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.
AFTER TEN YEARS: STILL HERE FOR THE BEER
Our two-part Fall 2020 cover story, featuring Just Here For The Beer Radio, is a tale of bold adventure. But it’s not just about a business. It’s about pursuing a dream, even in the face of tragic loss.
Here's how Rick Mohabir met Colin Jack, and how the duo joined forces with veteran broadcaster Joe Leary to create Canada’s original and longest-running all-beer talk show.
Issue: Fall 2020
Big Bad John: The Story of John Rowling and CAMRA Victoria
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.
Issue: Summer 2020
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.
Issue: Summer 2020
Heralding Victoria’s Newest Brewery-To-Be (with photo tour)
Here's a story that swims against the stream this month: rather than gloomy news about taps being closed off, it's a happy tale about people working towards opening something new.…
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: 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
Northern BC Craf-Tacular
BC CRAF-TACULAR
This has been a spectacular year for craft beer in Northern BC. All in all, when it comes to craft as a whole, I think that the macros will never replicate or beat BC craft beer.
Issue: Fall 2019
Inside GCBF 2019: one final word from a key leader
Straight from the man himself, we get the inside scoop on GCBF 2019, and on taking over a renowned festival from a legendary group of pioneers. Despite being only in…
New Stewards of Canada’s Oldest Beer Fest Making their Mark
Close to 100 breweries already expected for 2019 GCBF The new team behind the Great Canadian Beer Festival is already leaving its stamp on a decades-old tradition. Rather than stand…