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my growler article from April's edition: A BREWERY BY ANY OTHER NAME… REBECCA WHYMAN •  APRIL 2, 2018 Anyone who’s done it will tell you that opening a brewery isn’t easy. Choosing the name? Even harder. Despite all the time and effort involved, and having so much riding on choosing the right one, some of B.C.’s breweries have still managed to saddle themselves with confusingly similar names. Maybe this is only a big deal to beer geeks like me, who try to keep track of all the breweries and maniacally check off every beer on Untappd. I find I can’t keep track of who’s who any more because many of the names sound alike. My own discomfort aside, I worry that confusing consumers will turn them off craft beer. Regardless of how good a brewery’s beer is, or in how many venues it’s available, it is still down to the customer to choose to drink it. With 150ish breweries all brewing multiple year-round beers, plus seasonals, there’s a dizzying amount to keep track of. Conf...

Beau's Brewing Co. is located in Ontario.  I'm in BC.  So while I'd love to say that I got to sit down at the brewery with the lovely Beau's folks for this interview, I did not.  We went the new-fangled cyberspace way and conducted it over email. But!  But, I will get a chance to talk to Jennifer Beauchesne and brewer Brian O'Donnell in a few short weeks when they travel all the way across the country to attend the Great Canadian Beer Festival - and all I have to do is hop a ferry over to Victoria! (Full disclosure here:  the lovely Beau's folks sent me some beer samples, I get a media pass to attend GCBF because, well, I am a beer blogger you know, and I contributed to the Rwanda kickstarter.  Now you know.) I'm sure everyone's heard of Beau's, even way out on the Left Coast, but just in case you're hazy on the details:  Beau's is an organic brewery, established by the Beauchesne family in 2006 in Vankleek Hill Ontario (which i...

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...

Summer is finally here, and there’s no better time for a BC road-trip! Some of my vacations come about because of beer, and some fit beer in along the way.  With breweries popping up around every corner, it is easy to include stopping in to check out the vibe and sample the wares any time I find myself travelling.  If a locale has a large concentration of breweries, I’ll visit based on that alone - and discover the other wonderful things it has to offer along the way. I know not everyone is as craft beer obsessed as my friends and I are, but if you like beer, even a little, it is really easy to include brewery stops on your vacation – or to use visiting breweries as an excuse to take a vacation! It’s easy!  You don’t even need a travel agent!  If your vacation destination is in BC, there is a great planning tool available online – the BC Ale Trail .  It is a website that offers sample itineraries for self-guided tours in many areas around the Prov...

me again ! Distillers and brewers sharing barrels in new trend Beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says new trend could take off locally By On The Coast,  CBC News   Posted: Jan 19, 2016 7:17 PM PT  Last Updated: Jan 19, 2016 7:54 PM PT Right now these barrels hold delicious whiskey, but who knows? Maybe they could soon be filled with delicious beer. (Tim Moffatt/Flickr) Tried liquor-flavoured beer? Get ready for beer-flavoured liquor  7:37 19 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories B.C. craft beer scene set to grow in 2016, says beer columnist Beer columnist says 2015 was the year of the sour Craft beer variety at B.C. Liquor Stores set to grow next week For some time now, craft brewers have been aging and conditioning their beer with whiskey and bourbon liquor barrels to add another dimens...