Breweries & Beer Volume Growth in British Columbia – A Closer Look The growth of craft beer drives headlines around North America. Boasting strong double digit volume growth quarter by quarter, the good news waterfall has spurred brewers, investors and beer geeks alike to pool their money and wander down the path of opening a…
We connect with close friend of Canada’s first craft brewer to, capture a bit of what the Genesis story of Canadian craft beer was like from John Mitchell’s point of view.
The countdown is on to BC’s biggest beer festival of the year, the Vancouver Craft Beer Week Festival at the PNE Fairgrounds. Will you be there? If you’re looking for a way to convince your friends and family (or yourself) to go, the list of participating breweries is here. On that page, you can tick any…
In 2015, former CAMRA Vancouver President and well-known Lower Mainland craft beer advocate Adam Chatburn travelled across the border for a camping weekend organised by the Washington Homebrewers Association. The attendees took over an entire campground, with numerous homebrew clubs manning booths and serving generous samples of excellent homebrew. The six-member Canadian contingent, including members…
In the news this week is a Statistics Canada report declaring that British Columbians drink less beer than other Canadians, in terms of beverage alcohol market share categories. The resulting coverage by mainstream media, which always enjoys covering beer stories, tends to highlight the implied shock and shame BC beer drinkers should feel for trailing the…
With over 7500 breweries in North America and close to a thousand more coming on line each year, there’s a significant need for differentiation in the marketplace. With this in mind, design marketplace DesignBro has put together its take on the How-Tos of Craft Beer Design.
König Brewing Systems becomes BC’s newest brewhouse fabricator The website is still up, but the lights have been off for some time at Abbotsford’s Newlands Systems Inc. Newlands, founded in 1990, was the pride of the BC Lower Mainland in terms of brewing equipment manufacturers. It rose with the wave of craft brewing, eventually achieving international recognition…
With a lineup of 70 BC breweries, a serious judging component and awards for best in show, Fest Of Ale has developed into one of the elite annual beer events in Western Canada. We have a word with board President John Cruickshank to get his perspective on the 2019 event.
Have you ever attended a Central City Brewing Cask Festival? While you wait for the next CCB fest, there’s a way to get your cask fix plus attend a New Year’s dance as well.
Late to the party this year is our spotlight on BC’s best-known (and probably only, due to the absence this year of Phillips Brewing’s Snowcase) beer advent calendar. At this stage in the game it’s no longer about drinking a beer a day; it’s about checking out what’s in the mystery box at your own pace…
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