Month: February 2014
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CAMRA Bottle Openers a Big Hit
At CiderWISE and the AGM we released our newest membership benefit, a very different kind of bottle opener and you members seem very happy with it!
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CAMRA T-Shirt Contest
We have completely sold out of our CAMRA T-shirts! Thanks to everyone who bought one or more. We need a new design, something that incorporates our logo and passion for craft beer, the rest is up to you. Just keep it clean and make sure it will appeal to as many of our members as…
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#yvrcaskmeetup
Ask and you shall receive! Recently we’ve been noticing the lack of a centralized CAMRA cask night and our members have noticed it too. You are now all officially invited to our Weekly Cask Meet Up, or #yvrcaskmeetup, if you will.
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Odd Society Spirits
Odd Society Spirits is a recently opened craft distillery down on Powell Street near to the Powell Street Nano Brewery and is the first provincially designated craft distillery using local ingredients exclusively. We took a moment to talk to Distiller and Owner Gordon Glanz about the new operation.
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Busy Times for CAMRA
People said we were crazy to plan 2 events on back-to-back weekends but we did it! The first CiderWISE was a huge success, lots of new faces came out to try the ciders and GF craft beers on Saturday afternoon. Then a week later the AGM at the Biltmore Cabaret went beautifully with nearly 200…
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Liquor Review Moves to Next Stage
On January 31st 2014 John Yap MLA and his team released their lengthy list of recommendations based on the liquor review last autumn. Until now we had heard a few tidbits of information about farmers markets (#31)and supermarkets (#20) however, the full review makes 73 points which seem to cover almost every aspect of alcohol in…