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.…
Wards Cider
The Wards Cider store and tasting bar are a part of the View Winery which operates out of our vintage apple packing house that was built in 1922. Nestled among our sprawling apple orchards, Wards Packing House was once the central packing house for the South East Kelowna area and it is now one of the last of its kind in British Columbia. We are proud to continue the tradition of delivering premium wholesome goodness to our customers.
Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub
Canada’s first purpose-built gastro brewpub brings you Victoria’s largest selection of traditionally crafted brews and pub fare with a local twist. A covered & heated waterfront patio, a dining & taproom with a view, a place to spend the night, growler fills and menu of local seasonal fare makes Spinnakers an essential taste of Victoria.
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.
BC’s Biggest Celebration of Cider Expands Outdoors
The 4th annual BC Cider Festival comes to #NorthVancouver's Shipyards Brewery District as part of BC Cider Week 2020 on Sunday, May 24th. This year they've expanded outside the beautiful Pipe Shop building to add a family-friendly public area with music, food, activities and cider!
What’s percolating in the mind behind BC’s beer & coffee festival
A couple of years ago, one of the more innovative beer events in Canada debuted in the form of Hopwired Festival, billed as The Festival of Craft Beer & Artisan Coffee.
Harvesting The Urban Orchards
Our journey started over two years ago when we took a serious leap from home cider production to a fully-fledged cidery, using apples from city trees. For the past three summers we’ve cycled up and down alleyways, mapping apple trees.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
Seven Years of Victoria Beer Week: A Conversation With Joe Wiebe
Victoria Beer Week debuted in 2014 as a celebration of modern beer culture in Canada’s original craft beer town. To find out more about what to expect at some of this year’s events, we connected with BC beer writer and longtime VBW team member Joe Wiebe.
Winter Wonderland of Craft Beer in the North
With the Kiwanis AleFest set to return to Prince George this weekend, our regional correspondent Adam takes a look at the Northern BC beer scene.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
KPU Brewing’s Nancy More: Learning From a Legend
In Part III of our trilogy on Kwantlen Polytechnic University's brewing program, we meet a true legend of the brewing industry, in BC and internationally. Nancy More has done a lot for women in the brewing world in her 40 years working with beer.
Issue: Winter 2019-20