Tag: CAMRA News & Events
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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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Call to Action! Time for a Full Liquor Review!
The Election has been and gone and Premiere Clarke has announced her new cabinet, Minister Rich Coleman is no longer the Liquor Boss, instead former Vancouver City Councillor and Mayoral candidate Suzanne Anton has been named Attorney General and Justice Minister. However it is John Yap, MLA for Richmond-Steveston who has been made “Parliamentary Secretary…
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Bus Trip to Deep Cove & Bridge
Those of you that saw a CAMRA booth at an event during craft beer week may know that we had a competition for members to win a seat on a bus trip to North Vancouver. Deep Cover Brewing and Distilling invited us over to see their new brewhouse so we took the lucky winners on…
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CAMRA Youtube Channel Launches
CAMRA BC – Vancouver Chapter is proud to announce that we now have a youtube channel which features clips from our Education Events. These videos are available on youtube (subscribe to our channel!) and also in the education section of this website. We hope that this education resource combined with the presentation from the classes…
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CAMRA BC at the Farmers Market
CAMRA BC – Vancouver Chapter have partnered with Vancouver Farmers Markets to use their community tables at 5 markets this summer. We’ve already done Kitsilano and the West End with Main Street (July 10th), Trout Lake (July 13th) and Kerrisdale (August 10th) still to come. Thanks to everyone who has come to see us and…
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FUSS Cards
Although we’ve been busy of late working on other advocacy issues we’ve not neglected any of our existing campaigns.
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Cask Fest & New Membership System
Last weekend CAMRA BC – Vancouver Chapter, in partnership with the Portside Pub hosted the Annual Spring Sessional Cask Festival. I’m not alone in saying that it was the best event CAMRA BC has ever hosted. It boasted a great selection of session-strength beers featuring tasty offerings from both the stalwarts of Vancouver’s brewing scene…
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Unanimous Support from Vancouver City Council
Today the movement to allow beer lounges in Vancouver took a big step forward thanks to a motion tabled by NPA Clr George Affleck which formalized the fact that the city zoning and licensing offices are working on a way to allow Beer Lounges in Vancouver.
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Announcing CAMRAPALOOZA
UPDATE: SOLD OUT!!! VCBW tickets went on sale and predictably HOPPAPALOOZA IV sold out in mere moments, even though they are doing 2 sessions this year! In many ways the Alibi Room is the cornerstone of the craft beer scene in Vancouver and this annual event in conjunction with Vancouver Craft Beer Week is one…
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Future of Vancouver Brewing Debated at City Hall
Vancouver BC – April 17th 2013 Former CAMRA BC – Vancouver Chapter President Paddy Treavor recently met up with NPA Councillor George Affleck at Vancouver City Hall to discuss the fact that Vancouver City Council is denying the applications of many local breweries to open “Beer lounges” despite the Provincial Government green-lighting them.
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Corporate Supporters Spotlight – Townsite Brewing
This week, we are launching a new series of interviews with organizations who support CAMRA and the craft beer heroes behind them. We’re excited to introduce you to the folks who brew your favourite beers, run your local homebrew store, sling suds at your local taproom, or make sure your liquor store is stocked with…
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Save the Growler Update – Your Say
I’ve been using the CAMRA website as a bit of a soapbox lately so I thought I would hand control over to you guys this week. Save the Growlers has really caught on (over 1700 signatures to date!) so here’s a selection of some of the comments that have come our way via the petition…
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CAMRA BC’s Visit to the Legislature March 11
Earlier this week CAMRA BC President Rick Green, Vice President Maureen Blaseckie and myself went to the BC Legislature in Victoria to meet with MLAs about some of CAMRA BC’s campaigns.
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Presidential Update March 6
A Message From The President When news broke last week on the Van East Beer blog that Growler fills were to be given an additional tax it was hard to see it as anything other as a tax directly on craft beer, hitting both the burgeoning craft beer industry in BC and those people with great taste…
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A Message from Our President
Once again liquor law changes are one step forward, two steps back… Last week the provincial government made some significant amendments which affect many of the craft breweries here in Vancouver. It gives them the option of obtaining licence endorsements allowing special events and “lounges”. This means that breweries could apply to serve more than…
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The BC Beer Awards & The CAMRA Harvest Cask Festival
Coming Saturday, October 13th, 2012, The BC Beer Awards and CAMRA BC, in conjunction with BC Craft Beer Month, are pleased to bring you The CAMRA Harvest Cask Festival!
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CAMRA Vancouver Presents the Gastown Cask Carouse
Join fellow beer lovers in a four-stop cask carouse through Vancouver’s historic Gastown! Each stop will feature a unique and interesting cask conditioned sleeve of ale and appetizer to pair with it. All four stops will feature a guest speaker educating cask carousers how each cask conditioned beer pairs with the appetizer. Additional sleeves or…
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CAMRA Vancouver Making a FUSS in the Legislature
CAMRA Vancouver may have finally arrived on the political scene last week when their FUSS Campaign was raised in the BC Legislature by NDP MLA Shane Simpson.
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Upcoming Member Night at E-Tap exclusive for CAMRA Vancouver Members
Who said membership doesn’t have its benefits? Come join CAMRA Vancouver and Ensemble Tap for a members’ only night of cask ale, mingling and education.