B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Squamish’s oldest craft brewery has changed hands. Howe Sound Inn and Brewing has been bought by the Viaggio Hospitality Group. In a statement issued to The Squamish Chief on Dec. 23, the group said that it intends to keep things […]
Here’s what we’re blowing our EI cheque on this week… Sandbar by Camp Beer Co. Fruited gose • 4.7% ABV • 473 mL tall cans This salted sour wheat ale with strawberry and lime by Langley’s Camp Beer Co. will […]
Squamish’s Backcountry Brewing is honouring the memory of local artist Chili Thom and raising money for cancer research at the same time. The brewery released Suck It Cancer this week, a double dry-hopped pale ale (5.5% ABV, 28 IBU) with […]
Here’s what we’re assaulting our senses with this week… It’s Not Me, It’s You by Backcountry Brewing 6.5% ABV • 25 IBU • 473 mL tall cans The latest in a line of Seinfeld-referencing beers by Backcountry Brewing in Squamish, […]
Here’s what we’re looking forward to pouring down our pie hole this week! SEXTUPLE! By Dageraad + Sooke Brewing Co. (9.0% ABV, 473 mL tall cans) Brewed in collaboration with Sooke Brewing Co., Dageraad’s SEXTUPLE! is an abbey tripel […]
Made with Vancouver Craft Beer Week’s 2018 Collaboration Beer, Sea To Sky Double Dry-Hopped Pilsner, by bartender Shaun Layton of Backcountry Brewing. If you’ve been following the burgeoning cocktail scene in Vancouver over the past decade, there’s a good chance […]
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 […]
Vancouver Craft Beer Week returns for its ninth year May 25 to June 3, and it’s commemorating the annual citywide celebration with its official 2018 VCBW Collaboration Beer. This year, VCBW partnered with Backcountry Brewing (Squamish), Beere Brewing (North Vancouver) […]
Squamish is brewing, roasting, fermenting and distilling its way into our hearts There’s got to be something in the water. Squamish has an insatiable appetite for a lot of things: climbing mountains, jumping off of mountains, and riding mountains— […]
Back in 2013, when the first edition of my book, Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider’s Guide to B.C. Breweries, came out, there were 50 craft breweries in the province. But at my book launch early in June, I joked that […]