CAMRA Vancouver

Tag: President Updates

  • Powell River Fest and CAMRA BC Summit

    To start off, I need to talk a little bit about the festival. It was intimate, it was festive, it was everything you want a beer festival to be. I saw booths at the festival that included mainstays like Parallel 49 Brewing as well as lesser known to me like 9 Mile Brewing from Saskatoon.…

  • Maple Ridge and Mission Breweries

    First of all, let me say that my wife and I deciding to drive up the Coquihalla on a short camping trip was one of the best decisions we made all summer. It was so nice and relaxing to pitch a tent, turn the phones off, and drink some beer and recharge! It’s easy to…

  • Community Expansion

    Summer is quickly nearing its end and before we know it, all this beautiful weather will be behind us. On top of that, we have had a less than ideal liquor reform courtesy of Suzanne Anton and John Yap which has left consumers paying more than ever for the beers they love. (You can read…

  • Craft Beer Camaraderie

    Hello Friends! I hope that spring is treating you all well and are all very excited to get ramped up for beer festival season. I know our team is very excited to be involved with all the major events on the horizon, and are looking forward to seeing you all there.

  • CAMRA Vancouver President Update – April 2015

    What a first month we have had so far as a new executive in this CAMRA Community. We have had a few events happen, a new liquor reform and some new initiatives that I am very excited to share with you all. But first, I invite you to take part in our annual survey. As…

  • CAMRA Vancouver Presidential Address

    Hello members and community friends,  It’s hard to believe another CAMRA year has passed us by. I would like to start off by thanking members of our past Executive Team who are not returning to fill their positions and moving on to bigger and better things: Amanda Barry-Butchart, Monica Frost and Ryan Baker thank you…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • #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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Growlers Coming to a Liquor Store Near You?

    The government’s now notorious Liquor Review Recommendations have divided many groups of British Columbians especially: #68. Allow private and public retail liquor stores to sell growlers (refillable bottles) and operate refilling stations.

  • New CAMRA BC T-Shirt

    One of the best things about working with CAMRA BC is the way we can share our resources, skills and volunteers with other branches. CAMRA Vancouver were contacted by fabulously talented illustrator and designer Justin Longoz who had a great idea for a t-Shirt.

  • CAMRA Powell River’s Inaugural Craft Beer Festival

    Last year we ran a bus trip up to Powell River, BC for their Oktoberfest and to help the Powell River Branch of CAMRA BC launch, those who came know that it was an amazing time and most of them haven’t shut up about great it was!

  • #FUSS Returns to the Lamplighter

    Last weekend CAMRA Vancouver’s treasurer Ryan Baker returned to the Lamplighter in Gastown to retest them based on their responses to our emails. When we first tested them last month there was some confusion over their serving sizes but I am very happy to report that they have cleared it up just as they promised.

  • #FUSS Tour of Gastown Part 1

    After the explosion that was our first #FUSS testing trip on Commercial Drive we decided to take a slightly different tack based on some of the hateful criticism directed our way. No live tweeting, we would record the tests in HD with a small sign and then email the individual locations with the results asking them…