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a shout out to bc business magazine for their really informative "the business of craft beer" yesterday afternoon jamie floyd killed it in his key-note address joe wiebe was an affable moderator parallel 49, bomber and red truck offered plenty of food for thought in the how to start a brewery panel driftwood, central city and four winds represented in the marketing panel and all the breweries who showed up to pour (ninkasi, red truck, bridge, bomber, parallel 49, central city, driftwood, four winds and prohibition - i don't think i forgot anyone) brought some really swell beers with them i would have liked to mingle and network in a slightly larger space than the imperial but otherwise the event was perfectly executed i suggest all y'all check it out next year!

interested in learning more about the business side of craft beer? just before vancouver craft beer week starts, and all of our livers cower there is an event that will bring together many of the movers and shakers of the local craft beer world to talk about the future of craft beer and how new breweries can give themselves a leg-up on starting and running a successful craft brewery the keynote speaker will be jamie floyd of ninkasi brewing the business of craft beer put on by bc business magazine, it will be held at the imperial on main street on may 29th from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. you can get tickets on eventbrite i'll be there along with a whole lot of other interested parties! the networking opportunities alone make this event worth the $75 and there will be appies and beer samples - woohoo! here's what bc beer blog  has to say about the event