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Five B.C. craft beers to drink this St. Patrick’s Day that aren’t green

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 14, 2022

I’m not Irish and neither are you, but any excuse to drink beer is good enough for me. Which is why I’ll be raising a pint on March 17 to commemorate St. Patrick driving his Ford Cortina out of Ireland […]

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Gone Organic: B.C. brewers are turning their backs on GMO ingredients in favour of natural alternatives

Brittany Tiplady • October 8, 2018

Earlier this year, scientists at the University of California Berkeley published a research paper that documented their discovery and success in the creation of lab-constructed yeast that could mimic the flavours of natural hops in beer. Why? Well, hop plants […]

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