Make no mistake: Vancouver has emerged as the craft beer capital of Canada (sorry Victoria). And Brewery Creek – the unofficial brewery district developed around Main Street – has become the industry’s beating heart. Like SE Portland in Oregon or […]
Mead: Rotten Bee Puke Has Never Tasted So Good
It may be the world’s oldest drink, but mead is the newest artisan alcohol trend – thanks in part to the popularity of craft beer, and a certain murder-happy TV show. The delicious fermented honey drink dates back almost as far as human civilization, […]
Fest Of Ale Kicks Off The Beer Fest Season
There are so many beer festivals coming up in 2016, you can all expect a summer season full of exhausted brewers and owners schlepping tents and kegs from one town to the next every weekend between May and September. Or […]
How Gassy Jack Put Vancouver on the Map
Vancouver is known around the world for its outrageous real estate prices and equally ridiculous liquor laws, so it seems somehow fitting that Canada’s third-largest city first began after a squatter decided to open an unlicensed saloon in the middle of nowhere. Apart from the […]
The 9 Best Tasting Rooms in BC
For the better part of three decades, beer has been as much about marketing as about the beer. And for all of craft beer’s conscious efforts to do everything differently than macro beer, the industry is still a product of […]
These Are The Nerdiest Pop Culture Craft Beer Names Ever
There is no shortage of geekiness in the craft beer world. Whether it’s a zombie-inspired beer with actual brains in it, or a not-so-subtle Star Wars reference, or even a brewery’s in-joke about an X-Files star, nerdy pop culture references are on […]
Here Are The Stories Behind Those Confounding Brewery Names
Since the dawn of beer industry, there has primarily been two ways to name a brewery. You either name it after the person brewing the beer, or you name it after the place where the beer is brewed. But with […]
Is BC's beer industry green enough?
There’s a rule of thumb in journalism: If you can write your headline as a question, then the answer is always no. “Does Star Wars: Episode LXXVII live up to expectations?” No. “Will Donald Trump win the 2016 U.S. election?” No. It’s called […]
You Should Go To Victoria Beer Week, OK?
There’s no question BC is overloaded with beer festivals. There are just too many choices for what amount essentially to the same concept: sip beer out of four-ounce tasting glasses amongst a bunch of strangers, then get drunk. They’re the […]
How the BC LDB Is Crippling Craft Brewery Cashflow
Let’s say you’ve just set up Super Soda Co. It’s the culmination of your dream to sell premium pop made with high-end ingredients. You’ve put your business plan together. After much searching, you found the perfect production space. The equipment […]