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Greater Vancouver Craft Brewers Unite for Ukraine

ByBrian K. Smith March 31, 2022March 31, 2022

Craft brewers from Port Coquitlam, Langley, North Vancouver and East Van joined together on March 24th to support Ukraine in their own unique way.

Rick Dellow, Head Brewer at PoCo Brothers Brewing, recently acquired an award-winning recipe for a Ukrainian Golden Ale donated by Pravda Beer Theatre in Lviv, Ukraine.

Their new collaboration, a Ukrainian Golden Ale, will be released at eight participating breweries in the next three weeks. Proceeds from keg sales as well as $2 per pint sold will be donated to World Central Kitchen to help feed displaced citizens from the Ukraine.

Beer Styles | Business of Beer

Cream Of The Crop: The North Island’s Cream Ales

ByAdam Chatburn February 2, 2021

As a recent transplant to the North Island community of Comox, I had fun in the fall, social-distance visiting the local breweries. I noticed that a big seller was cream ale—both Gladstone Brewing and Land & Sea Brewing were serving it as fast as they could make it. Even Dave Paul’s nano-operation Love Shack Libations in Qualicum keeps a cream ale as one of his four core beers.

Travel & Beer Tourism | Business of Beer | Story Of The Week

To The Pacific Rim: Exploring The Breweries of BC’s Far West

ByBrian K. Smith January 19, 2021January 20, 2021

In these times of social distancing and closed borders, we still have opportunities to explore in our own backyard. Brian K. Smith takes you on a four-day trip to Vancouver Island’s west coast to check out the recent arrivals in the craft beer scene, easily and affordably.

Business of Beer | Columnists & Editorials | From The Magazine

Looking into the Future of BC Craft Beer

ByJ. Random December 8, 2020December 8, 2020

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?

Travel & Beer Tourism | Breweries & Cideries | Business of Beer | From The Magazine

BC BEER TOURING IN A TIME OF CHANGE

ByBrian K. Smith September 15, 2020September 17, 2020

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!

From The Magazine | What's Brewing Tasting Panel

Beyond The Pale: A West Coast Pale Ale Roundup

ByWhat's Brewing July 21, 2020July 23, 2020

PRESENTED BY JAK’S LIQUOR STORES: Pale Ale is a style that BC beer drinkers adopted in the 1990s, but today’s Northwest-style Pales have considerably more flavour. Find out who took home our blue ribbon this issue, and prepare to start craving the clean and crisp flavours of a West Coast Pale Ale.

People of Beer | BC Craft Beer Profiles

What’s Bruin: The Career of Iain Hill

ByJ. Random September 13, 2018October 24, 2018

To BC’s current generation of craft beer enthusiasts, owner and brewer Iain Hill might be recognized as one of the brains behind Strange Fellows Brewing Company. His influence on BC’s beer scene, however, runs more broadly and deeply than even longtime fans might know.