Just a few blocks from the ever-growing Shipyards Brewery District, North Vancouver’s Bridge Brewing is opening a new craft beer tasting room on Lonsdale Avenue in the space that formerly housed The Portly Chef restaurant. The new room, which will […]
Will boxed beer be coming to B.C. soon?
So boxed beer is a thing now. It’s true. And before long you’ll be able to get it here in B.C. if at least one brewery has its way. The bag-in-box technology is nothing new, of course. Developed for the […]
On tap: new releases from Dageraad, Trading Post and Strange Fellows
Here’s what we’re trading in our empties for this week… Forgotten Future by Dageraad Brewing Table saison • 4.2% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Forgotten Future is a crushable, crisp beer brewed with French saison yeast, with black limes […]
What’s Up With What’s Going Down: Your B.C. craft beer event planner for Feb. 20-26
Thursday, Feb. 20 Nanaimo Craft Beer Week (Nanaimo) The third annual Nanaimo Craft Beer Week got underway Feb. 15 and continues until Feb. 23. On Thursday, Feb. 20, Townsite Brewing’s Cedric Dauchot and The Growler’s Joe Wiebe present Bruges Brothers […]
Ucluelet Brewing finally opens in (you guessed it) Ucluelet!
It’s taken more than three years, but Ucluelet finally has its first craft brewery, and by the looks of it, it appears to have been worth the wait. Ucluelet Brewing Co. opened on Valentine’s Day, much to the relief of […]
Stanley Park Brewing donates $25,000 to Stanley Park Ecology Society
Stanley Park Brewing presented the Stanley Park Ecology Society with a $25,000 donation tonight at the preservation group’s 32nd anniversary celebration in support of its continued park preservation efforts. The independent non-profit charity is dedicated to supporting the preservation of […]
Remembering Greg Evans at Victoria Beer Week
The death of Greg Evans at age 67 in December 2018 affected many people in Victoria’s craft beer community, as well as many others who knew Greg from his profession as a historian. Born in Nanaimo in 1951, Greg moved […]
Drink this: Singularity (2020) by Driftwood Brewery
The annual release of Driftwood Brewery’s Singularity is circled on the calendars of many a hardcore beer geek in this province. While big winter seasonal releases are all the rage these days, back in 2011 when Singularity debuted, it was […]
V2V Black Hops to take over Axe & Barrel Brewing Co.
Langford’s Axe & Barrel Brewing Co. will get another lease on life but in a very different form, after being purchased by V2V Black Hops Brewing, a veteran-owned social venture dedicated to supporting military veterans. We reported last week that […]
What’s Up With What’s Going Down: Your B.C. Craft Beer and Cider Event Planner for Feb. 13-19
Saturday, Feb. 15 B.C. Craft Cider Celebration @ Darby’s (Vancouver) Darby’s Kits is hosting its third annual celebration of B.C. cider, starting at 1pm. Twenty-one different ciders from craft cideries across the province will be featured. This is a non-ticketed […]