B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Like many craft breweries across North America, Kelowna’s Boundary Brewing shut its doors last month in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it will not be reopening, says owner Oliver Gläser, making it the province’s first craft beer casualty […]
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 […]
Here’s what we’re substituting water with this week… Ultra Colour by Yellow Dog Brewing Amber IPA • 6.0% ABV • 60 IBU • 473 mL tall cans This hybrid IPA from Port Moody’s Yellow Dog Brewing has the malt backbone […]
Brewloops Sept. 27 and 28 • Kamloops This beer festival has it all: more than 30 B.C. breweries and cideries, a dozen live music acts, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, and a family-friendly event on the afternoon of the 28th. […]
Explaining the difference between a hefeweizen and a Belgian witbier just got easier for Bethany Smith, Brand Ambassador and Sales at Craft & Compass, a beverage marketing agency in Kelowna. She is one of 15 Canadians awarded a scholarship through […]
Four new craft breweries opened their doors this week across the province, much to the delight of thirsty British Columbians everywhere: Slow Hand Beer (Vancouver), Copper Brewing (Kelowna), Rustic Reel Brewing (Kelowna) and New Tradition Brewing (Comox). Here’s everything you […]
This summer is shaping up to be busiest the province has ever seen for new craft brewery openings. This past weekend two new breweries opened in the Okanagan, with Barn Owl Brewing Co. in Kelowna and Breakaway Brewing Co. in […]
The Okanagan may be wine country, but craft beer has arrived in a major way in Kelowna. In the past three years, five new breweries have opened in the city, with another seven on the way. There are even hopyards […]
The doors aren’t even open yet at Penticton’s Slackwater Brewing, but the fledgling brewery has already amassed an impressive trophy collection. Last weekend, Slackwater was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the Great Okanagan Beer Festival in Kelowna. […]
It was another lovely beer-soaked weekend at the 24th annual Okanagan Fest of Ale on April 12 and 13 with a record 75 breweries and cideries participating in the event, pouring more than 225 craft beers and ciders. Somehow I […]