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What’s up with what’s going down: You craft beer weekend event guide for Oct. 11-13

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 10, 2019

Harvest Haus Oct. 10-19 • Vancouver After a one-year hiatus, B.C.’s biggest Oktoberfest celebration is back with a new venue at the PNE Forum, doubling its size. The Burgermeister will be there, as will breweries from all over Germany and […]

Beer reviews, Events

10 beers to try this weekend at Vancouver Craft Beer Week 2019

Rob Mangelsdorf • June 5, 2019

Vancouver Craft Beer Week is back for its 10th annual edition this Saturday and Sunday (June 8 and 9) at the PNE Fairgrounds and this year’s beer lineup promises to be the festival’s best-ever, with more than 100 breweries and […]

Events, News

Okanagan Fest of Ale returns bigger than ever next weekend

Rob Mangelsdorf • April 3, 2019

A record number of craft breweries and cideries will be descending on Penticton next weekend, and if you don’t have plans already, you need to get yourself there, too. Even if you do have plans, cancel them, and come drink […]

News

Here’s every awesome beer fest you need to go to this spring

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 1, 2019

Thankfully, spring has returned, and with it, beer fest season. I guess promoters assume we would rather be spending time with our families, or locking ourselves inside, huddled together for warmth during the winter months. Nothing could be further from […]

Features, News

What to drink at the Whistler Village Beer Festival

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 10, 2018

If you think Whistler is strictly a ski and snowboard destination, you are so dead wrong. That town bumps all year round (I blame/credit the Australians), and one of the best parties of the year is the Whistler Village Beer […]

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