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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...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn: F or those who aren’t observing Sobuary this month, there’s plenty to do in the Lower Mainland! - Fieldhouse Brewing is now open in Abbotsford, so you can stop by the tasting room for beer and growler fills.  They’re on West Railway, open Tuesday to Sunday. This Thursday is a busy night! - Central City is launching their barrel-aged Sour Brown I on the 23rd.  Stop by the Beatty Street location for a taste from 6:00 – 10:00pm.  Brewer Gary Lohin says “We decided to use the Belgian method of souring the beers since it is the birthplace of this style, and used various yeast cultures to produce the unique and notable flavours, and aged them for two years in the Cabernet Sauvignon oak barrels and French oak foeders. The result is a complex flavour that balances the sour notes with a melodic malty character.” (For those not in the know, a foeder is an oak vessel that...

check it out! B.C. craft beer scene set to grow in 2016, says beer columnist New breweries opening in Vancouver, Abbotsford, Kelowna, Nelson, Port Alberni, Golden and more By On The Coast,  CBC News   Posted: Jan 05, 2016 5:00 PM PT  Last Updated: Jan 05, 2016 5:00 PM PT A flight of B.C. craft beers at Craft Beer Market in Vancouver's Olympic Village. If you thought B.C. had a lot of craft beers before, 2016 could bring even more players into the market. (CK Golf Solutions/Flickr) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories Beer columnist says 2015 was the year of the sour Craft beer variety at B.C. Liquor Stores set to grow next week If you thought B.C. has already hit "peak craft beer," 2016 begs to differ. According to  On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman, about 15 to 20 new craft breweries are going to open in the coming...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn with my look ahead to 2016: After exhaustive research, I believe that 2015 closed with 113 craft breweries in B.C. - except, in talking to Joe Wiebe, I'm questioning that number.  He says that if you exclude all the shadow brands, contract brewers without their own brewery and multiple locations, the number is actually exactly 100.  So I'm going with the number of craft breweries in B.C. is somewhere between 100 and 113 at the end of 2015. What I do know is that 20 new craft breweries opened in B.C. in 2015.  5 of those were in Vancouver, 8 in the Lower Mainland and 5 on Vancouver Island. And there are more breweries in the works for B.C. in 2016! The Georgia Straight says that there will be 15 breweries opening in 2016, and The Growler puts the number at more like 20.   The ones that I am aware of who are close to opening are:  Faculty Brewing...