Our two-part Fall 2020 cover story, featuring Just Here For The Beer Radio, is a tale of bold adventure. But it’s not just about a business. It’s about pursuing a dream, even in the face of tragic loss.
Here's how Rick Mohabir met Colin Jack, and how the duo joined forces with veteran broadcaster Joe Leary to create Canada’s original and longest-running all-beer talk show.
Issue: Fall 2020
AFTER TEN YEARS: STILL HERE FOR THE BEER – PART II
In Part II, we learn how Rick and Joe honoured Colin’s legacy by keeping JHFTB going and serving BC’s beer community.
Issue: Fall 2020
Canadian Brewing Awards Goes Online
This Saturday's event to be the first virtual awards ceremony in CBAC's 18 year history Every year, Canadian brewing industry folks gather for the Canadian Brewing Awards & Conference (CBAC), presented by…
After Five Years, Superflux Gets Real
When it comes to the topic of opening breweries: there’s something to be said for living with your parents until you’ve saved up enough to buy your own place.
Recently, an already-packed #YeastVan welcomed new member Superflux Beer. Co-Founder Adam Henderson discusses the transition from 'client brewery' to running a physical brewery.
How The History of BC Craft Beer is Especially Relevant in 2020
WHAT'S BREWING 30TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE TELLS STORY OF BC CRAFT BEER
| | What's Brewing Vol. 30 No. 2 Summer 2020, released June 1st, celebrates the publication's 30th Anniversary. For this special issue, we’ve reached out to 30 craft beer community leaders for stories and memories. We've compiled a new history of BC Craft Beer with previously-unpublished images and vignettes, formatted chronologically into a seamless story arc, along with a special 'roll call' tribute acknowledging every microbrewery opened in this province since 1982.
Issue: Spring 2020
Thanks, Labatt: When Canadian Big Beer Shot Itself in the Foot
Big Beer in Canada had it good when I was a kid, and I didn't know any better than to drink their stuff. But thanks to a recent conversation with a Vancouver brewery chief, I can now pinpoint the moment that a giant brewer set me on the path to craft beer evangelism...by selling me the first beer I really enjoyed.
Issue: Summer 2020
Cultivating BC’s Taste for Craft Cider
When it comes to the cider scene in BC, those who operate fruit orchards tend to stick together. Based primarily in the province’s pastoral belts, these small operators make cider, at least in part, from their own fruit. Founded in 2016, the BC Farm Crafted Cider Association acts as a voice for these land-based cider producers.
Issue: Spring 2020
I Need BC Beer: How beer takeout & delivery enhances your enforced cocooning
As INeedBCBeer.ca debuts, we take a look at BC craft beer online ordering and delivery, and how craft beer enhances your "enforced cocooning" experience.
Pass this link along and support your #BCCraftBeer vendor: www.INeedBCBeer.ca
Other online beer ordering & delivery links enclosed as well, including these What's Brewing outlets:
https://www.whatsbrewing.ca/find
Heralding Victoria’s Newest Brewery-To-Be (with photo tour)
Here's a story that swims against the stream this month: rather than gloomy news about taps being closed off, it's a happy tale about people working towards opening something new.…
Getting Back To Their Roots: Coquitlam’s Beerfest returns home
Since 2016, the semi-annual Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival has brought great beer tasting events to the Tri-Cities. This Spring’s event will be held on March 7th at the event's long-time home: the Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club.