On February 14th, BC Brewery of the Year Gladstone Brewing is bringing back Love Potion, a collaboration beer from 2018, just a few days shy of what would have been Comox doctor, brewer and fundraiser Brad Harris’ 50th birthday. Proceeds will benefit the Comox YANA society.
Early Bird tickets for the 2023 Okanagan Fest of Ale are officially on sale. This is significant to BC beer enthusiasts for reasons we outline in this Event Preview and primer on one of BC’s most-loved beer traditions.
KPU and Russell Brewing have announced great news for the future of BC brewing education and #BCCraftBeer. $7000 has been donated to the John Mitchell Scholarship thanks to sales of the 40th Anniversary Ale.
OFFICIAL JOHN MITCHELL TRIBUTE ALE CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF CRAFT BEER IN CANADA
Announcing John Mitchell Signature Cascadian Dark Ale. It’s a collab beer fundraiser whose complete proceeds will benefit a brewing school scholarship created in John’s name.
Craft brewers from Port Coquitlam, Langley, North Vancouver and East Van joined together on March 24th to support Ukraine in their own unique way.
Rick Dellow, Head Brewer at PoCo Brothers Brewing, recently acquired an award-winning recipe for a Ukrainian Golden Ale donated by Pravda Beer Theatre in Lviv, Ukraine.
Their new collaboration, a Ukrainian Golden Ale, will be released at eight participating breweries in the next three weeks. Proceeds from keg sales as well as $2 per pint sold will be donated to World Central Kitchen to help feed displaced citizens from the Ukraine.
Vol. 30 No. 4 Winter 2020 is the Virtual Beerality issue of What’s Brewing magazine. In it, contributors and industry panelists explore the present and immediate future of BC craft beer as breweries deal with COVID-related societal change, virtual events, a shift away from the community hub, and surviving what might be the hardest winter the hospitality industry will see in generations.
Vol. 30 No. 3 Fall 2020 is our Coping With COVID issue, and it’s all about pulling people together in a time of distancing. We assemble a virtual group chat featuring industry insiders, and another with craft beer superfans. We learn to drink smart in isolation by cutting back on booze, not beer. And we explore the BC Interior to make sure it’s safe for your beer staycation.
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.
The latest issue of What’s Brewing magazine is now in market. The Spring 2020 edition has been designated ‘The Cider Issue’. Its 48 pages include a 24-page section devoted to craft cider—almost certainly the most ever said about BC cider in one magazine.
With a little over a month left until Christmas, What’s Brewing magazine launches its annual BC Craft Beer Holiday Gift Guide. Probably the only one of its kind anywhere, this 18-page “look book” of curated gift ideas has expanded with many unique new picks since last year.
That's All There Was!
That's All There Was!