B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
There are several different beer award programs B.C. breweries can submit their beers to for adjudication. Around the time this issue comes out, I will be in Niagara Falls tasting beers as part of the judging panel for the […]
GOLD – Best New Brewery SILVER – Best East Coast/Hazy IPA // Promised Land Hazy Best Weird Beer // Sea of Tranquility Smoked Dulse Stout Best B.C. Collab // Bruja Tajin & Lime Cerveza (with Boomtown Burritos) Sidney is a […]
SILVER – Best Belgian-Style Ale // BEES! Unsung Hero of Craft Beer You know, if I ever had to move away from Victoria, Port Alberni might just be at the top of my list of destinations. Its location at the […]
GOLD – Best Brewery in B.C., Best Dark Lager // Dark Lager Best Branding and Packaging SILVER – Best Brewery or Cidery Tasting Room BRONZE – Best Beer in BC // Upstream Pale Ale Best Food Program Since opening just […]
SILVER – Best Light Lager // Lakeboat Lager BRONZE – Best Dark Ale // Heist Maple Stout BRONZE – Best Imperial Ale // Kindling Imperial Stout BRONZE – Unsung Hero of Craft Beer I’ve been visiting Penticton annually each spring to […]
It’s always exciting to reveal the winners of our annual Readers’ Choice Awards (aka The Growlies), partially because it takes so long to get to this moment. First of all, there is a year of hard work performed by […]
SILVER – Best New Brewery When Melanie MacInnes was young, her family’s farm was a dairy operation. Later, they boarded horses and hosted movie shoots (fans of the Hallmark TV series, When Calls the Heart might recognize the location), but […]
GOLD Best Light Lager // Hüftgold Pilsner Best Fruit Beer // Vélo Hazy APA with Lemon Juice Best Sour Ale // Nectarous Dry Hopped Sour Best Specialty IPA // Juxtapose Wild IPA Best Collab Beer // Good News Everyone! Best […]
GOLD Unsung Hero SILVER Best Weird Beer // Gee Willikers! Root Beer Float Altbier Best Food Program BRONZE Best Sour Ale // Late Bloomer Strawberry Hibiscus Sour Best Tasting Room I guess I have to stop describing Twin City Brewing […]
GOLD Best New Brewery SILVER Best Tasting Room Best Branding/Packaging In an alternate universe, the City of North Vancouver never renamed itself after the English sea captain and explorer George Vancouver, but instead chose to make official its late 19th […]