Safeguarding the Revolution: SFU Steps Up To Preserve BC Beer History
BC Craft Beer Month is the perfect time to reveal a monumental development in the story of BC Craft Beer. Please welcome: the BC Beer History Archive.
CAMRA Victoria
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Legends of DIX Pt I: Birth of CAMRA Vancouver
30 years ago, the craft beer enthusiast movement found fertile ground on Vancouver Island when both CAMRA Victoria and What’s Brewing were established. Thirteen years later, CAMRA would establish its first permanent beachhead on the BC mainland. WB contributor J. Random provides a look back at CAMRA Vancouver’s early days at the legendary DIX BBQ & Brewery, and the eventual loss marked by Four Beers & A Funeral.
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Thanks, Labatt: When Canadian Big Beer Shot Itself in the Foot
Big Beer in Canada had it good when I was a kid, and I didn’t know any better than to drink their stuff. But thanks to a recent conversation with a Vancouver brewery chief, I can now pinpoint the moment that a giant brewer set me on the path to craft beer evangelism…by selling me the first beer I really enjoyed.
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Untold stories of Great Canadian Beer Festival
The 25th Annual Great Canadian Beer Festival will take place on Friday/Saturday, September 8th & 9th, 2017. Canada’s longest-running beer festival is…
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Let’s make CAMRA BC relevant again
Pictured above: Martin Williams, Paddy Treavor and Glen Stusek The Golden Age of Beer in British Columbia is alive and well. The…
That's All There Was!
That's All There Was!