B.C.'s CRAFT BEER GUIDE
B.C. breweries took home the most medals of any province at the 2020 Canadian Beer Awards Saturday night, winning 43 medals, including 11 golds. Particularly golden was Golden B.C.’s Whitetooth Brewing, which took home five medals—the most of any brewery […]
Victoria Beer Week kicks off—or should I say lifts off—this Friday at Victoria Public Market with the much beloved Lift Off! event. What sets this craft beer party apart is that every brewery that will be pouring will also be […]
Scotland has always been a place steeped in myth and magic, and nowhere is that more evident than in the Highlands. While Edinburgh—with its breathtaking Royal Mile— and Glasgow—with its cutting edge arts and music scene—inevitably compete for the attention […]
Old Abbey Ales reopens It’s been a rocky road for Abbotsford’s Old Abbey Ales over the past year, with the sudden passing of owner Don Piccolo, and the subsequent sale and closure of the brewery. Thankfully, the brewery has found […]
If you thought Canada was a free country, then you’ve never tried to take booze across provincial lines. For a multitude of dumb reasons, there are often more trade barriers that exist between provinces in this pretty great nation of […]
The weekend is fast approaching, and with it the glorious conclusion to Vancouver Craft Beer Week: the annual VCBW Fest at the PNE Fairgrounds. This Saturday and Sunday (June 2 and 3), more than 100 breweries and cideries will be […]
Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing took home the top honours at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Halifax tonight (May 26), winning the coveted Brewery of the Year award, as well as a slew of gold medals. Breweries from across Canada took part […]
It is time, Vancouver. Time for us to leave our caves, pale and pasty, and shake off the mildew and rust that has accumulated over the seemingly endless months of cold, wet misery. We emerge, staring confusedly at the heavens, […]
There’s a certain undeniable magic to Seattle. After all, this is the town that gave us Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Kenny G. Home of the 2014 Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks and the 1917 Stanley Cup champion Seattle Metropolitans. […]
Dry-hopped sours. Barrel-aged stouts. Organic fruit-infused, coffee bean-fermented, hazy IPAs with lactose and unicorn farts. I love them all. Truly. But sometimes they can be a bit much. What ever happened to beer that tastes like… beer? Beer that’s simple, […]