Tag: President Updates
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#FUSS Tour of Gastown Part 2
For background on this project check Part 1 out first..
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CAMRA BC Launches New Awards
One thing that we’ve been working on this year at the CAMRA BC level is to have some kind of recognition awards, we wanted to do something that would stand apart from other Awards. So we decided to have just four categories, one for each branch, looking at people who have done great work in…
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Partial Pitcher Minimal Pricing Victory
In their usual Friday announcement burial slot the BC Liberals announced a climb down on the Minimum Pricing of beer – but before we start celebrating there’s a catch (isn’t there always).
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CAMRA BC Summit #2 is in the Books!
On Saturday July 19th I spent over 5 hours getting to Victoria to attend the second of three Summit meetings between the individual branches and the BC Executive. These historic meetings allow us to talk over some of the problems and successes that we’ve had since our first Summit here in Vancouver. It’s also a…
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#FUSS Update: Stateside Craft Change Glassware
After our first FUSS-testing trip on Commercial Drive we were surprised just how many places weren’t serving what they claimed. We contacted each of the locations via social media – most brushed us off or ignored us but Stateside Craft, the newest craft beer Mecca on the drive (40 taps of awesome) contacted us back…
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Let your #unhappyhour Letters Fly!
Since last week I’ve been cc’d on dozens of letters to politicians expressing their dismay over the new minimum pricing policy-as-law.
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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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#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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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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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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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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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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Community Supporters, What Has Changed?
Recently we have heard some of our community partners ask for classification about how their relationship with CAMRA has changed now that we don’t take money from them in the form of yearly Corporate memberships.
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Liquor Review Implementation Update
Today I was invited along with Powell River Branch President Paddy Treavor to a teleconference set up by John Yap MLA and Douglas Scott, Assistant Deputy Minister and General Manager of the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch in BC.
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CAMRA Bottle Openers a Big Hit
At CiderWISE and the AGM we released our newest membership benefit, a very different kind of bottle opener and you members seem very happy with it!