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Thanks, Labatt: When Canadian Big Beer Shot Itself in the Foot

By Dave Smith

May 21, 2020

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

A Brief History of Stanley Park Brewing, Part II – the Battle for the Fish House

By Adam Chatburn

February 1, 2018

In my last article, I covered the history of Stanley Park Brewing. Since then, the battle for the former Fish House in Stanley Park began in earnest at a hearing in the Vancouver City Council chamber on January 17th, 2018.

Issue: Spring 2018

A Brief History of Stanley Park Brewing, Part I

By Adam Chatburn

January 16, 2018

See Part II here In 2015, Labatt, a subsidiary of AB-inBev, became the latest owner of the Stanley Park Brewing name when they acquired the Turning Point Brewery on Annacis…

Issue: Spring 2018

Untold stories of Great Canadian Beer Festival

By Dave Smith

May 31, 2017

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…

Issue: Summer 2017

Book Review: 150 Years of Canadian Beer Labels

By What's Brewing

December 17, 2016

Any book about Canadian beer history would naturally be of interest to What’s Brewing, but this one has a subtle BC connection. The publisher is TouchWood Editions, based in Victoria—the city…

The surprising single most important reason to attend GCBF, especially on Friday

By What's Brewing

September 1, 2016

For over two decades, the signature beer festival of the BC craft beer movement has attracted legions of fans to Victoria each Fall. In recent years, with the mainstream success…

Issue: Fall 2016

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