B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Kelowna’s Great Okanagan Beer Festival is the latest COVID-19 casualty. The week-long festival was originally slated for the first week of May, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, organizers have opted to postpone the event and hopefully have […]
With each day as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak worsens, restrictions on our day-to-day life become more and more intrusive. For small businesses like craft breweries and cideries, these measures have resulted in closures, lay-offs and fears of bankruptcy. There is […]
Welp. The sky is falling. The end is nigh. That’s right: Hockey is cancelled. In times of crisis, I tend to follow Simon Pegg’s example and head to the pub, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of […]
Organizers of Vancouver Craft Beer Week have announced today that the beloved annual beer festival will be postponed until later in the summer due to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. “Given the global situation with COVID-19, and in light of […]
The Vancouver region’s chief medical health officer has ordered all bars and restaurants in downtown Vancouver to close for St. Patrick’s Day in an effort to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus. Dr. Patricia Daly of Vancouver Coastal Health issued […]
The latest casualty in the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak appears to be B.C.’s craft brewery tasting rooms. A number of breweries around the province have opted to reduce capacity and in some cases shut down completely in order to stop the […]
The Okanagan Fest of Ale has announced today that it is suspending it’s upcoming 25th anniversary celebration, slated for April 17 and 18, in response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. It’s one of many craft beer events and festivals around […]
Victoria Beer Week announced today it was cancelling its remaining two flagship events hosted at the Victoria Public Market in response to the growing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. Lager Than Life (Friday, March 13) and Saturday Night Casks (Saturday, March 14) […]
Craft breweries around the province are responding to the recent COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak with bans on growler fills and improved hygiene procedures. So far there are 53 confirmed cases of the disease in B.C., which was recently declared a pandemic […]