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Craft dinners: How breweries are upping their food game to restaurant-grade heights

Jan Zeschky • January 22, 2018

The brewery lounge concept has been revolutionary for B.C.’s beer scene in more ways than one. As well as offering young breweries a vital source of revenue through a store front, the legal requirement to provide food has pushed many […]

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Recipe: Beer and Chili Glazed Oyster Tostada with Four Winds Pale Ale

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 15, 2017

Although born in Mexico, La Mezcaleria’s chef Mariana Gabilondo has spent more than half her life in Canada. The flavours of the West Coast provide a constant source of inspiration as she puts her own spin on Mexican classics at […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Steel & Oak Brewing Co. / Four Winds Brewing Co., The Fraser

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 9, 2017

Steel and Oak and Four Winds are two breweries that can pretty much do no wrong as far as I’m concerned, and The Fraser is further proof of that. The beer is the second collaboration of these two Fraser River-adjacent […]

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