Vancouver Craft Beer Week—which was just named Vancouver’s Social Event of the Year at the 2018 Golden Owl Awards—is celebrating its 10 years of craft beer awesomeness by releasing a limited number of $10 tickets for the VCBW Festival, June […]
Drink this! Lavender ESB by Field House Brewing
Here’s the thing: English beers, they get no respect. Are they warm and undercarbonated? Yes—or are North American beers too cold and fizzy? Are they weaker than a cup of tea at Nana’s house? Again, yes—or are they extremely sessionable? […]
New craft brewery Île Sauvage Brewing opens in Victoria’s Rock Bay
After close to two years of planning and red tape, Victoria’s newest brewery opened today in Rock Bay. Île Sauvage Brewing is located at 2960 Bridge St. and features a fully-licenced tasting room and a beer lineup heavy on the […]
Fizz biz: B.C. craft breweries are going pop with craft soda
For many B.C. brewers, their love of delicious beverages thankfully extends past beer. Some breweries have tried making ciders, others are doing whiskies and spirits. And some are going in a totally different, alcohol-free direction: soda pop. And in the […]
Drink this! Blacksmith Brown Ale by Wheelhouse Brewing Co.
Prince Rupert’s Wheelhouse Brewing Co. is one of the pioneers of the Northern B.C. craft beer scene, and they’ll be celebrating their fifth anniversary in December, which is a pretty big deal. Wheelhouse’s beers are also making an appearance at […]
Drink This! Little Red One by Strange Fellows Brewing
Since the B.C. Beer Awards were last Saturday, this week I thought I’d highlight one of the gold medal-winning beers. (Check out the full list of winners here.) Little Red One is a lambic-style sour ale with black currants from […]
The complete winners’ list for the 2018 B.C. Beer Awards is here!
The tiny community of Sooke might very well have a claim to the title of B.C.’s best beer town after breweries from the Vancouver Island hamlet managed to pick up nine medals and awards at the 2018 B.C. Beer Awards […]
Drink This! Windcatcher 10th Anniversary Sour Ale by Driftwood Brewery
When it comes to legendary craft breweries in this province, there are dozens that have had a significant impact on shaping the B.C. beer scene. Victoria’s Driftwood Brewery has undoubtedly earned a place in that pantheon with its lineup of […]
Vancouver’s Postmark Brewing acquired by Craft Collective Beerworks
Vancouver’s Postmark Brewing announced today the brand has been bought by Craft Collective Beerworks, in a move to allow Postmark to increase production, sales and distribution across the country. Under the deal, which was negotiated over the past six months […]
Strap in, Vancouver’s most important craft beer weekend is nearly upon us
There’s so much happening in the world of craft beer next week, I think it’s important to pause, take a deep breath, and prepare ourselves. Gird our livers, so to speak. We are currently in the midst of B.C. Craft […]