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Big wins for Twins Sails and Slackwater at Okanagan Fest of Ale

Rob Mangelsdorf • April 15, 2019

Port Moody’s Twin Sails Brewing Co. took home the coveted Best in Show award at Okanagan Fest of Ale last weekend, with newcomer Slackwater Brewing winning the People’s Choice Award. Twin Sails’ Would Crush raspberry wheat ale took gold in […]

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Drink This! Double Barrel Death Blow by Twin Sails Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 22, 2019

Barley wine is a fickle beast and, sadly, it’s often done poorly. My first encounter with this strong, syrupy ale was back when I was a bartender in London (the important one, not the one in Ontario) almost 20 years […]

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Online beer stores deliver hype cans to your doorstep

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 15, 2019

Craft beer is finally getting the Amazon treatment here in B.C. Port Moody’s Twin Sails Brewing announced last month it was opening an online beer store, allowing anyone in the province to order its beer directly, and have it shipped […]

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The complete winners’ list for the 2018 B.C. Beer Awards is here!

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 20, 2018

The tiny community of Sooke might very well have a claim to the title of B.C.’s best beer town after breweries from the Vancouver Island hamlet managed to pick up nine medals and awards at the 2018 B.C. Beer Awards […]

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Labours of Love: B.C. brewers get funky with their side hustles

Brittany Tiplady • August 8, 2018

Vancouverites, us millennials in particular, love to gripe about the high cost of living in this city; in fact, it’s our favourite topic of conversation. Rent? Astronomical! Gas? Despicable! Dining out? Deplorable! Don’t even get us started on the topic […]

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