Northern BC Craf-Tacular
BC CRAF-TACULAR
This has been a spectacular year for craft beer in Northern BC. All in all, when it comes to craft as a whole, I think that the macros will never replicate or beat BC craft beer.
Ontario Beer Tour Part II: Cottage Country Calling
Heading north from Toronto, Hwy 400 zooms through the city of Barrie, the gateway to Ontario’s vast Lake Country recreational region. The highway is busy every Friday afternoon as endless numbers of urbanites make their way toward the peace and quiet of their cottages. As the map indicates, whether you choose to head west from Barrie or continue north into Muskoka, you can easily find breweries to explore.
West Coast IPA: The Tasting Panel Goes Old Skool
A year ago, our Panel reviewed IPAs of the "new school." This time we made it a point to review West Coast IPAs, including two old stalwarts and some recent examples from relative newcomers.
Taiwan’s Craft Beer Is Coming Of Age
How far would you go to have a craft beer experience? How about a 12-hour flight traveling more than 10,000 kilometres through 15 time zones? Let me introduce you to Taiwan, a 394-kilometre-long island that is home to more than 23 million people.
What’s Brewing Goes to the Movies
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.
What Style Is This Beer Again? The perils of cross-contamination
Funkiness, sourness, fusel alcohols, phenolics, and fruity esters may be highly appropriate in some beer styles, but when I find them spoiling styles not advertised as hybrids, I am not at all happy.
The Death of the Growler…and my part in its downfall
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."
What’s Brewing Fall 2019 Issue Release: must-read previews
Hey #BCCraftBeer Fan, Spread the word. The latest issue of our quarterly magazine is online, and it's an impressive one! Its 17 stories and features include some thought-inspiring topics. Read as digital magazine ≫ Download as PDF ≫ Our cover…
Out & About: Summer 2019
Greetings to all who follow What’s Brewing and those who I see all around the beer scene. It’s been a grand summer sampling so many BC craft beers.
FALL 2019 COVER STORY: COQUITLAM’S MARINER BREWING
Our cover story features a cool little brewery in Coquitlam that you probably didn’t know much about, other than maybe a few of their beers. Turns out that there is an interesting story behind Mariner Brewing.
Ontario Beer Tour Part I: Toronto
Some of Canada’s best breweries reside in that darned, smug Ontario. If only grudgingly, one must admit that one might want to stop in and check some of them out, if one happened to find oneself in or around Universe Central. The Beer Seekers faced just that type of temptation this past summer and caved in readily.
Inside GCBF 2019: one final word from a key leader
Straight from the man himself, we get the inside scoop on GCBF 2019, and on taking over a renowned festival from a legendary group of pioneers. Despite being only in his late forties, book author and event producer Joe Wiebe…
Festival Follies: An In-cider’s View
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.
South Okanagan Beer Scene Breaks Away
The craft beer scene in the South Okanagan is really heating up these days. It’s pretty exciting for a craft beer lover, with lots of fresh news and exciting developments.
The Kveik Way To Ferment Beer!
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.