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On tap: new releases from Luppolo, Streetcar and Bright Eye

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 12, 2021

Here’s what we wish we were drinking with our friends at the tasting room this week (sigh)… La Piazza Italian Pilsner by Luppolo Brewing Italian pilsner • 5.0% ABV • 473 mL tall cans East Vancouver’s Luppolo Brewing has brought […]

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On tap: new releases from Luppolo, Dageraad and Farm Country 

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 24, 2020
Courtesy of Luppolo Brewing

Here’s what we’re fattening ourselves up with for the winter this week… Carolina / Ottavia by Luppolo Brewing Uva birra • 500 mL bottles (x2) • 7.0 % ABV These two beers were named after the twin daughters of Luppolo […]

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The Growler guide to Vancouver Craft Beer Week 2019

Rob Mangelsdorf • May 28, 2019
Vancouver Craft Beer Week

The past decade has seen some truly remarkable changes in the Vancouver craft beer scene, and one of the driving forces behind that has been Vancouver Craft Beer Week. From its humble beginnings with barely more than a dozen breweries […]

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On tap! New beer from Luppolo, R&B and Steamworks

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 8, 2019
Luppolo's Missing Lynx Hazy IPA and Gold Medal Deer.

Here’s what we’re looking forward to shoving down our throats this week… Missing Lynx Hazy IPA and Gold Medal Deer by Luppolo Brewing Co. 6.8% ABV, 5.5% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Luppolo has a couple of can releases […]

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Burnaby’s Dageraad named Brewery of the Year at Canadian Brewing Awards

Rob Mangelsdorf • May 26, 2018

Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing took home the top honours at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Halifax tonight (May 26), winning the coveted Brewery of the Year award, as well as a slew of gold medals. Breweries from across Canada took part […]

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Hop Circuit returns to Yeast Van this Sunday

Rob Mangelsdorf • April 20, 2018

Yeast Van is home to some of the best beer and spirits in the province, and this Sunday you can get a peek behind the scenes and meet the people responsible for your favourite bevvies. The third annual Yeast Van […]

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Beer League BASH raises more than $5k for East Van youth hockey

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 20, 2018

Bomber Brewing’s Beer League BASH charity hockey tournament helped raise more than $5,500 for the Britannia After School Hockey program at Vancouver’s Britannia Community Secondary School earlier this month, helping give East Van kids who would not normally have the […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Evoluta by Luppolo Brewing Company

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 30, 2017

So this Saturday is my son’s first birthday and my wife and I are looking forward to it with a sense of relief and amazement. Relief that we got that crazy, exhausting, overwhelming first year of our lovely darling child’s […]

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On tap: New releases from Fernie, Deep Cove and Luppolo

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 24, 2017

Here’s what we’re looking forward to tossing down our gullet this week…   Fernie Brewing Co., Black Mammoth Winter Ale (8.0% ABV, 25 IBU)   Fernie’s Black Mammoth Winter Ale is back to warm our hearts and our livers. This […]

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