A Copenhagen Beer Celebration
By Lynn McIlwee
Copenhagen - home of the Little Mermaid and about 100 Mikkeller beer destinations. Ok fine, maybe not 100, but there's Mikkeller and Friends, Mikkeller Bar, War Pigs, Koelschip, Øl &… Continue Reading
Fall 2016
Volume 26 Issue 4. Containing 48 pages with 21 stories and features, including a spotlight on Craft Cider, coverage of the Okanagan & Interior beer scene, and a preview of the BC Beer Awards & Festival, part of BC Craft Beer Month
The surprising single most important reason to attend GCBF, especially on Friday
By What's Brewing
For over two decades, the signature beer festival of the BC craft beer movement has attracted legions of fans to Victoria each Fall. In recent years, with the mainstream success… Continue Reading
Staycation BC Part III: the Kootenay Loop
By Beer Seekers
In the summer of 2016, What's Brewing (in the form of editor Dave Smith and wife Ivana, aka the BeerSeekers) embarked on a massive tour of the BC Okanagan & Interior… Continue Reading
Left Fields’ Chef Dave & the Craft Sodas
By What's Brewing
In this story, we profiled Crannóg Ales and their farm. Left Fields is not just a hopyard for a brewery; it's a real, honest-to-goodness farm that grows the goodies you see above,… Continue Reading
Big Ridge Brewing’s Ashley Brooks
By Lundy Dale
Every time I walk into a brewery or brewpub I am always seeking out any women I see behind the scenes, especially if they are cleaning kegs, mashing in or… Continue Reading
BC Ale Trail releases a sneak preview
By What's Brewing
Today, the team behind the BC Ale Trail initiative issued a news release which officially kicks off the marketing of a new craft beer tourism program for BC. The group hopes… Continue Reading
Craft Cider Scene Ripens In The Okanagan
By Dave Smith
You, as a fan of good beer, are keenly supportive of the ‘craft revolution’ that has seen the rebirth of small breweries in North America and elsewhere over the past… Continue Reading
Staycation BC Part I: South Okanagan, Craft Leader
By Beer Seekers
In the summer of 2016, What's Brewing (in the form of editor Dave Smith and wife Ivana, aka the BeerSeekers) embarked on a massive tour of the BC Okanagan & Interior… Continue Reading
Ancient Wonders and New Tastes in Xi’an, China
By Brian K. Smith
In the heart of China is the ancient silk-road city of Xi'an. According to Cultural-China.com it is one of the four Great Ancient Cities, along with Athens, Rome and Cairo.… Continue Reading
Rebecca Kneen & the Sunflower Field Epiphany
By Dave Smith
...or, how the right choices created Left Fields Talk about 'brand', and the owners of Crannóg Ales get just a titch uneasy. The word has a connotation that isn't aligned… Continue Reading
Beers, Beaches & Breweries: Fall 2016
By Kim Lawton
In August, What’s Brewing Magazine Editor Dave Smith and his wife Ivana visited the Okanagan during their Staycation BC interior tour and took in our craft beer scene. At first,… Continue Reading
Homebrew Happenin’s
By Warren Boyer
A Warm Weather Brewing Surprise I have had conversations in the past with homebrewers who do not have a temperature-controlled fermenter and are opting to not brew during the summer… Continue Reading
Ullage and Spillage
By J. Random
It's R&B, But Better! R&B Brewing is back baby! If you want proof, crack open a bottle of their Vancouver Special IPA and smell the hop aroma. Of course, die-hard… Continue Reading
The Craft Cider Licensing Debate: farm or factory, beer or wine?
By Jeremiah Thunderfoot
This article is part of our series on Craft Cider. See links below for more. --------------- George Carlin once looked in his fridge and couldn’t discern the contents of a… Continue Reading
A Growing Hopportunity
By Chelsea McDowell
Hop Farming in the Thompson Okanagan From 2009 to 2014, the overall production of beer in Canada decreased, but craft beer production increased by 170%. Even the furthest corners are… Continue Reading
A View from the Cellar
By Adam Chatburn
A Crash Course in Cellarmanship Pt. IV The first three parts of this series were about the history and use of casks. Part Four is about Beer Engines. A beer engine,… Continue Reading
Out and About with Scottie on the Summer Trails
By Scottie McLellan
What’s Brewing attends a lot of events. The craft movement is so large there are continually events everywhere, so we try and catch what we can. Here are some of our most recent… Continue Reading
Books In Review
By Ted Child
Reading Fiction #1: The Misfortunates The front cover of The Misfortunates, written by Belgian Dimitri Verhulst, depicts four small, indistinct men floating in a gigantic glass of beer. As they… Continue Reading
BC Beer Awards & Festival 2016
By What's Brewing
All images by Brian K. Smith Setting the scene: around a large table at Central City's Red Racer Restaurant in downtown Vancouver, the team behind BC's premier annual beer awards… Continue Reading
BC Craft Beer Month: October 1-31, 2016
By Lundy Dale
In 2011, Minister of Agriculture Don McRae officially proclaimed October as BC Craft Beer Month. It was to be a month of celebrating BC Craft beers, and of course, the… Continue Reading
Staycation BC Part II: North & Central Okanagan
By Beer Seekers
In the summer of 2016, What's Brewing (in the form of editor Dave Smith and wife Ivana, aka the BeerSeekers) embarked on a massive tour of the BC Okanagan & Interior… Continue Reading
