In competitive industries like craft brewing, staying ahead of the curve and on top of the trends is vital to keeping consumers interested. Craft brewers are taking traditional styles and flavours and are making them their own using different ingredients. […]
A Brew Horizon: The Top 10 most anticipated breweries of 2017
If you thought the craft beer revolution was slowing down, well, how wrong you are! Every corner of this province is experiencing a beer boom, and we, the thirsty public, are the beneficiaries. The forecast for 2017 sees breweries […]
The Year in Beer: The best new breweries of 2016
I’m certainly not the first to mention it, but yes, 2016 has been an absolute abomination of a year for most of the human race. Between Aleppo, Trump, and [insert dead musician/actor/celebrity of your choosing here], 2017 can’t come soon […]
New release alert! 33 Acres celebrates 3 years; Moody/Doan’s collab; Cannery's latest
33 Acres of Cid3r Vancouver’s 33 Acres Brewing is celebrating three years in business with their first barrel-aged release. Here’s the twist, though – it’s not even beer! 33 Acres of Cid3r is a dry tart cider aged in a […]
Brew Kid on the Block: Mayne Island Brewing Co.
Mayne Island Brewing Co. founder Michael Garratt may have made his living selling wine, but his true love has always been beer. To that end, he and his wife Annette opened their own brewery earlier this month on their […]
Brewer vs. Brewer: The Employee vs. Employee edition
With Brewer vs Brewer, the concept always been the same: put two brewers from different breweries in the same room, make them ask each other questions, take pictures of them answering these questions, then hope to gawd that the […]
Need a last-minute Xmas gift? Early bird VCBW tickets are on sale now!
Are you a terrible friend/partner/sibling who totally dropped the ball on their Christmas shopping? Looking for an ultra-last-minute gift for the beer lover in your life? You’re in luck! Vancouver Craft Beer Week early bird tickets went on sale this […]
Red Truck STOMPs out hunger
Good beer and good deeds, together at last. Red Truck Beer is helping to support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank with their STOMP Out Hunger campaign to raise money and gather donations to support the absolutely critical work done […]
Treat yo 'self! …with these limited edition year-end releases
Christmas is almost here, and let’s be honest, no one is getting you what you really want. You’re an adult now, so it’s up to you to treat yo ‘self. Thankfully, December is the time when many breweries release […]
RECIPE: Beer mac and cheese with Hoyne Dark Matter
Serves: 4 Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients • 1 1/2 cups milk • 1 1/2 cups Hoyne Dark Matter • 3 tbsp butter • 4 tbsp flour • 1/2 tsp salt • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 […]