B.C. Beer Blog

Granville Island Gourmands

bcbrews — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:48:13 +0000

In BC, we’re slowly seeing a growing understanding of the role beer can play beyond the swill of choice for frat parties and sports bars. No longer are brewmasters dinners confined to just brewpubs and beer geeks. There are an increasing...

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Spinnakers Cask Festival 2

bcbrews — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:50:34 +0000

Spinnakers is hosting its second cask festival on November 21, building on the success of its inaugural event on March 14 and the growing profile Real Ale is getting in Victoria. This is also a great opportunity to meet brewers from both the Island...

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Granville Island Winter Ale Cooking Competition

bcbrews — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:20:17 +0000

Granville Island Brewing and Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts are holding their 1st annual “Winter Ales and Fare – Granville Island Brewing and Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts Winter Ale Cooking Competition” on Tuesday, November 3,...

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Brewing Up a Biz: Peg Leg’s

bcbrews — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:01:21 +0000

No, this isn’t spam. It’s actually the prodigal-blogger signing on from way up north. I haven’t headed into the hills on a vision quest and grown a bushy beard. As you may recall, my entrepreneurial vision was that of commercial...

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Creemore Springs Buying Granville Island

bcbrews — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:51:53 +0000

It was announced yesterday that Creemore Springs Brewery (a Molson Coors Canada subsidiary) intends to acquire Granville Island Brewing from Andrew Peller Limited. No changes in Granville Island’s operations are currently anticipated....

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Brews Cruising in BC

bcbrews — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:54:42 +0000

I used to work in the cruise industry in Vancouver, but I’ve never been on a cruise. The reason? I’m not a fan of floating feedlot dining and I don’t like to travelling with a large group of people, especially when you get hundreds...

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Brooklyn Brewmaster’s Dinner

bcbrews — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:39:47 +0000

We’re fortunate to be able to get beer from Brooklyn Brewery here because it’s not widely available south of us in Washington (although what they do have more than makes up for it). It also means that Garrett Oliver has an excuse to...

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School of Beer

bcbrews — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:33:21 +0000

When I was at The Granville Room for the Garrett Oliver Brooklyn Brewmaster’s Dinner, diners were given a pre-dinner drink of Brooklyn Lager. What I found a little disconcerting was that the bartender was just opening the bottle and giving it...

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Gastown Cask Carouse

bcbrews — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:17:01 +0000

CAMRA Vancouver is hosting a Real Ale pub crawl in Gastown this Saturday, featuring cask-conditioned ales from R&B Brewing at four of the neighbourhood’s best locations dedicated to craft beer. Participants will break up into four...

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Mission Springs Wins Label of the Year Award

bcbrews — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:27:05 +0000

Mission Springs Brewing Bombshell Blonde Ale was awarded 2008 “Label of the Year” by the Collectors of Canadian Brewery Advertising (formerly, the Canadian Brewerianist Society). Announced at Winnipeg’s Viscount Gort Hotel during...

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