For the first time since 2019, the annual BC Craft Brewers Conference (aka BCBeerCon) will take place in person. This year’s event moves to New Westminster’s classy new Anvil Centre on Tuesday November 8th and Wednesday the 9th.
Events make up an important pillar of the craft beer movement. As part of our Summer 2020 Special Issue, we present a few words from people like Leah Heneghan, Rick Green, Amanda Barry-Butchart and Lundy Dale who helped establish some of BC’s most important event traditions between 2010-2011.
It took most of the 30 years since What’s Brewing was first billed as “The Magazine of the Campaign For Real Ale British Columbia” for craft brewing to take off in Prince George and Northern BC as a whole.
As part of What’s Brewing magazine’s 30th Anniversary celebrations, we’re proud to pay tribute to some of BC’s beer advocacy pioneers.
In case you haven’t met today’s special honouree: he is one of the most respected names amongst long-time members of the BC beer community. He helped found much of what constitutes craft beer culture in BC today, and he’s a true gentleman. In words and pictures, let us introduce you to John Rowling.
In Part III of our trilogy on Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s brewing program, we meet a true legend of the brewing industry, in BC and internationally. Nancy More has done a lot for women in the brewing world in her 40 years working with beer.
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.
Whitetooth Brewing Company crafts small batch Belgian-inspired and West Coast-influenced beers in the town of Golden BC. You will find the…
It’s been a few days since the 2018 BC Beer Awards wound down, but the glow is still on for some of the big winners. By now you may know who they are, but there’s always that little bit of extra insight we like to provide by uncovering things you might not have thought about. Here are a handful of those nuggets, as we present the What’s Brewing Top 10 Takeaways from BC Beer Awards 2018.
Watch a brewer that just won an award and you’ll see nothing but happiness and excitement. Those honours can make difference between living hand-to-mouth and growing one’s brand exponentially. But not everybody shares their joy. That gets me thinking: it’s time I addressed the elephant in the room when it comes to awards events.
You never know what’s liable to happen when you set out to pry into people’s personal lives while simultaneously capturing the potentially-awkward occasion on camera.
That's All There Was!
That's All There Was!