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  • Off The Rail Brewing Co.

    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 Off The Rail Brewing Co.

  • 12 Kings Pub

    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 12 Kings Pub.

  • YVR President Adam Chatburn Steps Down

    The time has come for me to resign as Vancouver Branch President. As you may know, I recently became co-owner of Vancouver hottest new craft beer pub: 12 Kings. I’m also going to help open Callister Brewing in East Van and these projects have been taking up more and more of my time.

  • Devil’s Elbow Ale and Smokehouse

    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 Devil’s Elbow Ale and Smokehouse.

  • Casks: An Introduction – By Adam Chatburn

    Now that I’m in the last few months of my last term as President, I wanted to talk about an aspect of craft beer that I feel is currently being deeply mishandled, casks. With more and more cask nights popping up all over the city we are developing a culture of craft beer that is…

  • Strange Fellows 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 Strange Fellows Brewing.

  • BC’s First Gluten-Free Brewery Ends in Heartbreak

    Earlier this year at CAMRA Vancouver’s CiderWISE festival I met CAMRA BC members Dennis & Peggy Maynes who told me of their plans to open BC’s first Gluten-Free Brewery. For years Dennis had been home brewing a range of beers made from sorgum, rice and lots of other GF fermentables. Let me assure you, as…

  • Centennial Homebrewing Supplies

    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 Centennial Homebrewing Supplies.

  • CAMRA Education Cider Class Highlights the Best of the Basque

    CAMRA BC, Vancouver Branch’s Education Program has been one of the most successful parts of the last 2 years. Danny Seeton our Education Liaison and Amanda Barry – Buchart have worked hard putting together the classes which have run at Steamworks Brewpub. Almost every month we put on a sold-out class featuring some of the…

  • BC Liquor Policy Announcements Are a Step in the Right Direction, But Not Exactly News

    Today the BC Government made a few announcements but didn’t really make any announcement that wasn’t already known or long overdue.

  • Hops Connect Cup

    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 the Hops Connect Cup.

  • #FUSS Becomes an Election Issue in Vancouver

    I was recently contacted by Scott Colbourne of One City Vancouver who told me of their “Fun City” Plan, part of which was to ensure that establishments that posted “a pint” serving delivered a 568ml pint. They call it “A PINT IS A PINT IS A PINT”. After I spoke to Scott I pointed out that…

  • Matt Anderson: Legend in Craft Beer

    Another BC Beer Awards is in the books and my thanks to the whole team who worked so hard on this wonderful celebration and my congratulations to all the winners. The fact that there was so much diversity amongst the winners with no brewery dominating and so many brand new breweries placing, shows that the…

  • SF Brew Home Brew Club

    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 SF Brew

  • Powell River Festival a Triumph!

    Another year, another adventure for the brave souls who boarded a school bus from East Van to Powell River, another dash for the ferries and another legendary visit to the Sunshine Coast. Thanks again to Cedric and the Townsite Brew Crew for hosting a pre-festival cask event and brewery tour where we met up with…

  • Tricities Brew Club

    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 Tricities Brew Club

  • Terminal City Tours

    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 Terminal City Tours

  • Volunteer Award to Be Presented This Weekend

    The CAMRA YVR Executive is one of the best groups of people I have ever worked with in my whole life. Their dedication and hard work inspires me to give everything I have to this organisation so that I can help them as much as I can. This is one reason why Vancouver Branch has…

  • Growler Fill Update

    Thank you everyone who contacted us about the possibility of growler fills in locations other than breweries and brewpubs. Discussions by email and on our Facebook pages are always welcome and in this case may even make a difference in the real world! Now that a Policy Analyst at the Liquor Control & Licencing Branch has…

  • Steel Toad Brewpub and Dining Hall

    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 Steel Toad Brewpub and Dining Hall