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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 origi...

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 yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn: Breweries continue to open in the Lower Mainland and across the Province.  The next one set to open in Vancouver is going to be a bit different. So far most of the local breweries share a common model (with Callister's cooperative being a notable exception).  The breweries have owners, who are sometimes also the brewers, they have a brewery facility, usually with a tasting room on site, and they brew their own beer.  Liquor rules now allow those tasting rooms to sell some other people’s product, but they are all making their own beer. The new brewery set to open in “Yeast” Van is different from all those others.  Factory Brewing is going to be a dedicated contract brewery. A contract brewery is one that brews beers for other people.  When they open up, which could optimistically be in May, they will be brewing for 8 partners. At this time Factory will only confirm one o...

Vancouver Craft Beer Week has new attractions for 2016 Plus, check out Rebecca Whyman's beer picks for this week CBC News   Posted: May 24, 2016 6:59 PM PT  Last Updated: May 24, 2016 6:59 PM PT Vancouver Craft Beer Week begins Friday, May 27. (CBC) Going to Vancouver Craft Beer Week? Here are some highlights  8:39 29 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine Since it seems like summer's already here, check out these summer beer picks 'Hop' into a summer beer vacation, beer columnist suggests Craft beer lovers are no doubt counting their sleeps, because Vancouver Craft Beer Week begins on Friday. The seventh edition of the annual event has the usual tasting events, food offerings and live music.  On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says this year will have some new wrinkle...