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From On the Coast on Tuesday: Just when you think you’ve got a handle on craft beer, another brewery opens up, another style becomes popular or a new trend pops up.  Mariner Brewing is poised to open on the Barnet Highway in Coquitlam in August.  I understand it will have a 50 person tasting room and a steam-powered brewery.  So watch social media for the opening announcement! One potential new trend is hop powder.  I’m not hearing a lot about it in Vancouver yet, but there are some breweries in the US who are experimenting with it, including Georgetown Brewing in Seattle. Hop powder is pretty much what it sounds like – it is a powdered form of hops.  The powder is an essential oil-rich concentrate made by extracting resin glands from the hops at very cold temperatures in a nitrogen atmosphere to preserve the quality of the oils.  The resulting powder contains twice the percentage of alpha acids – which is what bitters beer - as the original hops or the pellets they

from the cbc website , from my beer column yesterday: Get the raw story on raw ale, the newest trend in craft brewing Plus, check out Rebecca Whyman's picks for great summer beers CBC News   Posted: Jul 18, 2017 5:52 PM PT  Last Updated: Jul 18, 2017 6:14 PM PT Category 12 is a B.C. brewery that makes a beer using raw ale techniques. (Category 12 Brewing/Facebook) 5 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC Beer and Wine Beware of 'crafty' marketing, beer columnist says Are new B.C. craft breweries struggling to distinguish themselves? The newest trend in B.C. craft beer is old school — very old school. Raw ale is a type of beer made when the wort — the sugary liquid extracted from malted grains — is not boiled. "Most traditional farmhouse ales are raw and probably prehistoric beer was all raw ale,"  On The Coast  beer colu

from the CBC website today, which sounds an awful lot like my beer column of last month ... Bitter battle between Big Beer  and craft brewers gets uglier Independent craft brewers say multinational conglomerates making it  harder to tell what's 'true' craft beer By Aaron Saltzman,  CBC News   Posted: Jul 18, 2017 5:00 AM ET  Last Updated: Jul 18, 2017 10:37 PM ET Craft beer sales in Canada are growing while sales of traditional, mass produced commercial beer are flat. (Barry Smith/CBC) 2721 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Aaron Saltzman Senior Reporter, Consumer Affairs aaron.saltzman@cbc.ca As a full-time parent to two young children, Aaron Saltzman's 'real' day job provides practical, hands-on experience for the position of CBC's Senior Reporter, Consumer Affairs. Nearly 20 years experience in television, radio and online news al

from the cbc website Planning the perfect craft brewery exploration in B.C. this summer CBC beer columnist issues advice on including brewery tours in holiday plans CBC News   Posted: Jul 04, 2017 7:12 PM PT  Last Updated: Jul 04, 2017 7:12 PM PT Include a craft brewery tour in your holiday plans this summer, says On The Coast's beer columnist. (CBC) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories B.C. tops the podium at the Canadian brewing awards New model of craft brewing coming to Vancouver, says beer columnist Beware of 'crafty' marketing, beer columnist says Summer is here and, with it, comes holiday plans and road trips. Whether as an excuse to travel or simply a quick refreshment stop along the way,  On The Coast 's beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says touring B.C.'s craft breweries is a must this summer. "If you like beer, eve