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B.C. Ale Trail lets beer lovers explore province's breweries Comox Valley, the Kootenays, Nanaimo, Port Moody, more covered in guides CBC News   Posted: Aug 30, 2016 4:57 PM PT  Last Updated: Aug 30, 2016 4:57 PM PT The B.C. Ale Trail also features Nanaimo breweries like Longwood and White Sails. (@BCAleTrail/Instagram) 45 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine No summertime blues with these B.C. summer beer events, columnist says Looking for a great beer destination? Consider Ontario, columnist says Road trips are usually reserved for summer months, but  On The Coast   beer columnist Rebecca Whyman is highlighting a special trip for beer lovers in B.C., beginning in October. The  B.C. Ale Trail  is a joint effort between several tourism marketing organizations, the B.C. Craft Brewers Guild and beer writ...

Collaboration beers seem to be everywhere these days.   There are many draws for both breweries and consumers.  So let’s start with why the breweries have taken to the practice so eagerly, in non-exhaustive list format, in no particular order: 1.  The craft beer community is just that, it’s a community.  Breweries aren’t in competition with each other, they consider themselves all part of a brewing community that cares about and shares with each other.  So it’s only natural to want to brew together too. "Beer is, first and foremost, a convivial drink," explains Garrett Oliver, brewmaster at New York's Brooklyn Brewery and editor of The Oxford Companion to Beer. "So we are colleagues, brothers and sisters first, and competitors second." One of the unfathomable parts of craft brewing to other business people is the lack of trade secrets in the industry.  Brewers happily share their recipes with each other, and with home brewers.  When you’re...

check out the cbc website on collaboration beers Craft beer scene relies on  collaboration for success Rebecca Whyman has beer picks that shows the fruits of  collaboration between local craft brewers CBC News   Posted: Apr 12, 2016 5:00 PM PT  Last Updated: Apr 12, 2016 5:00 PM PT A promotional photo of Exil d’Eden Apple Oat Table Saison, a collaboration between Four Winds Brewing in B.C. and Trou du Diable from Quebec. (@FourWindsBrewCo/Twitter) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine 'Stout' friendships exist between craft brewing rivals Distillers and brewers sharing barrels in new trend On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says the craft beer community in B.C. is just that — a community. And collaboration is a key part of any community and in craft beer that means collaboration beers. "B...

i'll be on with kirk williams at 5:50 p.m. today on cbc radio one's on the coast talking about beer! and here's what i had to say two weeks ago about summer beers: 5 summer craft beer recommendations from our beer columnist Here's another summer crop ready to harvest a little bit early By On the Coast,  CBC News   Posted: May 29, 2015 6:57 PM PT  Last Updated: May 29, 2015 6:58 PM PT Summer is the traditional season of Hefeweizen wheat beers, fruit ales and crisp lagers, like Moon Under Water Brewery's session lager Light Side of the Moon. (Moon Under Water Brewery) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories Vancouver Craft Beer Week events selling out fast Craft beer credentials are not always what they appear It seems brewers are pushing out the summer crop of beers a little early this year.  On the Coast beer columnist Rebecca Wh...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn: You may have noticed advertisements around town for summer beers.  Those ads are mostly for mainstream beers, but they do bring to mind that it is time to be sipping beer on a patio. The official start of summer is still the better part of a month away.  Are breweries rushing the season? I think there's always a bit of wanting to be first out of the gate that inspires brewers to have their seasonal beers to hit the shelves in advance of a season.  With summer ales though, the weather is already warmer, the days are just getting longer and it sure feels like summer out there some days!  I can't fault anyone for wanting to get their summer beers on the shelves in the spring.  Plus don't Canadians consider summer to start on the May long weekend?  I certainly spent part of my long weekend enjoying beers outside in the sun. Summer beers tend to be lighter be...