From Sidney to Sooke

A 10-day celebration of Vancouver breweries launches this week

New Bridge Brewing lounge set for North Van’s Norgate neighbourhood

Five questions with Neighbourhood Brewing

Sydney Nikulka, marketing director for Penticton, B.C.-based Neighbourhood Brewing, says the brewery’s mission has always been to create world-class craft beer with personality — “beer that is memorable and beer you’ll want to have more than just one of.” Sydney […]

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Malting: B.C.’s hidden beer industry

Craft brewing has become big in B.C.–but what about craft malting? The maltster’s craft is a specialized one, comprising both art and science. The malting process involves steeping grains in water, allowing them to germinate, then roasting them in a […]

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Craft & Canapés at The Barley Merchant

Celebrating the Inaugural Langley Craft Beverage Week Perhaps it’s the dichotomy between hidden gems in strip malls like Farm Country and the field to glass oasis that is Locality, but there is something truly special about Langley’s craft beverage community. […]

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Style Snapshot: Six must-try B.C. Hefeweizen

A guide to the zesty, contemplative Hefeweizen WHAT IS IT? A top fermented ale, frequently made with up to 70% malted wheat, renowned for its fruity, spicy nose and lightly tart, quaffable body. It literally translates as “yeast-wheat.” DANGER LEVEL […]

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Five questions with… Deadfall Brewing

Deadfall Brewing Company is an intimate and inclusive craft brewery operating on the traditional, unceded territories of the Lheidli T’enneh people, in what is also known as Prince George, B.C. Sales and marketing manager Ivan Eytzen says the brewery’s focus […]

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Lonsdale Quay announces new brewery and foodie tenants

As its inside-and-out renovation gets closer to completion, Lonsdale Quay Market has named their new anchor restaurant tenant along with a few other food and booze businesses moving into the iconic North Vancouver market. Taylor Mathiesen, president of market’s parent company […]

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Judging beers in the Big Smoke

Given the variety of quality beer options in the Six, maybe Toronto should be known as the Six-Pack Early last fall, I had the opportunity to travel to Toronto to be part of the judging panel for the inaugural Canada […]

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