Out and About with Scottie: On the Beer Trail Fall 2017
In this edition of What’s Brewing's 'Out and About with Scottie McLellan', he visits: Victoria, Kamloops, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Ullage & Spillage: Riot Is Their Life
Aly Tomlin and Ralf Rosenke decided early on they would retain control of their dream brewery, no matter what it took, and it took a lot out of them. The enormous grins on their faces today when you turn up at Riot Brewing are a joy to see for those of us occasionally exposed over the last 7 years to their brief flashes of welcoming smile, rapidly sliding off their lips followed by the refrain “still plugging away”.
The Victoria Beer Week Experience
Photos by Brian K. Smith & Dave Smith In March 2017, some of us mainlander What's Brewing types schlepped our way over the Georgia Strait to experience the Fourth Annual Victoria Beer Week. This story chronicles what we found on…
The Top BC Craft Beer News Stories of 2017
What's Brewing magazine lists the top BC Craft Beer news stories of the past twelve months, including those chosen as the Top Five Stories of the Year.
The What’s Brewing Tasting Panel Rates Beers For Breakfast
It’s a Winter Breakfast Beer Themed Spotlight! For fun this round, we’ve chosen a sampling of Stouts, Porters and such with a breakfast theme: coffee, oatmeal and milk.
Yeast Van–Canada’s Craft Beer Capital
Yeast Van is generally defined as the area from Main Street in the west to Nanaimo Street in the east and from Burrard inlet in the north to Terminal/1st Ave in the south.
The Top 3 BC Craft Beer Newsmakers of 2017
What's Brewing magazine reveals the three people or groups voted the most compelling BC Craft Beer newsmakers during the past year.
Profiles: Women in Beer
Despite the fact that Faculty Brewing is only 2.5 blocks from where I work, I really only got to truly connect with some of the ladies over a weekend during BC Craft Beer Month in October!
Brew Club Corner: Spotlight on Nanaimo
This round, we spotlight the Nanaimo Brew Club, a primarily-online resource group founded in January 2015 for sharing ideas and topical material about homebrewing beer.
Craft Beer Festival Tasting Glass Lanyard now sold in Canada
Community beer magazine kicks off fundraising campaign with new beer festival lanyard targeted at Canadian craft beer lovers.
Hops Canary’s Holiday Craft Beer Gift Giving Tips
What's Brewing recently published a first-ever BC Craft Beer Holiday Gift Guide, and columnist Lynn McIlwee was a heavy contributor to it. A master of creative ideas, she thought of everything from wall-mountable art to bath accessories to cufflinks. Check…
Raising a Generation of Brewers at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
The Brewing and Brewery Operations diploma program launched at the KPU Langley campus in 2014. As the BC craft beer industry rapidly expanded, so did the need for qualified, well educated staff. In 2013 KPU responded to this need by putting together an industry advisory council with the intent of not only providing a option for education in BC but also to develop a curriculum that met the specific needs of the local industry. Building a state-of-the-art brewery on campus was essential for the program to provide a place for the students to develop hands-on skills in addition to academic theory during the two year program.
Beers, Beaches & Breweries: Winter in the Okanagan
Winter came early this year in the Okanagan. As I write this, it’s cold and the snow is falling. There is lots of snow up in the mountains and our local ski hills will soon be filled with people strapping on skis, snowboards and snowshoes. As the snow falls, breweries are getting ready to launch their big, rich winter ales, perfect for the cold days ahead.
Coastal Currents
Since becoming involved with the Campaign for Real Ale Society of BC (CAMRA BC) about seven years ago, there are many things I am proud of being involved with related to advocating for changes to be made to BC liquor policies on behalf of the BC craft beer consumers and, at times, the craft beer industry.
National Geographic Atlas of Beer
Christmas has come early for beer travelers in the form of National Geographic’s Atlas of Beer. Make sure your passport is in order before you crack this book, as it’s Ph.D authors explore beer in a way only National Geographic can. This book will ignite your love of the strange, local oddities of beer around the world, whether it be Curitiba’s Bodebrown Wee Heavy, Osaka’s Yuzu Ale, South Africa’s “original craft beer” Umqombothi, Tanzania’s banana beer Mbege, or even Atacama’s fog beer.
Have Camera, Will Travel: Shining a Light on Pemberton
Along the breathtaking, world class scenic Sea to Sky Highway (99) there are many distractions - velvety snow capped mountains dropping into Howe Sound, waterfalls cascading down glistening granite cliffs and beautiful emerald colored Howe Sound itself. After traveling forty five minutes from Vancouver you pass through Squamish, with three award winning breweries. Tempting as it may be to stop here - there is so much more ahead.
What the heck is a Wheatwine?
“What is wheatwine?” you may be asking. Well, it’s like a barley wine but uses a large amount of wheat malt.