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Beer hunting in the Comox Valley

Ted Child • August 4, 2022

Comox Valley’s brewery scene is drawing comparisons to those of Port Moody and Victoria The Comox Valley, encompassing Courtney, Comox and Cumberland, as well as several smaller communities, is one of the most visited places on Vancouver Island. Looming large […]

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Brews News: Canoe launches new brews; Gladstone expands; Beer Wars returns

Rob Mangelsdorf • December 12, 2017

Canoe launches new beer line-up Victoria’s Canoe Brewpub has launched an all-new beer line-up this month, with four new mainstay beers and the first of its quarterly rotating Windward Series. Helles (light Bavarian lager), Witbier (Belgian-style wheat beer), West […]

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