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‘We’ve poked a little bit of fun at a multinational company’: Vancouver brewery creating 100 per cent Canadian beer

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • March 24, 2025

They’re working on getting 100 per cent Canadian packaging, too. While some beers may be described as Canadian, they might have ingredients from other countries. Or they might be owned by a multinational corporation. Electric Bicycle Brewing’s new Actually Canadian […]

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On tap: new releases from Twin Sails, Electric Bicycle and Farm Country

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 27, 2021

Here’s what we’re substituting for water this week… Livin’ the Dream by Twin Sails Brewing Fruited pale ale • 5.1% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Summer is still a long ways away, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be […]

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#BestDayEver2: The B.C. Craft Beer Quest continues

Carl Jensen • January 9, 2020

Our first jaunt across “the pond” taking the #BCCraftBeerQuest from Central Saanich on the island over to Vancouver for the day in 2018 was so much fun that we had to do it again. If you missed the tale from […]

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BREWHALL to take over old Steel Toad space in late June

Growler Staff • May 25, 2018

Tap & Barrel Restaurants’ new brewery in the former Steel Toad space on East 2nd Ave. in Vancouver will be called BREWHALL, it was announced this week, and should be open for business by late June. In a press release […]

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Beer to the ground! Here’s our quarterly round-up of B.C.’s newest breweries for Spring 2018

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 28, 2018

Our spies are working overtime to keep up with all the new breweries opening every month in B.C.   Another Beer Co. New Westminster (summer 2018) Sapperton used to be the brewing capital of the province, and ABC hopes to […]

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Top 10 most anticipated brewery openings of 2018

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 17, 2018

As I mentioned last week, 2017 was B.C.’s biggest year ever for craft beer growth, with 26 new breweries opening around the province. There are currently 154 craft breweries and brewpubs operating in B.C., and that number is set to […]

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