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CAMRA craft beer calendar, April 16
Thursday, April 17 Cask: India Red Ale dry hopped with columbus and centennial, Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m. Cask: Dead Frog Brewing ESB, The Park at English Bay,...
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CAMRA craft beer calendar, April 23
Thursday, April 24 Cask: Scottish Session Ale, Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m. Cask: Howe Sound 4 Way Fruit Ale infused with pineapple, Sunset Grill, 2204 York Ave.,...
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CAMRA craft beer calendar, April 30
Wednesday, April 30 Cask: Dead Frog Fearless IPA dry-hopped with Centennial, Galaxy, Cascade and Zythos, Oscar’s Pub, 3684 E. Hastings St., Vancouver, from 5 p.m. Cask: Werther’s Original ESB, Bomber...
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CAMRA craft beer calendar, May 7
Thursday, May 8 Cask: CAMRA Vancouver #yvrcaskmeetup: Brick and Beam IPA dry hopped with Galaxy, Wakatu, and Green Bullet, Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m. Cask:...
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CAMRA craft beer calendar, May 14
Wednesday, May 14 Cask: Bomber Brewing, 1488 Adanac St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m. Thursday, May 15 Spinnakers 30th Anniversary Celebration, Spinnakers, 308 Catherine St., Victoria, 3-11 p.m., free...
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CAMRA craft beer calendar, May 21
Wednesday, May 21 Cask: Bomber Brewing, 1488 Adanac St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m. Thursday, May 22 Cask: CAMRA Vancouver #yvrcaskmeetup, Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St., Vancouver, from 4...
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Craft beer starts at home: How homebrewers are fuelling the B.C. beer boom,...
Graham With took three growlers of homebrew to the most important job interview of his life. It wasn’t Dutch courage he had in mind. That beer was the resumé he submitted to the owners of Parallel 49...
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Craft beer starts at home: How homebrewers are fuelling the B.C. beer boom,...
Read part one here Most brewing enthusiasts have a story behind how they got started. Most of those stories involve an “a-ha” moment when they realized that homebrew could be both delicious and easy to...
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Craft beer starts at home: How homebrewers are fuelling the B.C. beer boom,...
Read part one here Read part two here There’s starting at square one and then there’s starting at square zero. David Bowkett, an architectural technologist by trade and homebrewer by hobby, got the...
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Craft beer starts at home: How homebrewers are fuelling the B.C. beer boom,...
Read part one here Read part two here Read part three here Perhaps recognizing the many obstacles faced by those amateur brewers aiming to become professional — and recalling their own difficulties...
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Old Yale Brewing Co. wins beer of the year at Canadian Brewing Awards 2014
Looks like there are going to be a few more beer runs up the Valley this summer. Old Yale Brewing Co. took home the coveted beer of the year prize at the Canadian Brewing Awards on Saturday night for...
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Drink beer! Win Whitecaps tickets!
Until Vancouver’s stadiums and arenas start offering a half-decent beer selection (hey, sign this petition), this is as close to total enjoyment of craft beer and sports you’re going to get in the...
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Brewed Avisioning review: A Wee Angry Scotch Ale (Russell Brewing Company,...
[CAN'T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VERSION] The beer: A Wee Angry Scotch Ale The style: Wee Heavy (90 shilling) The brewery: Russell Brewing Company, Surrey The venue: Tap & Barrel, 1...
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Brewed Avisioning review: Red Racer Pilsner (Central City Brewers +...
[CAN'T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VERSION] The beer: Red Racer Pilsner The style: Pilsner The brewery: Central City Brewers + Distillers, Surrey The venue: Craft Beer Market, 85 W. 1st Ave.,...
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Brewed Avisioning review: Charleston Belgian Tripel (Townsite Brewing Inc.,...
[CAN'T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR VIMEO VERSION] The beer: Charleston The style: Tripel The brewery: Townsite Brewing Inc., Powell River The venue: Alibi Room, 157 Alexander St., Vancouver The price:...
