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Beyond The Pale: A West Coast Pale Ale Roundup

What's Brewing

July 21, 2020

PRESENTED BY JAK'S LIQUOR STORES: Pale Ale is a style that BC beer drinkers adopted in the 1990s, but today’s Northwest-style Pales have considerably more flavour. Find out who took home our blue ribbon this issue, and prepare to start craving the clean and crisp flavours of a West Coast Pale Ale.

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WOMEN OF BEER | PROFILE

Shirley Warne’s Legendary Life In Brewing

Lundy Dale

July 15, 2020

Shirley Warne is a true BC brewing legend, with a career working at and consulting for breweries across Canada. It’s amazing how many brewers of today she trained and supported before she made a home at Angry Hen Brewing in Kaslo, BC.

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BOOKS IN REVIEW

Tapping the West review: Alberta gets its own beer book

Ted Child

July 14, 2020

No doubt all of us stuck at home in 2020 are dreaming about our next major road trip. Beer tourism is essential travel, isn’t it? Good news: this great little book will get snobby West Coast beer drinkers ready to dream about a trip to (gasp!) Alberta to taste craft beer.

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30TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES

The Class Of ’94: A Brave New Wave in BC Brewing

What's Brewing

July 9, 2020

** This past week, Donald Trump had his Mount Rushmore moment; now we're having ours. ** In this installment of our Class of '94 series, we introduce you to more legendary brewers from BC’s 1990s scene. As a quartet, the four pictured above make up a mini Rushmore that Trump would never appreciate.

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CLASS OF 1994

Iain Hill: From Shaftebury To Yaletown

Iain Hill

July 1, 2020

As part of our 30th Anniversary, What's Brewing spotlights some of BC's beer pioneers. In The Class Of '94 series, we introduce you to some key BC brewmasters who started up a celebrated brewery in the year 1994. Iain Hill shares a hilarious memory from working at East Van's very first craft brewery. Right after that, he helped open Vancouver's first brewpub and began pushing the boundaries of BC brewing.

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30TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES

The Class of ’94: Sailor Hagar’s Heyday

Gary Lohin

June 25, 2020

As part of our 30th Anniversary, What's Brewing spotlights some of BC's beer pioneers. In The Class Of '94 series, we introduce you to some key BC brewmasters who started up a celebrated brewery in the year 1994 and began to push the boundaries of BC brewing. As head brewer at Central City Brewers & Distillers, Gary Lohin has had a distinguished career in beer. But he first had the chance to run his own show at Metro Vancouver’s first brewpub: Sailor Hagar’s.

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From The Hopline: PIC OF THE WEEK

Vancouver Proposes Drinking in 22 Parks… One Day!

July 30, 2020

The 22 Vancouver park sites approved for a three-month trial to allow legal consumption of alcohol (Image courtesy Vancouver park board)

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What’s Brewing? The BC Craft Beer Movement is.

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UPCOMING EXBEERIENCES

with Edward Kaye

July 29, 2020

All day today, Broken Hill in Nelson is holding a Yellow Dog and Neighbourhood Brewing tap takeover. They will be dedicating 8 taps to these two breweries with 4 of the beers being small batch exclusives—previously found exclusively at their tap room locations. From 14:00 this afternoon, Trading Post Brewery will be tapping a special cask at their tasting room in Langley. Head on down to try something a bit different. At the same time, Kelowna Beer Institute will also…

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From Our Events Calendar

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BC Cider Week 2020

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Aug 6 @ 2:00 pm – Aug 16 @ 9:00 pm

NEW DATES, so we can celebrate with you! Celebrate your local, craft cider scene across the province with a bevy of beverage bashes from Vancouver Island to the Okanagan. Stay safe and socially distanced while celebrating locally made, craft cider.

Highlights this year are: cider & cheese to-go, cider and food pairings, coursed cider dinners, special release and seasonal ciders, virtual tours, cider tasting education, tasting room discounts, swag give aways, cider flights, sorbet & cider floats, cider picnics, cider donuts and more…

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Celebrate with Soma Cidery @ Soma Craft Cidery

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Aug 6 @ 5:30 pm – Aug 16 @ 8:30 pm

Soma Craft Cidery offers small batch crafted cider in Kelowna, BC. Soma blends tradition with imagination to produce exceptional cider and are excited to release a new cider created especially for BC Cider week– coming Aug 6th! Taste the newest release in partnering retail locations, restaurants and pubs as well as to-go or on-site at the cidery. Soma Tasting Room, Cider Lounge & Picnic Area are now open! Visit: 4485 Sallows Road, Kelowna, BC. Hours: Wednesday & Thursday (Tasting Room & Picnic Area only) 12-4pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12 -7pm.

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Farm-to-Table Cider Dinner @ The Fickle Fig

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Aug 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

The Fickle Fig Farm Market located at 1780 Mills Rd, North Saanich, BC is a year-round farmers’ market, bakery and bistro featuring seasonable, sustainable, local and organic farm produce and products from the peninsula. Enjoy a delectable taste of the region with a 4-course cider dinner, featuring local cider on the Saanich Peninsula from Sea Cider. The event will be on the evening of the festival launch, Thursday August 6, 2020 from 6pm – 8:30pm. All courses will feature food grown by Fickle Fig Farm on their 18 acres. Live music, a different cider for each course. Can’t catch the cider dinner? No problem, The Fickle Fig Farm Market features Sea Cider with regular lunch and dinner service.

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