What’s Brewing Magazine: The Journal of BC's Craft Beer Movement

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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

After 10 years as Backwoods Brewing, Dead Frog Brewery debuted in June 2007 with founder Derrick Smith's recipe for a Nut Brown Ale. Now, his son Cole (above) is head brewer. Let’s get to know what has changed at Dead Frog.

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Event Diary | Column

Festival Follies: An In-cider’s View

Jeff Nairn

November 6, 2019

We've had a full year of beer and cider events under our belts. From panicked purchases of festival equipment to interesting encounters with patrons, it’s been a nutty but all-round solid learning experience for us.

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Homebrew Happenin's | Travel

The Kveik Way To Ferment Beer!

Warren Boyer

October 30, 2019

As a homebrewer, I used to make saisons in the summer. I don’t have a temperature-controlled fermentation chamber, but saison yeast performs very well under fermentation temperatures as high as 35°C, so it worked for me. How times have changed! Now I can make a good clean ale at similar temperatures using the new miracle yeasts known as kveik.

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In Review | Film

What’s Brewing Goes to the Movies

Ted Child

October 24, 2019

To the joy of beer drinkers everywhere, two new beer documentaries have recently been released. Both Brewmaster (2018) and Beers of Joy (2019) follow in the footsteps of the first Somm film.

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A VIEW FROM THE CELLAR | opinion

The Death of the Growler…and my part in its downfall

Adam Chatburn

October 15, 2019

I remember the very first growler I ever bought; it was from Steamworks brew pub. I had seen a sign about growlers, and being a newish arrival in Canada, I asked for more information. "It's a glass jug that you can take beer away in."

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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

In Profile: John Briner & Northwest Hop Farms

What's Brewing

October 10, 2019

Northwest Hop Farms is a Fraser Valley hop farm and full-service hops distribution company. Let's find out more about the BC hop growing industry from co-founder John Briner.

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From The Hopline

Growing, Growing, Gone

November 14, 2019

Flashback to last June's Craft Beer and Wilderness Experience, featuring some well-known BC brewers. The guest brewers for 2020 have been announced. Photo: Brian K. Smith Full story →

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UPCOMING EXBEERIENCES

with Edward Kaye

November 14, 2019

Summer festival season is well and truly behind us, but the next couple of weeks definitely have a couple of fun events in store for beer lovers throughout BC. Tonight, Tree Brewing Beer Institute in Kelowna is holding their 4th annual Brewphoria cask festival, featuring 13 casks from 13 Okanagan breweries. At the same time in Victoria, Smiths pub is hosting a launch party for Collective Arts Brewing's new Audio/Visual lager. They will have cans of the beer on offer,…

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Events Calendar Top Picks

November 15 (Friday)

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A Grand Tour of Beer

Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Baumann Centre

Following its exciting debut last fall, this unique “Baroque & Beer” event returns to Pacific Opera Victoria’s Baumann Centre in November!Join us on a beer-soaked musical journey through five regions,…

November 20 (Wednesday)

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Two Year Anniversary Party

Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm East Van Brewing Company

Come help us celebrate our two year anniversary! There will be a special beer release, cake, food and good times! https://www.facebook.com/events/552300998669047/

November 21 (Thursday)

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Prairies Tap Takeover

Nov 21 @ 5:00 pm – Nov 22 @ 12:59 am Smiths Pub

Great craft beer is brewed across Canada.We’ve teamed up with our friends at Untapped Craft Supply once again to give you some beers that simply aren’t normally available to us…

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BC Beer Award Winners

Nov 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Vessel Liquor

Explore the world of BEER with the Thirsty Writer, Joe Wiebe. Once each month, Joe shares insights into a different style of beer with us. Taste through 8 beers in…

November 22 (Friday)

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Spinnakers Tap Takeover

Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm The White Whale

We are pleased to team up with the fine people of spinnakers brewpub at their first north island tap takeover. Their tasty brews that we’ve been enjoying over the past…

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Hopscotch Festival Vancouver

Nov 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Vancouver Forum

The 24th Annual Hopscotch Festival is back in Vancouver and better than ever. With over 350 different varieties of Scotch and other Whisky, Tequila, Rum, Gin, Vodka, Cider, Premium and…

November 26 (Tuesday)

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CRAFT Beer vs. Wine Brewmaster’s Dinner

Nov 26 @ 6:00 pm CRAFT Beer Market

Beer or Wine? Why not have both at Craft Beer Market’s annual battle of the brewery vs. winery!  This year, Stanley Park Brewing & Mark Anthony Wines will go head-to-head…

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