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Brewed Avisioning review: Klutz Kölsch (Brassneck Brewery, 5%)
[CAN'T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VERSION] The beer: Klutz The style: Kölsch The brewery and venue: Brassneck Brewery, 2148 Main St., Vancouver The price: $5 for 12-oz. pour The food pairing:...
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Brewed Avisioning review: 33 Acres of Life (33 Acres Brewing Company, 4.8%)
[CAN'T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VERSION] The beer: 33 Acres of Life The style: California Common The brewery and venue: 33 Acres Brewing Company, 15 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver The price: $3.50 for...
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Yellow Dog Brewing Co. wins best in show at B.C. Beer Awards
Port Moody is now home to the top dog in B.C.’s beer scene, after one of the city’s microbreweries captured the big prize at Saturday’s B.C. Beer Awards. Yellow Dog Brewing Co., which only opened in...
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Pumpkin beer of the week: Pumpkin Pearzen Harvest Weizen (Moon Under Water...
I sampled this for the first time at the recent Women in Beer dinner and snapped up the first bottle I could find afterwards. It tasted even better than I remember. Adding pear, pumpkin, cinnamon and...
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Pumpkin beer of the week #2: Full Patch Pumpkin Ale (Longwood Brewery, 9%)
I can’t let pumpkin season go past again without bringing attention to Longwood‘s monstrous pumpkin saison, fresh out of the full-patch biker land of Nanaimo. Beyond the name of this punning pumpkin...
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What’s behind B.C.’s unquenchable thirst for craft beer?
The rise of craft beer in British Columbia has been astonishing – and there’s still no end in sight. At the end of a year in which 17 new breweries opened – with at least another five imminent – B.C....
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VIDEO: The Brewed Awakening review at the Tap & Barrel: Howe Sound Father...
CAN’T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VERSION The beer: Father John’s Winter Ale The style: Spiced ale The ABV: 7% The brewery: Howe Sound Brewing, Squamish The venue: Tap & Barrel Convention...
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VIDEO: The Brewed Awakening review at the Tap & Barrel: Vancouver Island...
CAN’T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VERSION The beer: Hermannator Ice Bock The style: Eisbock The ABV: 9.5% The brewery: Vancouver Island Brewery, Victoria The venue: Tap & Barrel Convention...
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VIDEO: The Brewed Awakening Christmas review at the Tap & Barrel: Whistler...
CAN’T SEE VIDEO? CLICK HERE FOR YOUTUBE VERSION The beer: Winter Dunkel The style: Wheat/fruit ale The ABV: 5% The brewery: Whistler Brewing Company, Whistler The venue: Tap & Barrel Convention...
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Brewed Awakening’s Hermannator vertical, 2011-14
Sound the fanfare! Crash the drums! Commence the theme tune from The Terminator! The Brewed Awakening Hermannator vertical returns for another year! (Or four.) Yes, Hermy has been out since October but...
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VIDEO: Vancouver Craft Beer Week collaboration ale brew day
The cream of B.C.’s brewing talent gathered at Red Truck Beer Company‘s new facility in Vancouver on Friday to help brew the official beer of this year’s Vancouver Craft Beer Week. Billed as a...
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VIDEO: Bottling day for the VCBW 2015 collaboration beer
CAN’T SEE VIDEO? WATCH YOUTUBE VERSION HERE Videographer extraordinaire Rafe Arnott and I returned to Red Truck Beer Company to watch the official beer for this year’sVancouver Craft Beer Week roll off...
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The R&B dilemma: Lessons for B.C.’s heated craft beer market, part 2
A condensed version of this article was published in Issue 1.2 of The Growler. Read part one One way a brewery can insulate itself from that competition is simply to not package its product or seek...
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Tastes Of The Region At The White Whale In Comox Valley
Have you ever had a server say to you, “Chef is pushing this one tonight, from today’s foraging,” as they presented a glistening plate of mushrooms steaming with the glorious scents of a rainforest and...
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As the Force awakens, so does Fuggles & Warlock’s new brewery
As the new Star Wars movie keeps drawing millions to cinemas across the world, a new force in craft beer is awakening in Richmond. Up until recently, self-professed gypsy brewers and unashamed geeks...
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