The mighty Skeena is B.C.’s second longest river and home to one of the largest salmon runs in Canada, but this massive, pristine waterway is increasingly under threat from industrial development. Smithers Brewing and world-renowned First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers are teaming up to celebrate the river and raise awareness about the risks it … Continued
Halloween has been celebrated in one form or another since the time of the ancient Celts, around 2,000 years ago. Observing their new year on November 1st with a festival called Samhain, a Gaelic word that’s pronounced sow-win, Celts celebrated the harvest and welcomed in the “darker half” of the year. On October 31st, it … Continued
The 10th Annual BC Beer Awards were announced on October 19, 2019 in Vancouver, BC. Awards were given in 31 beer-style categories during the ceremony held at the Croatian Cultural Centre. This was the largest competition to date with 1200 entries from 121 breweries around British Columbia. The big winner of the night was actually … Continued
I’m happy to live in the Penticton area. After all, it is home to a dynamic beer scene featuring some of BC’s oldest and newest craft breweries. Penticton is known for the Okanagan Fest of Ale – held annually in April and one of the province’s premier and long-standing craft beer festivals. Run by the … Continued
Remember the good ol’ days when commuting to Maple Ridge meant a toss-up between getting stuck at an occasionally malfunctioning swing bridge or a potential hour-long wait for a 15-minute ferry ride across the Fraser River? Wait, did I say “the good ol’ days?” Scratch that — those ferry lineups were headache-inducing and that swing … Continued
The City of Quesnel, in partnership with the BC Ale Trail, is hosting the very first Long Table Dinner on September 7th to celebrate the community’s place on the Northern BC Ale Trail. Held at the Hosting Precinct just outside the West Fraser Centre in downtown Quesnel, the Hops & Harvest event showcases local businesses, … Continued
The 27th Annual GCBF is Canada’s original and longest running craft beer festival Founded in 1993, the Great Canadian Beer Festival began as an indoor event featuring 70 different beers from 23 breweries. About 2,000 people attended — including a younger version of me who would have been amazed to know that a quarter century … Continued
Richmond is located in the Metro Vancouver region of the lower mainland and is a diverse community of over 200,000, with nearly 75% of that population claiming Asian heritage. A popular attraction from May to October every year is the Richmond Night Market, held on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and statutory holiday Monday evenings from 7pm … Continued
Vancouver Island Brewing leads collaboration between five Island-based craft breweries. The orca — or killer whale — is synonymous with Vancouver Island culture. Tourists travel to the Island to go on whale watching tours, and locals still gawk out the windows of BC Ferries’ vessels hoping for a glimpse of a breaching whale. Southern … Continued
The countdown to the 10th Anniversary of the wildly popular and highly anticipated Vancouver Craft Beer Week festivities is on! This annual event is definitely one that many local (and out of town) craft beer enthusiasts have circled on their busy events calendar and for good reason! It’s ten days of non-stop, fun-filled beer festivities … Continued