BC Ale Trail spotlights Kelowna scene
Blending an agricultural past with a new reputation as a tech centre, Kelowna is rich in history, innovation and fermentation.
Okanagan
Insider tips for your Okanagan beer fest getaway, Part II
What’s Brewing spent some serious quality time visiting Kelowna in 2016. Here are some beer visitor tips that we brought back with us.
Great Okanagan Beer Festival update with Tara Myers
What’s Brewing recently touched base with Tara Myers, Partnerships And Events Manager with GOBF organizer Gibbons Whistler, who filled us in on the following.
Fest of Ale 2017: Behind the Scenes
I love beer festivals. They are an integral part of the craft beer culture that has captivated our province. And what…
Fest Of Ale pocket guide: must-have and off-menu brews
We’ve been saying that the 2017 iteration of the Okanagan Fest Of Ale, BC’s second-longest-running beer event, is looking particularly compelling….
Insider tips for your Okanagan beer fest getaway, Part I
The weather in Southern BC may be stubbornly cold, but as I pointed out in our new issue of What’s Brewing, festival season…
Beers, Beaches & Breweries: Ten Hoppy Years
As I write this column, I am days away from celebrating 10 years of being a part of this wonderful craft beer community. In my 10 years in the BC Craft Beer industry, I’m sure there were difficult times. But as I reflect through my beer-coloured glasses, I only have the hoppiest of memories.
A Growing Hopportunity
BC has a long history of hop cultivation, and at one time was the largest producer of hops in the British Commonwealth, primarily in the fertile land of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
Craft Cider Scene Ripens In The Okanagan
You, as a fan of good beer, are keenly supportive of the ‘craft revolution’ that has seen the rebirth of small…
Staycation BC Part II: North & Central Okanagan
In the summer of 2016, What’s Brewing (in the form of editor Dave Smith and wife Ivana, aka the BeerSeekers) embarked on…
That's All There Was!
That's All There Was!