Special Guest Blog by Joe’s Daily When you think about Whistler, what comes to mind? Perhaps all the epic skiing and snowboarding at your disposal? Up until a few weeks ago, before I got off the bus at the base Village, my answer would have always been the 2010 Winter Olympics, and of course the … Continued
As recently as five years ago there were no craft breweries north of Kamloops in British Columbia, but over that span an extended network of breweries has blossomed in the region. From Prince Rupert on the west coast across to Valemount near Jasper on the Alberta border, there are now eight craft breweries to visit … Continued
Expedia, the global travel website based in Bellevue, WA, just a little south of the Canadian border, recently named Vancouver, BC, as the Best Beer Town in Canada in a post on its Expedia.ca blog written by Carolyn Albee. