Keeping the Playing Field Level
There’s a bit of a mythos around craft brewery culture. Our industry enjoys a stellar reputation for collaboration and camaraderie. However, on the business or ownership level things can sometimes be quite different.
Let’s All Go to #BCBeerCon 2022
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.
John Mitchell Ale Celebrates 40 Years of Craft Beer
OFFICIAL JOHN MITCHELL TRIBUTE ALE CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF CRAFT BEER IN CANADA
Announcing John Mitchell Signature Cascadian Dark Ale. It's a collab beer fundraiser whose complete proceeds will benefit a brewing school scholarship created in John's name.
Did 2020 Impact BC Brewery Growth?
Did COVID kill craft beer’s momentum? Is this wave of the craft beer revolution over? The returns are in: 2020 could have been a lot worse.
With the opening of La Cerveceria Astilleros, BC avoids recording the first year since 2013 with fewer than 20 brewery openings. Find out how that fits into the big picture of the #BCCraftBeer revolution in this special look at 2020.
Issue: Winter 2020-21
#BCBeerCon Goes Virtual: Q&A With Ken Beattie
The BC Craft Brewers Guild is set to present their fourth annual BC Craft Brewers Conference in early February 2021 in virtual format. Tickets are on sale now.
To find out more about how the conference will work, we had a word with the Guild's Executive Director, Ken Beattie.
Issue: Winter 2020-21
BC Beer History: 2010s Events Break Through To The Crowd
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.
Issue: Summer 2020
THE DEATH OF CAMRA VANCOUVER?… and my part in its downfall
The craft beer enthusiasts group CAMRA Vancouver came into being in 2003. It was one of the most motivated and dynamic groups of people I’ve ever had the privilege to work with. So how has a branch with close to 1,500 paid members at one point now become largely defunct?
Issue: Spring 2020
KPU Brewing’s Nancy More: Learning From a Legend
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.
Issue: Winter 2019-20
KPU Brewing: BC’S Class Of Beer, Part I
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
Penticton Ale Trail Goes To Calgary
Penticton Ale Trail breweries partnered together to showcase their craft beer scene, and all there is to do in Penticton at the Calgary International Beer Fest.
Issue: Summer 2019