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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...

love beer and cider, will travel! i'm off to corvallis this weekend to pick up a case of my all-time favourite cider: 2 towns hop and stalk dry-hopped rhubarb cider and of course drink beer in and around corvallis and portland with a stop at the mcmenamins olympic club in centralia then, i'll be heading back to portland next weekend to pick up the rest of my breakside brewing bottle club 2015 beers, watch the whitecaps at providence park - where you can actually drink yummy craft beer and cider, and quality assure the fine beers being brewed and served in that wonderful city it's a tough life, but someone's gotta live it

my picks for summer beers on the cbc website Summer vacations are brewing, so why not make beer a part of it? Plus, check out Rebecca Whyman's beer picks CBC News   Posted: Apr 26, 2016 5:47 PM PT  Last Updated: Apr 26, 2016 5:47 PM PT If you can't wait until summer for a beer vacation, the Great Okanagan Beer Festival begins May 12 in Kelowna. (gibbonswhistler.com) 32 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine Craft beer scene relies on collaboration for success Molson's old timey pale ale 'intrigues' beer columnist The return of the nicer weather might have you thinking about summer travels already — and if you're a beer lover, you might want to plan a route that lets you explore your favourite beverage. On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman has travelled to several beer destinations, and has some sugge...

parallel 49 celebrates after their win at whistler village beer festival do you want to see growler fills outside of breweries ? here's camra's take on why you might actually not want such a thing need help planning your next beercation ?  the travel channel can help beermebc's view from gcbf pumpkin beers - love em or hate em? i'm on the dislike side... most of them are just too pumpkin pie spice and not enough actual gourd whistler village beer festival as seen by go-pro molson lays off staff and blames craft beer might be the best thing ever to be blamed for! joe wiebe on the best of craft beer in vancouver and more on the debate over craft beer in cans

con't from yesterday's post: After an afternoon of visiting three lovely establishments it was time to ditch the vehicle and continue on foot.  The final four places I stopped were within very easy walking distance of each other. Downtown Corvallis is not very large and boasts a number of craft beer destinations.   Fourth stop, Flat Tail Brewing, Corvallis, OR This is one of the breweries mentioned in Lisa Morrison's book.  I decided to keep going with the taster paddles and chose 8 beers. We arrived a minute before 6:00 and our server graciously told us if we ordered quickly he could get us in under the“happy hour” wire. Realizing we hadn't eaten at all yet, I ordered the “frickles” - fried pickles with pepper ranch dip - and pretzel sticks with beer & cheddar and honey mustard dips. The pretzels were awesome, the frickles had a bit too much breading on them, but they kept me able to drink my paddle of Kolsch, Amber 8 Man, Bitter Ry...

You hear a lot about the breweries in Portland, but there are many other Oregon towns that offer an impressive number of breweries per capita. I had the opportunity to spend a weekend in Corvallis, about an hour and a half South of Portland. I thought there would be one or two good places for beer in a town of 50,000. Was I ever surprised when I started my research and came out with a long list of breweries and bottle shops. Not so surprising, I guess, when you take into account that Corvallis is home to Oregon State University, an international leader in the breeding and researching of hops. I couldn't make it to all the good beer on offer, but I gave it my best shot to hit as many as I could in a day and a night.   Any time I am travelling, I do beer research first, and usually take along a beer book or two (as well as my beer notebook).  For this trip I took Lisa Morrison's "Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest" as she had several entries for Albany and C...

and i made the cbc website again!!! As people around the world embrace craft beer, beer travel is a growing trend. We do it for wine,  why not beer, asks Rebecca Whyman, a member of Campaign for Real Ale. Whyman says she would love to travel more often for beer — but when going to every beer festival worldwide is not in your budget, she say you can still get some decent craft beer on your holidays. Whyman recommends starting with some research on the Internet to find out which breweries are near your destination, and what events are taking place while you're there. She says a recent trip of hers to Mexico produced some delicious results, and on an upcoming trip she will be going to the Las Vegas Beer Fest. Before you arrive, you can plug into the local beer scene, and start following beer makers on social media. Travel the world tasting beer (CBC)   Beer Advocate is a beer magazine and website that can help you find craft beer locales in cities throughout the...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on beer travel on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn I would love to be able to travel the world for beer! So far, Mexico and Central Ontario are the furthest I have travelled since becoming a beer geek, and those were places I was visiting for other reasons. Those totally count as beer travel though, since I sought out all the beer I could while I was there! There are two basic methods of beer travel. The first is to find a beer event you would like to attend, or choose a beer-centric place to visit, and then plan a vacation around the beer. The second is to research the beer options available in a place you already have plans to visit. So far my beer travel generally falls into the second category. I find all the beer I can at places I already have plans to visit. Quite often serendipity graces me with a beer festival during the very period I need to be somewhere. For instance the Washington State Cask Festival that ...