Month: April 2014
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Craft Beer Takes on Pairing Challenge in Wine Country
I was recently asked to help judge a craft-beer and oyster pairing in Osoyoos – it’s a tough job but being President does have some advantages! The Osoyoos Oyster Festival added the craft beer component to the weekend and approached CAMRA BC to get involved which we were very happy to do.
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Begin in Craft Beer: A Rope of Sand
Seasonals, casks, limited releases, in addition to new breweries opening constantly, it’s hard to stay on top of craft beer let alone get into it. I know it can be intimidating, but this post will give you a crash course on how to get into craft beer!
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Bomber Brewing
The Spotlight is a series of interviews with the craft beer heroes behind local organizations who are helping grow the beer scene in our fine city. This week’s spotlight is on Bomber Brewing.
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Craft Beer Lovers Making a Fuss Over Serving Sizes
Craft Beer Lovers Making a Fuss Over Serving Sizes
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Commune Cafe
The Spotlight is a series of interviews with the craft beer heroes behind local organizations who are helping grow the beer scene in our fine city. Commune Cafe is a restaurant with a penchant for craft beer in downtown Vancouver. We chatted with Co-Owner Amir Samei about their beer selection and their cask program.
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Taxation by Alcohol Volume
Many of you may be aware that taxation on beer is, basically, one size fits all. Until you get into really high alcohol (>12%) or really low alcohol (<3%) everything is taxed the same in BC. This has created a culture in BC where strong alcohol beers are the norm, we are all pretty used…
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What is Stephen Harper Drinking?
Craft beer has now gotten so big that even politicians are cashing in on its popularity – hell, President Obama has a mini brewery at the White House. Recently Obama and Stephen Harper had a bet over the Olympic Hockey results, with the loser to choose a beer to give to the winning side. Harper…
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CAMRA BC Summit #1 Vancouver
Electronic methods of communication have revolutionised our world, never has communication been so easy to do yet hard to do right. Email is notorious for creating misunderstandings, internet forums, twitter, facebook too, flame wars, online bullying, misreading between the lines all cause problems. I mention this because in 2013 the communication at the BC Level…