Here’s what we’re spending the baby food budget on this week… Savage by Strange Fellows Brewing 6.0% ABV • 24 IBU • 750 mL bottles Strange Fellows Brewing collaborated the good folks over at Farmhouse Fest (returning July 6 to […]
Four new craft breweries opened in B.C. this week
You read that headline correctly. This week across the province a whopping FOUR new craft breweries opened for business, bringing the total number of new breweries open this month to seven. As far as we can tell, that makes June […]
Celebration of life for Canadian craft beer legend John Mitchell planned for July 14
A celebration of life for Canadian brewing legend John Mitchell is being planned for July 14 at the Red Racer Taphouse on Beatty St. in Vancouver, and the public is being invited to raise a pint to the man that […]
Craft beer comes to wine country: The time is right to discover Kelowna’s beer scene
The Okanagan may be wine country, but craft beer has arrived in a major way in Kelowna. In the past three years, five new breweries have opened in the city, with another seven on the way. There are even hopyards […]
Drink this: Swirl by Strathcona / Superflux
One of the interesting hybrid styles that has popped up in recent years has been the dry-hopped sour ale. The style gained in popularity after Four Winds’ Nectarous won beer of the year at the Canadian Brewing Awards in 2016, […]
Michael Jackson: The Beer Writer Who Changed the World
If you were given the unenviable task of picking the single most important person to modern beer, it might seem odd that it is a writer’s name rather than a brewer or brewery founder’s that you keep coming back to. […]
On tap: new releases from Four Winds, Dageraad and Spinnakers
Here’s what we’re loading up the beer bong with this weekend… Bosque by Four Winds Brewing Co. 6.5% • 750 mL bottles This tart farmhouse ale was foeder-aged on Spanish cedar and then blended with a tequila-barrel-aged saison, before being […]
Slackwater Brewing opens in Penticton with a splash
B.C.’s newest craft brewery, Slackwater Brewing, officially opened today in downtown Penticton following a six-month renovation of the former Mule Nightclub. “We’re so incredibly proud to be a permanent fixture in this community,” said Slackwater co-founder Liam Peyton in a […]
Brewer vs. Brewer: The Victoria Edition
Victoria is the undisputed birthplace of craft beer in Canada—if not North America—but after years of innovation, the beer scene seemed to stall in the past decade. While Vancouver exploded with new breweries, new brewers and new styles, Victoria was […]
Drink this: Out of Fucus by Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
British Columbia is truly the land of plenty. There’s no shortage of delicious homegrown ingredients brewers can play with, and incorporating these flavours is one of the many ways they can put their own spin on classic beer styles. Phillips’ […]