Author: CAMRA Vancouver
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In the Mix: Craft Beer Brewers | GlobalNews
Nice interview on Global with Graham With Head Brewer at Parallel 49 Brewing Company.
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Campaign for Real Cider
You may not be aware of it but CAMRA BC isn’t just about craft beer, we also love craft Cider and this is the best time of year for it! Many people here in BC don’t think about cider much beyond trying the sickly sweet commercial varieties that clutter the liquor store, perhaps they tried…
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New Membership System Launches
Over the last 2 years CAMRA BC – Vancouver Branch has grown in leaps and bounds, we’ve blasted through the 1000 individual member mark and are on track to pass 1500 by the end of the year. With this kind of growth some of our systems have been stretched to the limit and I apologise…
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Corporate Supporter Spotlight: CRAFT Beer Market
We continue our new series of interviews with organizations who support CAMRA and the craft beer heroes behind them.
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Corporate Supporter Spotlight: Steel & Oak Brewing
This week, we continue our new series of interviews with organizations who support CAMRA and the craft beer heroes behind them. Steel & Oak Brewing Co. are the soon-to-be newest addition to Vancouver’s craft beer scene. Jorden Foss and co. are toiling away to get their brand new brewery off the ground and bring the…
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POWtoberfest!
If you didn’t come to Powell River for the Oktoberfest you really missed out! 15 brave souls assembled at St. Augustine’s at 8am on Saturday 5th October to start the trek with Wildside Vancouver. We made the first and most important ferry to Langdale and we passed Persephone Brewery (not open yet) and made it…
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Corporate Supporter Spotlight: Bridge Brewing
A series of interviews with organizations who support CAMRA and the craft beer heroes behind them.
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CAMRA BC Liquor Review Meeting
This Morning I had a meeting with government representatives John Yap MLA, Ken Dawson and Suneil Karod to talk about the liquor issues that we feel require change. Joining me were a pair of heavyweight advocates CAMRA BC President Rick Green along newly minted CAMRA BC Powell River Branch President Paddy Treavor on flying visit.…
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Public Phase Launches
On Saturday the BC Government launched the “public phase” of the liquor review on their website. It allows everyone who wants to have an input the chance to air their views. It also features public letters from stakeholder groups with their suggestions and recommendations, CAMRA’s letter is on it’s way, we’ve had a great time…
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Legal Parity for All Alcohol
As most of you know the government of BC has begun the first public liquor consultation in almost 60 years and CAMRA BC is all over it. The consultation comes in 2 phases, the first was a letter to key industry people and stakeholder groups asking them if they want to make any suggestions on…
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Corporate Supporter Spotlight: Big River
This week, we continue our new series of interviews with organizations who support CAMRA and the craft beer heroes behind them. The folks at Big River in Richmond tell us about their brewpub and the changes they’ve been making recently.
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New CAMRA BC Branch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2013 THE CAMRA BC FAMILY IS EXPANDING Surrey, BC – On September 21, 2013, we will see the formation of a new Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale Society of British Columbia. In light of the tremendous volume of public interest in craft beer consumer rights outside of Vancouver,…
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Regulation Over Policy as Law
As most of you know the government of BC has begun the first public liquor consultation in almost 60 years and CAMRA BC is all over it. The consultation comes in 2 phases, the first was a letter to key industry people and stakeholder groups asking them if they want to make any suggestions on…
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Discretionary Pricing Coming to BC?
As most of you know the government of BC has begun the first public liquor consultation in almost 60 years and CAMRA BC is all over it. The consultation comes in 2 phases, the first was a letter to key industry people and stakeholder groups asking them if they want to make any suggestions on…
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Corporate Supporter Spotlight: Coal Harbour Brewing
This week, we continue our new series of interviews with organizations who support CAMRA and the craft beer heroes behind them. Head Brewer at Coal Harbour Brewing Ethan Allured chats to CAMRA Vancouver about their little brewery with big plans.
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CAMRA BC Joins the Growler Revolution!
At the VCBW Festival in Richmond CAMRA BC – Vancouver Chapter were excited to have our new Boston-Round growlers on sale for the very first time! They were so new, the paint was still wet on them but we sold them all out in one day – thanks to everyone who bought one (or two).…
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Powell River Oktoberfest
Former Bishop of this parish Paddy Treavor of the van east beer blog recently moved to Powell River BC and wasted no time making a mark there by founding CAMRA BC – Powell River Chapter. To celebrate our newest chapter and BC Craft Beer Month CAMRA BC is organising a trip up to Powell River…
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CAMRA Members Event
CAMRA BC – Vancouver Chapter is bringing Beer Hunter: The movie, for one night only to the RIO Theatre on September 4th.
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Corporate Supporter Spotlight: Vancouver Brewery Tours
This week, we continue our new series of interviews with organizations who support CAMRA and the craft beer heroes behind them. Ryan Mackey, Owner/Operator of Vancouver Brewery Tours, chatted to CAMRA about his visions for brewery tourism in the general Vancouver vicinity.
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Vancouver Homebrew Icon Passes
Dan’s Homebrewing Supplies is a Vancouver icon formerly located on Strathcona’s Heatley Block of East Hastings and recently relocated across the road. Every homebrewer in Vancouver knew Dan and so it is with great sadness that we learned of Dan Small’s passing. The homebrew “scene” in Vancouver is growing rapidly and craft-beer fans wanting to…