Author: CAMRA Vancouver

  • Advocacy Update: February 2017

    One of British Columbia’s most unique breweries is in dire need of help. You may be familiar with Persephone Brewing, and the their setup as a farm based brewery. Many visitors to the Sunshine Coast have had the opportunity of visiting the farm, picking hops, and experiencing life as a member of the BC brewing…

  • Juicy IPA Sub-Styles

    As you may have noticed, there has been a recent storm sweeping across the city and province, moving away from the bitterness arms race in IPAs towards more juicy, hazy and tropical IPAs. For a long time the expectation was for a brewery to have a classic and crystal clear West Coast or North West…

  • President’s Update: February 2017

    Members, I will keep this brief! The call for nominations for the CAMRA Vancouver Executive is out! Get your names in there – all the information can be found here. We would love to see more nominations so we have a nice full and busy AGM!

  • Homebrew Happenings: Adjuncts at Home

    When you hear the word adjunct, it generally conjures up a mental image of fizzy, yellow macro lagers.  But adjuncts have recently found their place in craft beer, and today we’re going to talk about their use in homebrewing. Specifically today I  want to talk about corn, rice, and pure sugars.  Other adjuncts like wheat,…

  • Executive Meet & Greet – January 17, 2017

    As we approach CAMRA Vancouver’s 2017 AGM on February 26, we begin the process of opening nominations for executive board member roles. Are you passionate about craft beer and looking for a way to get involved in local advocacy? Join our current executive team on Tuesday, January 17, 7pm at Main Street Brewing for a…

  • New Year, New Beer

    As the calendar winds down and we move into a new year, many folks feel the need to create various resolutions. Exercise more, eat healthy, and inevitably some people also include one that fills me with dread… Cutting out alcohol. Instead, I would like to offer an alternative. Drink more, but go for variety instead…

  • Homebrew Happenings: Experiment!

    Welcome back to Homebrew Happenings.  This month I’m going to do something a little bit different from the usual essay on a particular topic and go over a little experiment I ran over the last month or so.

  • President’s Update: January 2017

    2017 already! What? How did that happen? Amazingly, that also means that my second term as President of the Vancouver Branch of CAMRA BC is quickly coming to an end. Like most people around this time of year, it is time to do a little reflecting on what has gone in in 2016 – Check…

  • Events Update: January 2017

    2016 was an amazing year for CAMRA events! We hosted CiderWISE, Mild May Cask Festival, Session Cask Festival, the first ever Vancouver Craft Cider Festival, CAMRA Member meetups and our Member Appreciation Night, a Port Moody Brewery Crawl, 12 exciting education classes and more. We had the chance to participate in several local craft beer…

  • Wood and Barrel Aging

    Wood and barrel aging provide depth of flavours, bringing out the complexities of some beers, while allowing others to smooth our and mellow creating deep and rich flavours. Spirit and wine barrels offer additional flavours of what was previously aging in them, imparting some of that character to what is aged in the barrel after.…

  • President’s Update: December 2016

    Advocacy campaigns are winding down into the winter and beer events are starting to slow down. That being said, we have had some amazing events in the last few weeks and have had some great volunteers that have stepped up to the plate and helped the executive team out. As we approach the holiday season…

  • Community Spotlight: Real Cask Brewing

    One of the ongoing struggles that CAMRA BC (and CAMRA Vancouver) face on a regular basis is our association – or lack of association – with “real ale” in BC. CAMRA, as you may or may not know, is a UK based organization that advocates for traditional english styles (i.e. Bitters, Milds, etc.) They want…

  • CAMRA Vancouver Holiday Beer Recommendations 2016

    The weather outside is frightful and what better way is there to add some warmth to your holiday season that a winter beer? Curl up around the fire and try one of our local, seasonal beers. The CAMRA Vancouver executive has done some delicious research for you, and have some tasty recommendations for seasonal beers…

  • Homebrew Happenings: Yeast!

    We’ve all heard the phrase “Brewers make wort, yeast makes beer.”  So how do you make sure that the yeast takes the same care with your wort as you do? There are several answers to that question, depending on your yeast and your desired outcome.

  • Events Update: December 2016

    It’s been a fantastic year putting together some great events for our members, new and old. November was an action-packed month for the CAMRA Vancouver team. We took everyone on a journey through the ages, examining the History of Beer in our November education class at Big Rock Urban! We also enjoyed the last Tri-Cities Cask Festival of…

  • Events Update: November 2016

    We’re nearing the end of 2016, but we still have some fantastic events planned to round off the year!

  • Homebrew Happenings: Barleywine

    We hate to break it to you but summer is long over. Those refreshing session IPAs just seem to lack a little something something… so we turn our attention to bigger beers that will keep us warm during our damp Vancouver winter.  My personal favourite style to get me through the dreariness is a nice…

  • President’s Update: November 2016

    It’s been a busy month for us at CAMRA Vancouver – we have been busy organizing the first ever Vancouver Craft Cider Festival happening later in November, we have been preparing for appearances at the Burnaby Beer Festival and Coquitlam Beer Festival, we spent some time at the BC Beer Awards and have been hard…

  • Everyday Advocacy in the Vancouver Beer Scene

    Over the years we have spent a lot of time talking about big picture advocacy campaigns. Whether it is F.U.S.S., public drinking, line cleaning, we are always after a big campaign that can have drastic impacts, drive media attention and promote CAMRA’s mission to make beer accessible and affordable. But what about the everyday people…

  • Events Update: October 2016

    Festival season was a blast this year! We finished it off by heading up to Whistler for the annual Whistler Village Beer Festival. We loved getting the chance to see some familiar faces as well as getting to know new members from across the province!