrey's beer scene, dude?
Perhaps you’ve already noticed, but B.C.’s craft beer boom has been consistent across the province. Smaller, more remote communities such as Cumberland, Invermere and Terrace have all staked a claim to the burgeoning industry, right alongside Vancouver and Victoria. There […]
Of COURSE breweries are blending beer with fashion
Contrary to what Broken Lizard’s 2006 blockbuster Beerfest may have insinuated, gone are the days when the fashions associated with a pint of the brew were Bavarian-inspired peasant wear. In 2015, beer gear has an all-new identity — and it […]
Beer and loathing at the BC Beer Awards
9 am-ish // There’s one bathroom stall here, which is going to be problematic, with dozens of dudes gathered to drink beer all day. This could get ugly. Oh, wait. It’s ugly now. The bowl is filled, not with the liquid […]
Here are the most offensive beer names ever
Big Cock Bock – Hoyne Brewing The name cheekily refers to the rooster on the label, but the BC Liquor Distribution Board rejected the beer on the grounds that the name wasn’t “family friendly.” The Hoyne clan argued that beer’s […]
Vern Lambourne returns with the Parkside Brewery
Alas, the prodigal son returns! Prodigal brewer? Or maybe it’s that absentee brewer? Whatever you want to call him, Vern Lambourne is back. After close to a year of speculation as to what his next move would be, the former […]
Phillips launches new malting facility
Phillips Brewing has been an innovator in B.C.’s craft industry for a long time: It was one of the first to offer growler fills, it began barrel aging beers a long time ago, and is well known for the diverse […]