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my picks for summer beers on the cbc website Summer vacations are brewing, so why not make beer a part of it? Plus, check out Rebecca Whyman's beer picks CBC News   Posted: Apr 26, 2016 5:47 PM PT  Last Updated: Apr 26, 2016 5:47 PM PT If you can't wait until summer for a beer vacation, the Great Okanagan Beer Festival begins May 12 in Kelowna. (gibbonswhistler.com) 32 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine Craft beer scene relies on collaboration for success Molson's old timey pale ale 'intrigues' beer columnist The return of the nicer weather might have you thinking about summer travels already — and if you're a beer lover, you might want to plan a route that lets you explore your favourite beverage. On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman has travelled to several beer destinations, and has some sugge

Collaboration beers seem to be everywhere these days.   There are many draws for both breweries and consumers.  So let’s start with why the breweries have taken to the practice so eagerly, in non-exhaustive list format, in no particular order: 1.  The craft beer community is just that, it’s a community.  Breweries aren’t in competition with each other, they consider themselves all part of a brewing community that cares about and shares with each other.  So it’s only natural to want to brew together too. "Beer is, first and foremost, a convivial drink," explains Garrett Oliver, brewmaster at New York's Brooklyn Brewery and editor of The Oxford Companion to Beer. "So we are colleagues, brothers and sisters first, and competitors second." One of the unfathomable parts of craft brewing to other business people is the lack of trade secrets in the industry.  Brewers happily share their recipes with each other, and with home brewers.  When you’re not worri

if you missed the actual stories on cbc radio's on the coast last week by jeremy allingham about the craft beer scene in vancouver, go back and check them out! the series was called hopped up! women in craft beer friendships between brewers beer wars addiction

check out the cbc website on collaboration beers Craft beer scene relies on  collaboration for success Rebecca Whyman has beer picks that shows the fruits of  collaboration between local craft brewers CBC News   Posted: Apr 12, 2016 5:00 PM PT  Last Updated: Apr 12, 2016 5:00 PM PT A promotional photo of Exil d’Eden Apple Oat Table Saison, a collaboration between Four Winds Brewing in B.C. and Trou du Diable from Quebec. (@FourWindsBrewCo/Twitter) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine 'Stout' friendships exist between craft brewing rivals Distillers and brewers sharing barrels in new trend On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says the craft beer community in B.C. is just that — a community. And collaboration is a key part of any community and in craft beer that means collaboration beers. "Breweries aren't i