Celebrate Farmhouse Ales and Cider at Farmhouse Fest August 12 marks the 7th annual Farmhouse Fest! A celebration of Saison, Sour, Lambic, Wild Ale, & Cider, find 50+ breweries and cider makers pouring a wide variety of funky wonders all at the beautiful setting of UBC Farm. Check out FarmhouseFest.com for full event information including…
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Vancouver Craft Beer Week Serves Up Epic 10th-annual 10-day Citywide Party – News Release
Vancouver prepares for its biggest annual craft beer celebration This morning Michael declared it was his favourite day of the year! The launch of Vancouver’s craft beer week, which is actually 10 days now! I’m pretty damn excited too and we’re off to the party tonight! There’s lots to do so get ready to sample…
Tricks and Treats in Surrey
Scare Up Some Fun in Surrey This Fall Before All Hallows Eve, you’ve still got time to head out to the farms in Surrey and pick a pumpkin or two, take a ride out to the patch and pick up some delicious veggies for a monstrous feast; there’s even a haunted house or two if…
Victoria Beer Week Launches Full Schedule
March 7-15, 2015, Victoria, BC victoriabeerweek.com Twitter: @vicbeerweek • Instagram: @vicbeerweek • Facebook: /vicbeerweek #VBW2015 Victoria Beer Week is a nine-day festival highlighting a broad selection of BC craft breweries and educating Victorians about craft beer. After a very successful launch that saw over 3,000 people attend 14 events held in venues throughout Greater Victoria…
Craft Beer Thursday at 39th and Cambie
It ain’t what it used to be at the BCLDB stores. Join the 39th & Cambie Beer Advocates on Thursday, January 8 from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. and explore local craft beers new our BC market! Sip on craft beer while enjoying gourmet food pairings provided by Chef Céline Turenne.
Tree Brewing Red Wood Wine Barrel Aged Ale
What? Wine and beer? Well sort of. This lovely ale arrived in it’s pretty package and I was excited to get it chilled and sample. The Kelowna Brewery sourced some local wine barrels and then aged there Hop Head IPA within them. It’s amber in colour and has aromas of toasty oak, citrus notes, toffee,…
Dageraad Brewing Opening Party At Tangent Cafe
Congrats to Dageraad Brewing! Join them on July 19, 2014 for a celebration of Belgian music, food and, of course, beer.Dageraad Brewing has partnered with Tangent Café to designed a menu inspired by Belgian cuisine and music inspired by the great Belgian guitarist Django Reinhardt. Live gypsy swing from 6pm to midnight with: CASA ROSA Pearl Jig & Van…
Steamworks Brassneck Firewalker Collaboration Ale
This collaboration between brewmasters at Steamworks and Brassneck pours black with a lasting tan head that sticks right to the glass with telltale signs of how big a sip I took! Smells of smoked malt, cocoa, dried fruits with some meaty notes. On the palate it’s again smoky, nutty, with a tad of bitterness on…
Townsite Brewing Perfect Storm
Powell River’s Townsite Brewing has brewed up the perfect storm in their oatmeal stout. Pours the darkest of browns with a nice head of foam. On the nose there is molasses, bitter chocolate, toasted nuts and coffee with some baked fig. Starts a bit sweet and follows up with cocoa, coffee and walnut flavours. Immensely…
Phillips Ginger Beer
Well it’s a sunny Friday and I have a little bit of a sore throat so I’ve been told ginger is good for it and hence it’s time to crack the Phillips Brewing Co. Ginger Beer. Lots of ginger in this one so I am on the right track. Pours hazy copper with a head…
The August Jack Cooks Up Exotic Meats
THE AUGUST JACK OFFERS A NIGHT OF EXOTIC DISHES TO ADVENTUROUS VANCOUVER FOODIES Kitsilano restaurant designs 4 unforgettable courses prepared with rare ingredients What: Kitsilano’s highly anticipated and only Exotic Food Night. When: Reservations starting after 5PM on Tuesday, June 24th,2014 Where: The August Jack. 2042 W 4th Ave, Vancouver, BC Tickets: Call (604) 428-0075…
Steel and Oak Brewing Co. Opening Soon
Venture out to New Westminster and you’ll soon be able to sample right from the tap at Steel Oak Brewing Co. It’s fitting that the city be home to a new brewery as it’s history of brewing dates back to the 1800’s and continued until 2005 when one of the big guys shut its doors….
Bridge Brewing Company Wunderbar Kolsch
Kolsch’s are a German hybrid of ale and lager and this one tows the line using German noble hops in the fermentation. Cloudy and straw in colour, the beer is malty and yeasty like fresh baked bread with some fruity and floral and citrus notes on the palate. Medium body, with mild herby bitterness and…
CONTEST CLOSED #Giveaway Muskoka Brewery VCBW Tickets and SWAG Worth $150
CONTEST CLOSED – Congrats RHANDI! Venture off the Beaten Path with Muskoka Brewery! Muskoka Brewery and Good Life Vancouver are taking the road less traveled, and want to give you a chance to join in on our craft beer adventure. To celebrate the CRAFT Beer Market with the launch of Muskoka’s latest all-natural, refreshing IPA,…
Horseshoe Bay Craft Beer Festival
Head to Horeshoe Bay’s Breakwater at Sewells Marina on June 21, 2014 where 10 local breweries have been lined up for attendees to sip and sample through. Check out Howe Sound Brewing, Persephone Brewing Company, Bridge Brewing Company, Parallel 49 Brewing Company, Longwood Brewery, Deepcove Brewers & Distillers, Central City, Russell Brewing Company, Stanley Park…
Tofino Brewing Blond Ale
Headed down to Feast Tofino Dock Festival and grabbed a mug of Tofino Brewing Blonde Ale to cheer on the release of a rehabilitated octopus! Had it in a plastic cup which is by no means the best way to drink it, but it worked dockside and was less of a hazard if you happened…
Tofino Brewing Tuff Session Ale
As they say, when in Rome! Our latest journey to the far west coast brought us to Tofino where Tofino Brewing rules the taps. Had to grab a growler of this Tuff Session Ale and will be going back for some bottles for the ride home. This sessionable ale (meaning lower in alcohol allowing you…
2014 Canadian Oyster Beer Pairing Competition Winners
The inaugural Canadian Craft Beer & Oyster pairing Competition was held on April 26th, 2014 during the third annual Osoyoos Oyster Festival. The competition was sponsored by Spirit Ridge Vineyard Resort and Spa, Flavours World, CAMRA Vancouver, BC Craft Brewers Guild and Codfathers Seafood Market. The competition was divided into ten Beer categories, plus a…
#GetEffed Canadian Craft Beer & Oyster Pairing Competition Announces Effingham Oysters
Effingham Oyster’s will be shucked and slurped at Canada’s inaugural Craft Beer & Oyster Pairing Competition held in Osoyoos on April 25, 2014. Judges will feast on British Columbia’s Barkley Sound oysters farmed just off the west coast of Vancouver Island as they sip and sample beers from around the country to determine which brew…
Canadian Craft Beer & Oyster Pairing Competition: Request for Entry
Which Canadian Craft Beers pair best with Oysters? The inaugural Canadian Craft Beer & Oyster pairing Competition will be held on April 25th, 2014 during the third annual Osoyoos Oyster Festival. The competition is sponsored by Sprit Ridge Vineyard Resort and Spa, Flavours World, CAMRA Vancouver, BC Craft Brewers Guild and Codfathers Seafood Market, and will…
