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Drink This! Nanaimo Bar Imperial Porter by Vancouver Island Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 5, 2019

When I heard Vancouver Island Brewing was going to be doing a Nanaimo bar porter, my first thought was, “How has no one else thought of this yet?” Because, like most great ideas, it seems really obvious. Pastry stouts and […]

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Windstorm and power outage force Riot Brewing to get creative to save their beer

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 10, 2019

Riot Brewing in Chemainus had to do some quick thinking when a brutal windstorm knocked out power to the brewery last month. The same windstorm that caused havoc across southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands on Dec. 20, leaving […]

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