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Red Bird owners expand by purchasing Vice and Virtue, plan to retool and reopen

Rob Gibson • January 15, 2025

The owners of Red Bird Brewing have announced they have purchased Vice and Virtue Brewing Co. just days after it was revealed the brewery would change hands. Vice and Virtue Brewing Co. announced December 9 on their social media channels they had sold […]

Beer, Features

Perfect Pairings: Find a great beer to go with your next B.C. hike

Noëlle Phillips • May 27, 2022

Beer and food pairings are increasingly popular here in B.C., as sold-out events like Uli’s beer-pairing dinners in White Rock or the Smuggler’s Trail Brewmaster Dinners in Langley demonstrate. But beer goes with so many other things–including hiking! B.C. is […]

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