B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Move over Budweiser, the original King of Beers is back to reclaim his throne. His name is King Gambrinus and he learned how to brew from the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. He sold his soul to the devil to […]
When it comes to beer ingredients, hops are the revolutionary rock stars. These flowers of the humulus lupulus plant are arguably the driving force behind beer’s resurrection in the 1980s and 1990s, bringing eye-opening and mind-expanding new flavours to what […]
One of my favourite beer events of the year is happening this Sunday, and if you haven’t snagged tickets yet, you really need to get on that. Beer Wars is the craft beer version of Aprons for Gloves, a boxing […]
Granville Island Brewing’s core beers may be brewed at the big Molson brewery down on Burrard (for the time being at least), but the original brewery nearby on Granville Island is still very much in operation and pumping out some […]
Anyone who’s done it will tell you that opening a brewery isn’t easy. Choosing the name? Even harder. Despite all the time and effort involved, and having so much riding on choosing the right one, some of B.C.’s breweries have […]
Our spies are working overtime to keep up with all the new breweries opening every month in B.C. Another Beer Co. New Westminster (summer 2018) Sapperton used to be the brewing capital of the province, and ABC hopes to […]
The whole “Zero IBU” craze is really taking off, and Red Collar’s Rocket Dog is an interesting take on this emerging style of beer. First thing’s first though, I should probably explain what a zero IBU beer is. So, IBUs […]
Few things excite me more than innovative new beers. Beers with new flavours or ingredients, beers that are brewed with new technology or techniques, beers that are bursting with creativity and pushing the envelope of what a beer can even […]
Here in British Columbia we are lucky to have it all. Lush greenery, mountains, swimmable lakes and oceans, a temperate climate with crisp air and clean water. We also have more than 150 craft breweries spanning across the province, pumping […]
Bomber Brewing’s Beer League BASH charity hockey tournament helped raise more than $5,500 for the Britannia After School Hockey program at Vancouver’s Britannia Community Secondary School earlier this month, helping give East Van kids who would not normally have the […]