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Drink This: VCBW’s Double Dry Hopped Pilsner by Backcountry, Beere and Coast Mountain Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • May 25, 2018

Vancouver Craft Beer Week kicks off with the East Van Crusher tonight (May 25) at the Maritime Labour Centre, where you can be among the first lucky people to sample VCBW’s 2018 Collaboration Beer, the Double Dry Hopped Pilsner by […]

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Tap & Barrel’s new patio has an insane amount of B.C. craft beer

Rob Mangelsdorf • May 8, 2018

Tap & Barrel is opening its 240-seat patio at their flagship North Vancouver location in Lower Lonsdale this Friday, and it might be the best place in the province to enjoy B.C. craft beer al fresco. The patio—which is designed […]

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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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Craft Beer is Awesome! Altaretto by Doan’s Craft Brewing Company / Sons of Vancouver Distillery

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 15, 2018

So this is a beer I didn’t know I needed until now. Vancouver’s Doan’s Craft Brewing Company and Sons of Vancouver Distillery teamed up to create this delicious little number, combining Doan’s Altbier with SoV’s No. 82 Amaretto to create… […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Beere Brewing Co.’s Go Easy

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 8, 2018

Given his last name, it was inevitable that Matt Beere would end up making craft beer for a living. The longtime homebrewer decided to go pro when some space became available in the North Vancouver building that houses the family […]

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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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