Author: CAMRA Vancouver
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#FUSS Comes Back With a Vengeance
How was your Saturday? I had a great time – Whitecaps won, Bike Rave was amazing and I even went for a few beers on the drive with my buddy Ryan. The last thing seems to have upset some people.
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Lots of Support for CAMRA’s #unhappyhour Stance
In the week since the BC Liberals dropped the ball (again) with liquor reform we’ve been inundated with emails and letters of support from the responsible beer drinkers of BC who are rightly outraged that the government has jacked up the price of beer for so many people. This gross betrayal comes after the mess…
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Outrage Over Minimum Pricing and Unhappy Hour
Beer drinkers like you and the media have really spoken out against the government for their mishandling of the (one would think) easy concept of happy hour.
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Unhappy Hour for BC Beer Drinkers
Finally, after what must have been months of work The BC Government has pulled a minimum pricing policy out of thin air. For those of you who want to know it’s $5 for a pint (20oz) and $3 for a 12oz glass before tax. The rule of thumb is now 1oz of beer must cost…
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Dageraad 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 the brand new Dageraad Brewing, which specializes in Belgian-style beers and started supplying its beer to select locations recently (Tangent Cafe, Alibi Room and Biercraft). We chatted with…
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#casks4acause BC Children’s Hospital Fundraiser
Calvin Basran runs Frankie G’s Neighbourhood Pub in New Westminster and his daughter is battling Leukaemia. Obviously this is sad and unfortunate news for everyone but especially Calvin’s family. The BC Children’s Hospital has bent over backwards to help her through the treatments and explore all the options for the best outcome. Calvin has been…
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CAMRA Alberta Launches with a Familiar Face
The Craft Beer Revolution is spreading through the Rockies! This time to Alberta with the launch of CAMRA Alberta in Calgary this summer. The person starting the new society is our friend Natasha Peiskar, the driving force behind SFBrew and one half of the Hoparella team who won the Deep Cove University Brew-off Competition. It…
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Best of Northwest Beer Fest
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 Liberty Wine’s Commercial Drive location, who are presenting the tasting event on June 4. We chatted to manager Will Ford about this brand new festival.
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Sad Loss to the Craft Beer Community
It is with great sadness and sorrow that we announce the passing of Pia Lohin at Lions Gate Hospital in the loving arms of her Family May 9, 2014.
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Spring Sessional a Huge Success
CAMRA BC – Vancouver Branch’s 3rd Annual Spring Sessional Cask festival was the best yet with 30 casks of great craft beer and cider packed inside and outside of the Cobalt in Vancouver. Over 300 people attended and with Vancouver again delivering a sunny Saturday the beer garden in the back we heard nothing but…
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Bestie
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. Bestie is a new hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Chinatown that serves German-style sausages and local craft beer. We chatted to owners Clinton and Dane about starting up a beer & sausage parlour.
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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…
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Hastings Sunrise Liquor Store
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 we chat to Gord Arbogast from Hastings Liquor Store about the changing beer landscape in the area.