B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
The annual release of Driftwood Brewery’s Singularity is circled on the calendars of many a hardcore beer geek in this province. While big winter seasonal releases are all the rage these days, back in 2011 when Singularity debuted, it was […]
Saturday, Feb. 15 B.C. Craft Cider Celebration @ Darby’s (Vancouver) Darby’s Kits is hosting its third annual celebration of B.C. cider, starting at 1pm. Twenty-one different ciders from craft cideries across the province will be featured. This is a non-ticketed […]
UPDATE: As reader Justin Douglas correctly pointed out, Red Arrow and Small Block are not in Duncan, but are technically located in the District Municipality of North Cowichan. That knocks Duncan out of third place in the under 30,000 […]
View Royal’s 4 Mile Brewing Co. officially reopened today following three months of renovations after a fire tore through the historic brewery and pub in October. “It’s been a long three months but we are officially open for business!” the […]
GOLD – Beer of the Year // Fat Tug IPA GOLD – Best West Coast/Specialty IPA // Fat Tug IPA GOLD – Best UK-style Ale // Naughty Hildegard ESB GOLD – Best Branding/Packaging BRONZE – Best Imperial Ale/Lager // Singularity […]
GOLD – Best Imperial Ale/Lager // Hermannator One of the founding breweries of the early microbrewery movement in Canada, Vancouver Island Brewing began its existence as Island Pacific Brewing in 1984. Its original location was in Saanichton north of Victoria […]
Tickets go on sale today for Victoria Beer Week, returning March 6–14, 2020, with 15 events to choose from. The week-long libation celebration starts with the Lift Off! event on March 6 at the Victoria Public Market, with more than […]
Christmas Craft Beer Show Nov. 29-30 • Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria This event is quickly becoming a Victoria tradition, with 44 breweries and cideries setting up shop inside Memorial Centre for some pre-Christmas craft beer hijinks. Expect ugly sweaters, multiple […]
If you’ve ever been to Victoria and found yourself in a bar in the wee hours, there’s a good possibility that you’ve been Shafted. The Shaft is a Victoria tradition: a shooter consisting of vodka, Irish cream, coffee liqueur and […]
Victoria’s 4 Mile Brewing Co. is closed until further notice after a fire damaged the historic 161-year-old building it calls home. According to the Victoria Times Colonist, firefighters in the Victoria suburb of View Royal were called just before 2 […]