Keeping the Playing Field Level
There’s a bit of a mythos around craft brewery culture. Our industry enjoys a stellar reputation for collaboration and camaraderie. However, on the business or ownership level things can sometimes be quite different.
Women of Beer: Three Lakes Brewing
Three Lakes Brewing in Kelowna, BC was founded by three local women: Melanie Raby, daughter Tara, and Cathy van Kesteren, a 20-plus year friend and hiking buddy of Melanie’s.
Okanagan Fest of Ale Traditions: Cheers, Charity & Community
A Pictorial Preview of the 27th Fest of Ale, April 12-13 2024 Last year, the Okanagan Fest of Ale returned to its traditional venue, the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre,…
Rusted Rake: Nanoose Bay’s Surprising Family Farm Brewery
Rusted Rake Farm-To-Tap Brewery: one of the best stops on the Beer Seekers' 34-brewery Vancouver Island summer tour.
Pioneering BC Craft Beer Couple Battles Cancer Together [Fundraiser]
This weekend, we learned that a beloved Lower Mainland craft beer couple is in trouble.
In a shocking turn of events, longtime BC Brewmaster Tony Dewald and his wife Andy Brown were diagnosed with cancer only months apart.
Gladstone’s Love Potion Benefits Children’s Charities in Honour of Local Hero
On February 14th, BC Brewery of the Year Gladstone Brewing is bringing back Love Potion, a collaboration beer from 2018, just a few days shy of what would have been Comox doctor, brewer and fundraiser Brad Harris' 50th birthday. Proceeds will benefit the Comox YANA society.
Okanagan Fest Of Ale Comes Back Home For 2023
Early Bird tickets for the 2023 Okanagan Fest of Ale are officially on sale. This is significant to BC beer enthusiasts for reasons we outline in this Event Preview and primer on one of BC's most-loved beer traditions.
Russell’s 40 Year Ale Sales Boost KPU John Mitchell Scholarship
KPU and Russell Brewing have announced great news for the future of BC brewing education and #BCCraftBeer. $7000 has been donated to the John Mitchell Scholarship thanks to sales of the 40th Anniversary Ale.
Safeguarding the Revolution: SFU Steps Up To Preserve BC Beer History
BC Craft Beer Month is the perfect time to reveal a monumental development in the story of BC Craft Beer. Please welcome: the BC Beer History Archive.
Let’s All Go to #BCBeerCon 2022
For the first time since 2019, the annual BC Craft Brewers Conference (aka BCBeerCon) will take place in person. This year's event moves to New Westminster's classy new Anvil Centre on Tuesday November 8th and Wednesday the 9th.