B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
I’ve been visiting Penticton annually to judge beers at the Okanagan Fest of Ale for more than a decade, and this beautiful, small city tucked between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake seems to get even better year after year. While […]
Sydney Nikulka, marketing director for Penticton, B.C.-based Neighbourhood Brewing, says the brewery’s mission has always been to create world-class craft beer with personality — “beer that is memorable and beer you’ll want to have more than just one of.” Sydney […]
Penticton is celebrating all things craft beer as Canada’s Craft Beer Capital (according to travel guide Lonely Planet) has officially proclaimed Oct. 16-24 as Penticton Beer Week 2020. The week features a full lineup of COVID-friendly events and virtual meet-ups, […]
UPDATE: As reader Justin Douglas correctly pointed out, Red Arrow and Small Block are not in Duncan, but are technically located in the District Municipality of North Cowichan. That knocks Duncan out of third place in the under 30,000 […]
Okanagan Fest of Ale is celebrating 25 years of delicious craft beers in 2020, and this year’s festival will see it expand by 25 per cent to include more than 90 craft breweries, cideries and distilleries. This year’s event returns […]
Penticton is being hailed as Canada’s craft beer capital by the Lonely Planet travel guide, thanks to its long tradition of brewing and numerous craft breweries. In a recent article posted on the travel guide’s website, Penticton is singled out […]
B.C.’s newest craft brewery, Slackwater Brewing, officially opened today in downtown Penticton following a six-month renovation of the former Mule Nightclub. “We’re so incredibly proud to be a permanent fixture in this community,” said Slackwater co-founder Liam Peyton in a […]
Penticton’s Cannery Brewing helped raise more than $5,400 to help support mental health with its Power Chord Pilsner charity beer. The beer was made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the South Okanagan Events Centre with proceeds benefitting the Canadian […]
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 […]