WINTER IN THE OKANAGAN
Despite the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions, regulations and rules, the South Okanagan craft beer industry has adapted and pivoted.
Issue: Winter 2020-21
2020 IN REVIEW: LIVING WITHIN A SOCIAL BUBBLE
What can I say about 2020 that we don't already know? British Columbia confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in late January. Since then, the pandemic has evolved into an unprecedented healthcare crisis across our province and the world.
Hopefully, one day, we will not have the wariness lurking in our minds and we will be able to socialize again freely.
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
Looking into the Future of BC Craft Beer
Longtime What's Brewing columnist J. Random tackles the theme of our Winter 2020 "Virtual Beerality" issue by looking into the future of craft brewing.
Features a graph of BC brewery birth and death rate statistics. Were we already reaching peak beer?
Issue: Winter 2020-21
Northern BC Community, Collaboration And Craft
It has been quite the unusual year in Northern BC. Normally there would be craft beer festivals taking place. To counteract the COVID-19 blues, people are finding new ways to engage in the spirit of community, collaboration and craft.
Issue: Fall 2020
STAYING SAFE AND KEEPING BREW SHOPS BUSY
COVID-19 has affected all of us in some way or another. If you have found yourself with time on your hands, have been thinking about ways to be as self-sufficient as possible, or need a distraction from all of the craziness in the world right now, I strongly suggest trying homebrewing. It is fun, educational, and rewarding.
Issue: Fall 2020
COVID Comebacks: Mighty Peace Brewing
In our Fall issue, What’s Brewing talked to BC breweries about their 2020 experiences. Here's the full conversation with Fort St. John’s Mighty Peace Brewing Co. Let’s hear about how 2020 has gone from Sales Manager Megan Durno.
A Year Like No Other for Whitetooth Brewing
For BC's breweries, 2020 has been a year like no other. But most haven't ridden the roller coaster like Whitetooth Brewing.
Surviving the pandemic was the primary focus during Spring 2020. Half a year later, Golden BC’s craft brewery became the most golden of them all, winning three gold medals and five total at the 2020 Canadian Brewing Awards.
Let’s hear what 2020 been like directly from brewery founder Kent Donaldson.
COVID Comebacks: Andrés Amaya & Andina Brewing
In our Fall magazine, Whats Brewing reaches out to BC breweries for an insider view of their 2020 survival experiences. Today, we feature the brightest brewery on the block: Yeast Van’s Andina Brewing and founder Andrés Amaya.
Issue: Fall 2020
BC BEER TOURING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
I had always believed that BC would one day be the beer mecca of North America. We seemed so close, then COVID-19 struck.
So I ventured out to talk to brewers, managers, and owners about their experience during this pandemic. Would it destroy us or make us stronger? My quest was to find out and, of course, drink some fresh craft beer along the way!
Issue: Fall 2020