Is the Middle Kingdom the Next Craft Beer El Dorado?
With the craft beer market share in BC at 20% and the number of craft breweries in the province approaching 100, the landscape is starting to look a lot like Downtown Vancouver’s skyline.
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Session Beers and India Session Ales
According to that font of all knowledge, Wikipedia, a definition of 4.5% ABV or less has been proposed by beer writer Lew Bryson. I would heartily support that notion. In contrast, the Brewers Association has adopted a new session beer category within their Great American Beer Fest competition, with an alcohol content not to exceed 4.1% ABW (5.1% ABV).
What the Heck is “Mild”?
Growing up in the north of England there was a beer in almost every pub called “mild” – sometimes it was…
The Evolution of BC’s West Coast IPA
When the contemporary craft beer revolution began back in the early 1980s, it was led by styles that hailed from the…
BC Craft Beer Month 2015: Year Five
In 2011, the Minister of Agriculture, Don McRae officially proclaimed October to be BC Craft Beer Month. It was a month…
Rail Trip from Vancouver to Eugene OR
My wife and I have been travelling the Pacific Northwest and beyond in search of all things beer for about 15 years. We are frequent visitors to Oregon, which is the past and current State Of Beer in our opinion, and many others’. But having been to most parts of Oregon, especially Portland (to excess), we were looking for new pastures. Recently we took a train trip on Amtrak to the one large town in the region that we had never before investigated properly: Eugene, Oregon.
That's All There Was!
That's All There Was!