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from the cbc website : B.C. tops the podium at the Canadian brewing awards Province takes home 51 of 164 medals at the 15th annual competition CBC News   Posted: Jun 06, 2017 10:01 PM PT  Last Updated: Jun 06, 2017 10:01 PM PT B.C. breweries tied with Ontario for the most medals earned at the 15th annual Canadian Brewing Awards, which were held in Ottawa on May 27, 2017. (CK Golf Solutions/Flickr) 100 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories How to have your summer beer and eat it too Where everybody knows your name: columnist talks value of craft beer tasting rooms Last whimper for the growler? Columnist predicts craft beer mainstay could fade away Spring beers offer diverse mash-up of flavours British Columbia has some pretty good beers, according to On The Coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman. West Coast breweries tied...

Beer News : A-Frame Brewing is now open in Squamish.   They’re open Wednesday through Sunday and have an opening line up of: Okanagan Lake Cream Ale, Magic Lake Porter, Elfin Lakes Belgian Ale and Sproat Lake Dry Hopped Pale Ale.   I’m noticing a theme in their beer names... Old Yale Brewing in Chilliwack just got their lounge endorsement, so you can get full 20oz flights or 12 and 16oz pours now, with a selection of food options as well. New Year’s Eve beer events:   There’s a party at Darby’s Gastown .  Reserve your seat now!  They’ll be featuring limited releases from Strange Fellows, Deschutes, Four Winds and more.  No tickets to buy or set menus, just reserve a seat and show up to pay as you go. Big Rock UrbanBrewery is having a party that will ring in the new year six times!  Beginning at the far East of Canada, with a shot of Newfoundland Screech, they will count down the new year in each time zone of Canada.  $60 get...

from my files for CBC's On the Coast: On November 19 th  head over to the Yaletown Brewpub.  They’re hosting an all IPA caskival.  Just show up at 11:30 and get your $20 passport to try all 11 casks. This Saturday (November 12), Burnaby is hosting the second annual BurnabyBeer Fest at SpaceKraft on Kingsway.  There will be 30 beers and tasty appetizers to sample while you’re entertained by live music.  And there are three sessions to choose from.  Tickets are available on EventBrite. Luppolo Brewing has opened its doors!  With a soft opening on October 28 th they swelled the ranks of ‘Yeast Van’ breweries.  Their tasting room is beautiful, and they opened with a strong line up of 7 beers on tap.  Go visit them at 1123 Venables.  I’d also like to congratulate Luppolo for winning the judge’s choice at Celebrate Craft... Beer last weekend, for their fresh hopped Belgian rye IPA. Tomorrow (November 9) at Faculty Brewing y...

what i had to say a couple of weeks ago about the craft beer scene in onterrible vs. british columbia (or more accurately hamilton/toronto vs. vancouver) for the rest of my column, see below the cbc website piece Ontario's craft beer scene has grown up over the years, columnist says Plus, check out Rebecca Whyman's picks for this week CBC News   Posted: Jul 21, 2016 1:45 PM PT  Last Updated: Jul 21, 2016 1:45 PM PT On The coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says there's been a lot of improvement — especially when it comes to variety — in Ontario's craft beer scene. (Jaison Empson/CBC) 24 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine Where everybody knows your name: columnist talks value of craft beer tasting rooms How to have your summer beer and eat it too On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman usually keeps things ...

More than just another IPA 4 Hands / Bale Breaker / Stone Sorry Not Sorry IPA For our latest collaboration, we ventured into uncharted territory with 4 Hands Brewing Co. and Bale Breaker Brewing Company—two rising stars of American craft brewing. Brewed with experimental hops HBC 342 and HBC 344, along with beloved varietals Simcoe and Mosaic, this imperial IPA's stone fruit, pine, tropical fruit, berry and citrus notes are amplified by a dose of puréed peaches. So, yeah, we made (more than just) another IPA:  #SorryNotSorry . Read more about this unapologetically  delicious beer on The Stone Blog . For those of you who are thinking, "Is this beer coming to my area and, if so, when?" we have created our  new, exclusive "beer tracker." This great tool, located on the beer's official web page , will serve as a  handy companion to ...