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PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release July 15, 2015 Contact: Monica Frost RAISE A GLASS TO THE BEST OF BC CRAFT BEER The BC Beer Awards & Festival Returns to Vancouver October 24, 2015 In Short: Vancouver, BC (June 24, 2015): The 6th Annual BC Beer Awards & Festival is set to return to Vancouver on Saturday, October 24, 2014 from 4 9pm at the Croatian Cultural Centre (3250 Commercial Drive). The signature consumer tasting event of BC Craft Beer Month , this festival celebrates the very best in craft brewing from across the province. A one day only event, it features both the BC Beer Awards ceremony hosted by CBC ’s Stephen Quinn and a craft beer festival with over 50 breweries and new this year cider. Also returning will be our community booths, craft beer focused vendors and our Brewers Challenge! Last year the BC Beer Awards brought the bitter Purl forward as an experimental cask competition. 2015 has been dubbed by the craft beer community to be the “Year of the S...

you're coming to the bc beer awards, right? hosted by the awesome stephen quinn and full of delicious beers i see absolutely no reason for you not to go! ticket prices go up on october 10th so get your tix now Vancouver , BC (August 19, 2014): The 5th Annual BC Beer Awards & Festival is set to return to Vancouver on Saturday, October 25, 2014 from 4-9pm at the Croatian Cultural Centre ( 3250 Commercial Drive ). The signature consumer tasting event of BC Craft Beer Month , this festival celebrates the very best in craft brewing from across the province. A one-day only event, it features both the craft beer festival and the BC Beer Awards ceremony hosted by Stephen Quinn. There will be 4 Education Classes available this year at a cost of $15.00 each, taught by some our industry’s top talents. New this year is a snazzier event. There will be beer, balloons, glitter, a photobooth, and there may even be a crown. Early bird tickets are $27 (plus tax) for the BC Beer Aw...

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast: I sometimes bring in beers for Stephen Quinn and I to taste in the studio. This week I brought in not one, but four beers for tasting - but you won't find these beers at the liquor store or at a local brewery. These beers were brewed at home.  (We only got to the first three on air, but see below for my tasting notes on all four.) Whoa!   Isn't it difficult to brew beer yourself? Shouldn't we just leave it to the professionals? Hardly!  Brewing beer at home is actually quite easy and involves a minimal financial investment. You can purchase the basic brewing equipment in Vancouver at Dan's homebrew shop for $70, and you'll need a 19 litre stock pot (another $24) as well as the basic brewing gear.  A beer making kit of ingredients will cost you between $17 and $35. If you want to follow a recipe and put the ingredients together yourself you're lo...

signed myself up to take the beer judge test in vancouver in november 2012 brilliant plan or stupidest idea i've ever had? being a beer judge would be awesome studying beer styles for a year may take all the joy out of beer... uh oh!