It’s a big summer weekend of beer celebration! Just in time for Farmhouse Fest and Squamish Beer Festival: WB contributor Mike Ansley, AKA the BeerRater, has a good read about how breweries should view beer festivals as opportunities. Preview below. Read story →
Farmhouse Fest Kickoff Event & Top Picks!
Going to the sold-out Farmhouse Fest? WB Associate Editor Ed Kaye has posted his annual Top Picks list for this outdoor geek-out on his personal blog, Bring Your Porter to the Slaughter. Check out Ed’s Top Beer Picks for Farmhouse Fest 2019 →
As Ed says, whether or not you’re going to the Fest, you definitely should get yourself over to Bells and Whistles on Vancouver’s Fraser St. for the Official Farmhouse Fest Kickoff and Tap Takeover. View event →
Amazing Squamish Beer Fest IGTV preview
One of the events What’s Brewing highly enjoyed last year was the Squamish Beer Festival, upcoming this Saturday. Tickets still available. View event | Get Tickets →
Check out this impressive Instagram TV preview that WB contributor Malcolm the Sea to Sky Beer Guy shot at the Sea To Sky breweries that will be there. Wow, the S2S team is working hard! View video →
Also check out our own photos from Squamish Beer Fest 2019 here →
Legacy Liquor Store showcased in latest Publican magazine
There’s a great article about What’s Brewing Tasting Panel sponsor and BC craft beer retail leader Legacy Liquor Store in the latest issue of The Publican (the magazine of the Alliance of Beverage Licensees) celebrating their nod as ABLE BC’s 2018 Liquor Retailer of the Year. Turn to page 16 here →
Check out the latest episode of the Tasting Panel for a Summer beverage style: Gose. Full story →
Toasting John Mitchell
Planning continues for the John Mitchell tribute and Celebration of Life on Sunday July 14th at Red Racer Taphouse in downtown Vancouver. This will be a special day with noteable guests, interesting and historic materials about John, camraderie with craft fans and industry, and lots of donated beer to raise funds in John’s name. View event →
In the meantime, there’s another special day coming up. Aside from the big festivals, this Saturday July 6th is the 37th anniversary of the day the very first Horseshoe Bay Brewing beer was sold at John Mitchell’s Troller Pub, making it the official birthday of the craft beer revolution in Canada. Our friends over at Instagram’s BC Craft Breweries have proposed that all fans of BC craft beer and its founding father raise a glass in Mitchell’s honour this Saturday, and every July 6th henceforth. Raise a toast here on July 6th →