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Andina Brewing Company closed permanently due to landlord dispute

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • July 26, 2023

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 […]

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‘I don’t think anyone is coming out defending this’: Storm Brewing mural to be painted over by city

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • July 25, 2023

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 […]

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Seabus Memes launching collab with Container Brewing to ‘keep you comfortably lubricated’

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • July 21, 2023

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 […]

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Three Vancouver breweries bring home gold from world’s biggest beer awards event

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • May 18, 2023

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 […]

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Vancouver getting new fest ‘to bring the community together and celebrate beer’

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • April 19, 2023

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 […]

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Vancouver’s got a new Halloween beer event this year with ‘monster burlesque’

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • September 19, 2022

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 […]

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Big Ridge Brewing Co. shuts down suddenly after 23 years of beers

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • September 13, 2022

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 […]

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Vancouver Craft Beer Week announces epic return of annual festival

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • May 3, 2022

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 […]

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8 Metro Vancouver breweries are working together to aid Ukrainians, and you can help by drinking beer

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • April 5, 2022

Who’s in for a round? With the war continuing in Ukraine, brewers around the world are finding ways to help. To do their part, Vancouver-area brewers gathered in late March to brew a special beer, a Ukrainian Golden Ale. The […]

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Brewing August: Vancouver’s newest craft brewery promises beach vibes all year long

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • March 18, 2022

“August in Vancouver is a time in Vancouver where everyone’s happy and in good spirits and at the beach.” Western Vancouver will get something it’s been sorely missing during the independent brewery boom in B.C. A brewery. When Brewing August […]

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