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.
The Class Of ’94: A Brave New Wave in BC Brewing
** This past week, Donald Trump had his Mount Rushmore moment; now we're having ours. ** In this installment of our Class of '94 series, we introduce you to more legendary brewers from BC’s 1990s scene. As a quartet, the four pictured above make up a mini Rushmore that Trump would never appreciate.
Issue: Summer 2020
Iain Hill: From Shaftebury To Yaletown
As part of our 30th Anniversary, What's Brewing spotlights some of BC's beer pioneers. In The Class Of '94 series, we introduce you to some key BC brewmasters who started up a celebrated brewery in the year 1994.
Iain Hill shares a hilarious memory from working at East Van's very first craft brewery. Right after that, he helped open Vancouver's first brewpub and began pushing the boundaries of BC brewing.
Issue: Summer 2020
CAMRA Vancouver Stages An Outdoor Drink-In
Perhaps you've heard that there was a 'Picnic Protest' at Vancouver's English Bay today, organized by CAMRA Vancouver, with the blessing of CAMRA BC (The Campaign For Real Ale Society of…
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 fortunate to have had amazingly stable leadership over the…
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 craft beer industry in BC has exploded beyond the…
The State of Ale in the UK
Karen and I return to Britain every three or four years, and we had another great trip there in May 2016. The weather was good and the sights and the…
Tri-Cities Cask Fest series: why events like this kick ass
Not that long ago in (yellow) dog years, there was no beer scene in Port Moody. Now it's raging. Part of that is due to serendipity around brewery applications and…