Vancouver Craft Beer Week kicks off this Friday, and to celebrate a full decade of awesomeness, VCBW has teamed up with some of the best breweries in the province to create its annual collaboration beer. Brewed at Four Winds Brewing […]
The Growler guide to Vancouver Craft Beer Week 2019
The past decade has seen some truly remarkable changes in the Vancouver craft beer scene, and one of the driving forces behind that has been Vancouver Craft Beer Week. From its humble beginnings with barely more than a dozen breweries […]
On tap: New releases from VCBW, Off The Rail and Driftwood
Here’s what we’re drowning our feelings with this week… Ten by Vancouver Craft Beer Week (Four Winds/Powell/Dageraad collab) 4.2% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Vancouver Craft Beer Week launched its annual collab beer this week, with Four Winds, Powell […]
Red Truck Beer wins double gold for Road Trip Classic Lager
East Vancouver’s Red Truck Beer picked up two recent gold medals for its Road Trip Classic Lager, taking the top prize in the Canadian Brewing Awards and the Canadian International Beer Awards. The Road Trip Classic Lager won gold in […]
Vancouver Craft Beer Week announces festival highlights
Celebrating 10 years of craft beer and craft beer culture, the most anticipated craft beer and cider festival in Western Canada returns to the PNE Fairgrounds June 8 and 9, 2019, for a full weekend of live music, food, art, […]
Penticton’s Slackwater Brewing picks up another people’s choice win
The doors aren’t even open yet at Penticton’s Slackwater Brewing, but the fledgling brewery has already amassed an impressive trophy collection. Last weekend, Slackwater was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Great Okanagan Beer Festival in Kelowna. […]
Dageraad celebrates five years with a kick-ass party this Saturday
Five years ago this Saturday the very first glass of Dageraad beer was poured at the Tangent Café on Commercial Drive and to celebrate, the award-winning Burnaby brewery is having a kick-ass party, of course. Dageraad Brewing is going all […]
On Tap: new releases from Four Winds, Foamers’ Folly and Backroads
Here’s what we’re going to be chucking back this week… Holz Pils by Four Winds Brewing Co. 5.4% ABV • 24 IBU • 473 mL tall cans Summertime (or at least, summer-weather-time) is made for light, refreshing sessionable lagers, and […]
WATCH: Field House Brewing’s farming journey chronicled in new short film
Abbotsford’s Field House Brewing has long been an advocate for brewing with local ingredients, choosing to make its beers with local hops, fruits and herbs—even locally-sourced yeast. The brewery has even gone a step further, developing underutilized farmland in the […]
KPU named top brewing school in North America
Langley’s Kwantlen Polytechnic University was named the best in North America at the recent U.S. Open College Beer Championship, winning two golds and silver for its beer. Fourteen colleges and universities from the U.S. and Canada participated in the event […]