Tag: Craft Beer News
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New Year, New Beer
As the calendar winds down and we move into a new year, many folks feel the need to create various resolutions. Exercise more, eat healthy, and inevitably some people also include one that fills me with dread… Cutting out alcohol. Instead, I would like to offer an alternative. Drink more, but go for variety instead…
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Community Spotlight: R&B Ale and Pizza House
Wrap your head around this: if R&B were a person, they would be of legal beer-drinking age. That’s right; R&B has been a Mount Pleasant mainstay since 1997, brewing beer for the community since long before craft beer was a “thing” in Vancouver. The Brewery Creek veteran has recently revamped their Growler Station and upgraded…
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Intro to Summer Beer Styles
With the temperatures increasing and the sun staying up later, I am sure you are all looking for some clues on what kind of beers are out there and what you should be looking for. I am a big fan of drinking whatever style or beer is your particular favourite, but I am also always excited to drink…
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Cooking for a Summer BeerBQ
Looking to add a whole new dimension to your summer cooking? Crack your favourite brew to add body and flavour to some of your favourite dishes! Bringing in the bitterness from hops and sweetness from malt can help take your cooking to the next level.
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Beer Tasting & Survival Guide
With festival season upon us, it seems like a great time to give people an idea on how to go about tasting these amazing beers that are available for us. VBCW boasts over 400 different beers this year, and though the festival is running over three days, trying everything just won’t be possible. With all…
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Vancouver’s Canadian Beer Awards Haul
In case you didn’t know, the Canadian Brewing Awards took place this past weekend in Richmond. It’s quite a testament to the growing craft beer scene that we were able to host the awards! Even more so, Vancouver and area CLEANED UP! Massive congratulations to all the brewers for their hard and delicious work! You…
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Celebrating Mild May
With the start of May it is officially “Mild Month” and CAMRA Vancouver is celebrating on Saturday, May 21 from 1-5pm with the Mild May Cask Festival at by The Belmont. Our guest blogger, Adam Chatburn of Real Cask Brewing is here to let you know all about #mildmonth and exciting local events to celebrate!
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Detoxify While Intoxicating
A new spa in Oregon has put a new twist on the traditional spa experience that’s been making Jacuzzi-sized waves in the news. Forget the calming music and scented candles – these guys have found an even better way to relax.
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Txotx Basque Imports
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. In this issue, we look at Txotx Basque Imports
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Fuggles and Warlock Craftworks
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. In this issue, we look at Fuggles and Warlock Craftworks
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Beer Mile World Record
History was made on December 1st, when Ontario-born Lewis Kent set a new world record for the fastest Beer Mile. For those who don’t know, the Beer Mile is a frat house inspired race that requires athletes to finish 4 beers over the course of a mile (four laps of a track). Last month, 21…
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CAMRA Vancouver Winter Beer Faves
It’s time to curl up around the fire and stay out of the cold. And what better way to do that than with some of British Columbia’s yummiest winter beers! Some of the CAMRA Vancouver executive have some tasty recommendations for you.
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The Beer Pipeline
Bruges is soon to unveil the world’s first “Beer Pipeline” Pipelines are a pretty contentious subject here in BC, but a Belgian brewery has proposed something I think we can all agree on. The guys at De Halve Maan brewery have been brewing in Bruges’ Medieval old town since the mid 1500’s, but in order…
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Twin Sails 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. In this issue, we look at Twin Sails Brewing Co.
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Pico: The Keurig of Beer?
Check out what Forbes Magazine is calling the Keurig of beer! The Pico is a kitchen appliance that makes fresh homebrew with just the push of a button. Created by Microsoft ex-vice president Bill Mitchell, this nifty machine uses pre-packaged ingredient pods to take the hassle out of homebrewing.
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High Point Beer Wine and Spirits
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. In this issue, we look at High Point Beer Wine and Spirits
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Liberty Wine Merchants – Commercial Drive
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. In this issue, we look at Liberty Wine Merchants (Commercial Drive)
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Beyond The Grape
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. In this issue, we look at Beyond The Grape, the growth of the Tri-Cities Brew Club, and the explosion of the craft beer scene in the area.
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Galiano Wine and Beer Tasting Festival
While the summer is filled with beer festivals and other brew-related events, the Galiano Wine and Beer Tasting Festival might be a hidden gem among them. And who would have known that this was the 23rd Annual running of the event?
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The Perversion of Reform: Abusing the Trust (and Wallets) of Consumers
Did we really pay to recommend we, as consumers, ought to pay more? Funded by taxpayers to the tune of $200,000, the report – prepared by EY (formerly Ernst & Young) – was to be the basis of recommendations on how to reform provincial liquor laws and pricing in British Columbia. Recommendations which, as it turns out,…