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Press Release For Immediate Distribution The Growler Craft Beer Handbook The Bible for B.C. Beer Drinkers Available This Weekend Vancouver, BC (January 28, 2015) - B.C.¹s craft beer industry is growing so fast, it¹s basically impossible to keep tabs on what¹s opened, what¹s on tap and where anything is located. The Growler, a quarterly craft beer handbook, aims to solve all that. The first issue ­ available starting January 31 at breweries, bars, private liquor stores and select boutiques, restaurants and coffee shops in and around Vancouver ­includes profiles of every craft brewery in the Lower Mainland, highlighting regular and seasonal beers, along with general and quirky facts on each brewery. This is your go-to guide for what breweries are in what neighbourhood; which ones offer growler fills; which have food; and which allow kids inside (Hint: Almost all of em!), among other things. Issue 1 also includes features by Craft Beer Revolution author Joe Wiebe, Thi...

i'll be on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn at 5:50 p.m. today talking about how you can easily learn more about craft beer, and have fun doing it 88.1 fm 690 am

the ndp's response to my letter of complaint to the liberals with respect to their happy hour legislation: Hello Rebecca, Thank you for copying me on your email to the Premier et al. Small pubs, bars and restaurants are being hurt by the latest happy hour initiative from Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals, making many small business owners wonder: is the government completely inept on the liquor file? By adopting the highest minimum liquor prices of any province in Canada, the Liberals have created a situation where many pubs, bars and restaurants are finding it necessary to raise their regular prices to meet the new minimums, let alone think about actually implementing a happy hour. The minimum $5 price point for a 20 ounce pint of beer will work for a downtown Vancouver bar with a regular price in the $8 range. They can lower their prices to create a special. But for many establishments outside of the Lower Mainland, or more moderately priced neighbourhood facilities t...

if you missed me on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn last week and you'd still like to catch me getting all excited about the new craft breweries in the lower mainland that opened in 2013 and those touted to be opening in 2014 then all you gotta do is clicky and choose the january 7th show i'm on about 10 minutes from the end, in case you wanna fast forward

i'm back from my whirlwind tour of burlington, hamilton and toronto! two quick observations: 1. there is a much more vibrant craft beer community in the lower mainland than in megacity 2. i was only gone for a week, but while i was away did the cascadia ever hit the nitro! and quickly, before i get back to work the ginger pale ale cask at the yaletown brew pub last night was delicious! in a cameo appearance, cory brewed this one with a big bag of fresh ginger and he hit one outta the park!  it was not too gingery, no other spices to mess with the big ginger flavour, it was just right! more when i've had a chance to catch my breath (and unsprain my poor liver)

a new seasonal release from phillips in victoria: July 30th 2012: While history may trumpet Captain James Cook as a brave explorer, master navigator and meticulous cartographer, we believe his greatest achievement lies in guiding his men to be the first Europeans to brew beer in BC! In March of 1778, Cook limped his ships, Discovery and Resolution , into Nootka Sound and, upon landing, went about repairing their masts and brewing a spruce beer from a mixture of molasses and fresh Sitka needles. Our Evergreen Ale is crafted as an homage to Cook and BC brewing history. Just like the explorers of old, we set out on our own little conquest to gather fresh spruce for the brew but what started as a simple harvesting mission quickly turned into a full-blown backwoods adventure when things didn't go exactly as planned...(Check the video on Vimeo or YouTube ) The story does have a happy ending though, in a beer endowed with a citrus-pine taste that might inspire you to become a histor...