B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
WHAT IS IT? A bright sour beer with a lick of salt in the finish and lots of Champagne-style bubbles. SAY IT LIKE “goes-UH” GLASS Stemmed pilsner STYLE STATS ABV: 4.2-4.8% IBU: 5-12 Colour: Hazy sunshine Body: Medium Bubbles: Very […]
In September 2021, the Canadian Brewing Conference and blind tasting competition (sanctioned by the Beer Judge Certification Program) took place in Quebec City, drawing the interest of breweries from across the country. And, our province made us proud. B.C. breweries […]
Here’s what we’re spending our COVID-19 unemployment benefit on this week… Sovereign Super Saison by Four Winds Brewing Saison • 8.5% ABV • 20 IBU • 750 mL bottles Delta’s Four Winds Brewing has re-released its classic imperial saison, Sovereign, for […]
In the early days of B.C.’s craft beer renaissance (like, 2013), craft-brewed lagers were about as common as sushi restaurants in Saskatchewan: there wasn’t very many of them, and the few examples that did exist weren’t that great. Craft beer, […]
The latest event in Strange Fellows Brewing’s ongoing Strange Days celebrations promises to be a fun night full of food, foolishness and fine beer. The East Van brewery is hosting its annual Feast of Fools this Saturday, April 6, so […]
Here’s what we’re looking forward to blasting our taste buds with this week! Doublemaker by Backcountry Brewing 8.0% ABV • 40 IBU • 473 mL tall can four-packs Everything you love about Backcountry’s award-winning Widowmaker IPA with “double the pleasure […]
By Roy Flemming, executive chef for Tuc Craft Kitchen Born in the UK and raised in the Caribbean, New York City and Montreal, TUC Craft Kitchen executive chef Roy Flemming has spent more than two decades in the kitchen, […]
Vancouver’s Strange Fellows Brewing has always had an appreciation for the esoteric. Each month the brewery celebrates a different “Strange Day,” inspired by obscure superstitions and folklore from around the world. On Jan. 26, those lovable weirdos are having a […]
The country of Belgium has long been home to one of the finest beer cultures on Earth. From the Trappist monks and their abbey ales to champagne-like barrel-aged sours, the country has so much more to offer than chocolate, Tintin, […]
Who says winter beers need to be heavy, dark, sweet and insanely strong? Why can’t a winter seasonal beer be delicate, fruity and spicy? Some of us have to work in the morning! Think about the flavours we often associate […]