The stories are fake and the flavours are real at the newest addition to North Van’s Brewery District. 🍺 When visiting the recently opened Shaketown Brewing Co. in North Vancouver’s burgeoning Brewery District, you’ll want to bring a healthy appetite […]
Don’t let bar service be another COVID casualty
By ordering at the bar, we’re compelled to move around and interact socially The craft beer tasting room is special place, I think we can all agree on that. Since they first started popping up after finally becoming legal […]
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 […]
5 patio beers for warm(ish) spring weather
It appears at last that the long, dreary winter has come to an end, as we once again emerge from our caves, cocoons and basement suites to greet the warmth of the sun. Our seasonal social hibernation is over, and […]
An Assortment of Spring Beers from BC Breweries
Spring has arrived throughout British Columbia, and along with all the flowers and blossoms, new beers are sprouting at craft breweries to celebrate the season. Warmer days and longer evenings are ideal for enjoying beer outdoors — on a porch, […]
Fill Your Brewery Passport in Kelowna and Victoria for a chance to win prizes
The BC Ale Trail is launching two Brewery Passport promotions in Kelowna and Victoria Over the past year, the BC Ale Trail has run several brewery passport promotions in regions throughout British Columbia. The idea came about early last year […]
Beer to the Ground: the most anticipated new breweries in B.C., spring 2022 edition
Whenever we think we sense a slowdown in brewery openings, another bunch of newcomers pop up on social media. At this rate B.C. will soon have more than 250 breweries! 2 Dads Brewing Victoria (2022?) Two friends, who are also […]
8 Metro Vancouver breweries are working together to aid Ukrainians, and you can help by drinking beer
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 […]
B.C. beer festivals are back, baby!
If all goes well, we’ll be lining up for porta-potties as early as April Walking around for hours in a home-made costume under a blazing sun/in the pouring rain, sipping foamy/flat beer from little plastic cups, waiting in line for […]
10 brewed-in-B.C. Canadian Brewing Award-winning beers you have to try
In September 2021, the Canadian Brewing Conference and blind tasting competition (sanctioned by the Beer Judge Certification Program) took place in Quebec City, drawing the interest of breweries from across the country. And, our province made us proud. B.C. breweries […]