B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Spring is here, and with it light, refreshing springtime beers. Beers with invigorating fresh flavours. Beers that make you forget about the six months of freezing rain and snow we just survived. Almost. In that spirit, Cannery Brewing’s Meadowlark Saison […]
It’s an inevitable part of any night out: you’re two or three drinks into an evening of civilized conversation when you get up to make your first trip to the bathroom. “Don’t break the seal!” someone shouts. By now, we’re […]
The Siris Cask Festival is returning in June, and this time you won’t have to schlep all the way out to Port Coquitlam to enjoy it. Named after Siris, the original goddess of beer in pre-Sumerian mythology, the festival features […]
Spring is in the air, so how about we celebrate with some delicious craft beer! Light, refreshing beers with flavours of citrus and fruit are just the thing for when the sun finally makes an appearance. Here are a few […]
If there is one thing universal amongst all human kind, it is our proclivity for drinking fermented grains. Around the world, in every culture, people love to get plastered. Despite what religious fanatics and mother-in-laws might have you believe, it’s […]
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 […]
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 […]