Vancouver and craft beer goes together like Vancouver and expensive real estate, it’s one of those things that’s come around in the last few decades but seems to be written into the city’s DNA. Beer wasn’t here as settlers moved into the […]
Storm Brewing’s mural ‘beloved by locals and visitors alike’ gets official reprieve from removal
The beer gear and rats will stick around The tempest around Storm Brewing’s mural appears to have quelled. At a meeting on July 25, city council voted unanimously to have the mural “be grandfathered and allowed to stay in place.” […]
Andina Brewing Company closed permanently due to landlord dispute
The business is for sale now Vancouver has lost one of its popular craft breweries. Andina Brewing Company closed down in the spring; at the time it was announced as a temporary closure, but one of the owners has confirmed […]
‘I don’t think anyone is coming out defending this’: Storm Brewing mural to be painted over by city
The mural has been there for almost 10 years. As city politicians aim to kill Vancouver’s reputation as ‘No Fun City’ bylaw officials have told an East Van brewery its nearly decade-old mural will have to be painted over. Storm Brewing, founded in […]
Seabus Memes launching collab with Container Brewing to ‘keep you comfortably lubricated’
First there was Seabus Sauce, now comes Seabus Juice. One of Vancouver’s most famous (though anonymous) purveyors of memes is striking out into the craft beer industry yet again. Seabus Juice is currently brewing at East Vancouver’s Container Brewing, as […]
Three Vancouver breweries bring home gold from world’s biggest beer awards event
BC won seven medals in all at the international event There are likely a few Vancouver brewers cracking a cold one to celebrate their beers this week. That’s because three local breweries won golds at the World Beer Cup, the biggest beer […]
Vancouver getting new fest ‘to bring the community together and celebrate beer’
The inaugural Vancouver Brewers Festival happens this month. Vancouver’s independent beer makers are doing their own thing, again. The inaugural Vancouver Brewers Festival will be an event by brewers for brewers, and the community says organizer Aaron Jonckheere. “We get together sometimes,” says […]
Vancouver’s got a new Halloween beer event this year with ‘monster burlesque’
It’s not just a beer fest… First, there was the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and now there’s the Hoppy Horror Beer Show. Coming to the Croatian Cultural Centre on Oct. 21, the new twist on a beer festival promises plenty of ales […]
Big Ridge Brewing Co. shuts down suddenly after 23 years of beers
It’s the second brewery in the region to close up in the last few weeks Just a couple of weeks after Green Leaf Brewing shut down in North Vancouver, another longstanding brewpub restaurant in the region has closed up shop. Big Ridge […]
Vancouver Craft Beer Week announces epic return of annual festival
More than 150 beers and ciders will be pouring With more than 60 breweries and cideries signed up, more than 150 beers and ciders promised, and two days of music, the Vancouver Craft Beer and Music Festival is coming back […]