Here is the latest original writing and reporting from the contributors to What’s Brewing.
COVER | IN PROFILE
KPU Brewing: BC’S Class Of Beer, Part I
January 15, 2020
Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Brewing & Brewery Operations program was crowned champion at the BC Beer Awards in October 2019. In Part I of our Winter issue cover story, we look at what makes this story unique in Canada.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
Beers, Beaches and Breweries | Regional Report
Tasting Winter In Penticton
January 9, 2020
Penticton is quickly proving to be one of BC’s best craft beer towns, with six (soon to be 7) craft breweries. Excitement is percolating for the 25th annual Okanagan Fest of Ale on April 17th and 18th. Early bird tickets are on sale until January 15!
Issue: Winter 2019-20
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
In Profile: Darren Adam & Cumberland Brewing Company
January 8, 2020
The tourism magnet known as the #ComoxValley is recently one the hottest areas in BC for new breweries. But nearby, hidden in the hills of mid-northern Vancouver Island, lies an oasis of civility known as the village of Cumberland BC. And in the middle of that oasis, you will find a tiny slice of Paradise named the Cumberland Brewing Company.
TASTING PANEL
Dark & Silky: A Spotlight On Six BC Porters
January 7, 2020
Every three months, What's Brewing BC gets together with Legacy Liquor Store to create a new installment of our Tasting Panel series. Our Winter round features some dark & silky BC Porters.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
YEAR IN REVIEW
Five Breweries That Defined Vancouver’s Craft Beer Decade
December 31, 2019
The past ten years have marked a revolution in Vancouver’s brewing scene. Carnell Turton of BREWard Inlet takes a retrospective look at five influential Lower Mainland breweries of the 2010s.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
BEER GIFTS
The #BCCraftBeer Guide to Last Minute Holiday Gift Shopping
December 18, 2019
Too buried in work to shop for Christmas this year? Fear not; as long as you have friends and family that like beer, the BC Craft Beer Holiday Gift Guide can help out.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
Beer Gifts | Homebrewing
Warren Boyer’s BC Holiday Gift Guide to Homebrewing
December 12, 2019
Need ideas for a thoughtful gift the homebrewer in your life will use and appreciate? We’re here to help.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
Have Camera Will Travel | Touring
Craft Beer & Wilderness: A World-Class Experience in BC’s Own Backyard
December 10, 2019
Brian K. Smith reports on a very special event: the annual Craft Beer & Wilderness experience—an exclusive five-day craft-beer-based foodie retreat at a fishing lodge on the remote West Coast of Vancouver Island.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
In Profile: Ravens Brewing Co.
December 5, 2019
People may not realize what an award-winning brewery Ravens Brewing Company is. Head Brewer Dan Marriette (pictured) has good reason to be proud, given their continued strong performance in the medal races. But that's not all there is to Ravens. In this spotlight, we find out more about the brewery from team member John DeJong.
Beer Gifts | Books & Reading
Books About Beer and Spirits: A Holiday Gift Guide
December 4, 2019
If you’re shopping for a BC beer lover this season, then congratulations: your search for the perfect gift is over.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
SPECIAL EDITION
What’s Brewing releases BC Craft Beer Holiday Gift Guide
November 22, 2019
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.
Issue: Winter 2018-19
Ullage & Spillage | Brewing
What Style Is This Beer Again? The perils of cross-contamination
November 13, 2019
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.
Issue: Fall 2019