Port Alberni’s Twin City Brewing has repeated as BC’s top brewery, taking home the big prize along with five individual awards at the 2024 BC Beer Awards, which were announced in New Westminster on October 19. Prior to winning Brewery […]
The BC Beer Awards Return After Two-Year Hiatus
Gladstone Brewing Wins Brewery of the Year and Parallel 49 Brewing Earns Best in Show The 2022 BC Beer Awards were announced on November 5 at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this was the […]
B.C. Beer Awards cancels 2020 event
Organizers of the B.C. Beer Awards and Festival announced this week that they will be cancelling the 2020 event due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event is normally held the third weekend in October. However, with the uncertainty presented […]
Here are all the winners of the 2019 B.C. Beer Awards
The B.C. Beer Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary Saturday night, with Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Brewery Diploma Program taking the top prize as Brewery of the Year. KPU’s student-run brewery picked up five individual medals for its beers, including a gold […]
What’s up with what’s going down: Your weekend craft beer event guide for Oct. 17-20
B.C. Craft Brewers Conference Oct. 17 and 18 • Vancouver Hosted by the BC Craft Brewers Guild, this two-day networking and educational event features 500+ attendees from all aspects of the B.C. craft brewing industry. The conference includes peer-led educational […]
BC Beer Awards announces official 2019 collab beer, Honour Roll
The BC Beer Awards and Festival released its official 2019 collaboration brew this week in celebration of its 10th annual event, taking place this Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. Last year’s BCBA award winners 33 […]
Beer awards are bullshit. Sort of.
The BC Beer Awards are coming up again, and with them another annual beer nerd tradition: the debate over whether beer awards are total bullshit or not. As a brewer who has won maybe the biggest award in Canada (Dageraad […]
B.C. Beer Awards tickets on sale now
Tickets for the 10th annual B.C. Beer Awards and Festival are on sale now, and if previous years are anything to go by, tickets won’t be around for much longer. The annual celebration of B.C. craft beer takes place Oct. […]
B.C. Beer Awards supports SFU brewing students with grant
The B.C. Beer Awards announced the first recipient of its annual grant to support students in Simon Fraser University’s Craft Brewing Essentials Program. The grant, titled “The B.C. Beer Awards Starter Kit” provides $3,200 towards tuition for students in the […]
Drink This! Hüftgold by Four Winds Brewing
With craft breweries trending towards more approachable beers, two styles have emerged as the big winners: hazy pales and lagers. Hazy pale ales and IPAs seem to be getting most of the attention these days, probably because that style of […]