The following sources have been used in compiling What’s Brewing historical materials such as our BC Craft Beer Map and our 30th Anniversary Special Issue.
Magazines
What’s Brewing (Canada) 1981-1991
What’s Brewing (BC) 1990-
Taps Magazine: History of Beer
The Growler: Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow and Beer To the Ground, plus similar columns by J. Zeschky and others
Macleans Magazine
Books
Beer Quest West, The Craft Brewers of Alberta and British Columbia – Jon C. Stott, TouchWood 2011
https://amzn.to/3eDSWDN
Brewed in Canada, The Untold Story of Canada’s 350-Year-Old Brewing Industry – Allen Winn Sneath, Dundurn 2001
https://amzn.to/2XOxHbG
Beers of British Columbia: A Guide to Micro/Macro Breweries, Brewpubs & Their Beers – Leo Buijs, Sandhill 2010
https://amzn.to/3cdg5vm
Brew North: How Canadians Made Beer and Beer Made Canada – Coutts, Greytone 2010
https://amzn.to/2TUC5Vq
Brewpub Explorer of the Pacific Northwest, Sasquatch 2001
https://amzn.to/2XF00cE
Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider’s Guide to B.C. Breweries – Joe Wiebe, Douglas & McIntyre 2013
https://amzn.to/2XOL1wG
Brewing Revolution: Pioneering the Craft Beer Movement – Appleton, Harbour, 2016
https://amzn.to/3ewU4Ju
Canadian Book of Beer – Cameron, Blue Bike 2009
Cheers! An Intemperate History of Beer In Canada
https://amzn.to/2XfHada
Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest: A Beer Lover’s Guide to Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia – Morrison, Timber 2011
https://amzn.to/2ZSGjRa
The Great Canadian Beer Guide – Beaumont, McArthur 1994,2001
https://amzn.to/2XNVlVV
Island Craft: Your Guide to the Breweries of Vancouver Island – Jon C. Stott, TouchWood 2019
https://amzn.to/2TTF4gK
Newspapers
Newspapers.com
- Victoria Times-Colonist
- Vancouver Sun
- The Province
- Abbotsford News
- Chilliwack Progress
- Langley Advance
- Nanaimo Daily News
- Nanaimo Harbour City Star
- Prince George Free Press
- Surrey Leader
- Vernon Morning Star
- National Post
Websites
- BC Liquor & Cannabis Regulation Branch: Liquor Licensed Establishments
- BC Craft Brewers Guild: Member Listing
- BC Ale Trail: All BC Breweries listing
- BC Beer Guide, John Yuill
- Beer Me!: Breweries in British Columbia, Canada
- BeerCoast.com: British Columbia Breweriana
- Stubby.ca: Canadian Stubby Beer Bottle Website
- Hired Guns Creative: BC Brewery Logos
- Canadian Beer Index
- Beer Me BC: BC Breweries
- RateBeer: British Columbia Breweries
- Great Canadian Beer Snob, The
- Beer Canada: History of Beer in Canada
- Canadian Encyclopedia: Brewing Industry in Canada
- Canada’s History: Beer Wars
- Manitoba Historical Society: History of Beer in Canada
- Wikipedia
