B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
It’s an inevitable part of any night out: you’re two or three drinks into an evening of civilized conversation when you get up to make your first trip to the bathroom. “Don’t break the seal!” someone shouts. By now, we’re […]
Yeast Van is home to some of the best beer and spirits in the province, and this Sunday you can get a peek behind the scenes and meet the people responsible for your favourite bevvies. The third annual Yeast Van […]
The Siris Cask Festival is returning in June, and this time you won’t have to schlep all the way out to Port Coquitlam to enjoy it. Named after Siris, the original goddess of beer in pre-Sumerian mythology, the festival features […]
Spring is in the air, so how about we celebrate with some delicious craft beer! Light, refreshing beers with flavours of citrus and fruit are just the thing for when the sun finally makes an appearance. Here are a few […]
Vancouver’s Luppolo Brewing Co. was the big winner at the 2018 Okanagan Fest of Ale this past weekend in Penticton, picking up coveted Best in Show honours for its Tart Wild Ale with Plum, as well as winning for Best […]
If there is one thing universal amongst all human kind, it is our proclivity for drinking fermented grains. Around the world, in every culture, people love to get plastered. Despite what religious fanatics and mother-in-laws might have you believe, it’s […]
The rain has stopped (sort of), the roads have cleared, and it’s smooth sailing to the Interior for the first time in forever—which means conditions are perfect for the Okanagan Fest of Ale this weekend in Penticton! This year marks […]
Move over Budweiser, the original King of Beers is back to reclaim his throne. His name is King Gambrinus and he learned how to brew from the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. He sold his soul to the devil to […]
When it comes to beer ingredients, hops are the revolutionary rock stars. These flowers of the humulus lupulus plant are arguably the driving force behind beer’s resurrection in the 1980s and 1990s, bringing eye-opening and mind-expanding new flavours to what […]
One of my favourite beer events of the year is happening this Sunday, and if you haven’t snagged tickets yet, you really need to get on that. Beer Wars is the craft beer version of Aprons for Gloves, a boxing […]
