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from the cbc website : B.C. tops the podium at the Canadian brewing awards Province takes home 51 of 164 medals at the 15th annual competition CBC News   Posted: Jun 06, 2017 10:01 PM PT  Last Updated: Jun 06, 2017 10:01 PM PT B.C. breweries tied with Ontario for the most medals earned at the 15th annual Canadian Brewing Awards, which were held in Ottawa on May 27, 2017. (CK Golf Solutions/Flickr) 100 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories How to have your summer beer and eat it too Where everybody knows your name: columnist talks value of craft beer tasting rooms Last whimper for the growler? Columnist predicts craft beer mainstay could fade away Spring beers offer diverse mash-up of flavours British Columbia has some pretty good beers, according to On The Coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman. West Coast breweries tied...

my notes from yesterday's cbc on the coast radio beer column: The 15th Annual Canadian Brewing Awards were held in Ottawa on May 27th. As is becoming the norm, BC breweries shone on the medal podium! Our breweries won 51 of the available 164 medals – tying with Ontario for the most medals won. If you were at the Vancouver Craft Beer Week tasting festival at the PNE on the weekend, you no doubt saw many of the trophies on display at the brewery booths. Mt. Begbie Brewing in Revelstoke was the big winner! They walked away with the coveted “Best Brewery in Canada” award, plus Gold medals for their High Country Kolsch and Cream Ale, and a Bronze medal for the Brave Liver Scotch Ale. Mt. Begbie began brewing in 1996, and just underwent an expansion to a new larger space with a tasting room and retail store. It’s great to see that expansion paying off for them in having their beers recognized country-wide. British Columbia swept the medals in three style categories: English Style P...

my notes from tuesday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn: The pace of brewery openings appears to be slowing somewhat in Vancouver.  But there have been several brewery openings already this year across the province – among them Back Roads Brewing in Nelson, not to be confused with Back Country Brewing in Squamish!  And Highway 97 Brewing in Penticton, Gibsons Tapworks, and Twin City Brewing in Port Alberni also opened. Existing breweries continue to expand as well, so the thirst for craft beer isn’t waning!  I think there is still room in Vancouver’s market for more craft breweries, and definitely there is a lot of room in many underserviced areas in the province. So far most of the local breweries share a common model.  Some of the exceptions being Callister’s cooperative set-up, as mentioned a moment ago, Factory’s contract model and Howe Sound’s ownership of R&B Brewing, where they continue to make R&B brand beer...

cbc website regarding yesterday's beer column on radio one's on the coast Are new B.C. craft breweries struggling to distinguish themselves? Plus, check out Rebecca Whyman's beer picks for this week CBC News   Posted: Apr 26, 2017 10:23 AM PT  Last Updated: Apr 26, 2017 3:30 PM PT Dageraad Brewing's Burnaby tasting room. Beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says Dageraad carved a nice niche for themselves as specialists in Belgian-style beer. (dageraadbrewing.com) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC Beer and Wine New model of craft brewing coming to Vancouver, says beer columnist Don't forget a pretzel necklace: 5 tips for a better beer festival experience New craft breweries keep popping up in B.C., but  On The Coast's  beer columnist says finding a niche is becoming increasingly difficult. While the first breweries that opened...

        Mt. Begbie Brewing Company Limited Release     Mt. Begbie Brewery is located in beautiful Revelstoke, a small town with a rich history, in the heart of British Columbia's spectacular Columbia mountain range. The company is named after Mt. Begbie, a majestic glacial mountain that dominates the Revelstoke skyline. In turn, the mountain is named after Matthew "Hanging Judge" Begbie, a colourful character from Revelstoke's early history, who probably would have benefitted from a sip of Mt. Begbie's soothing ales before rendering his judgements.  Read more about the brewery.     COLD SMOKE - SMOKED PORTER                              Hop ...

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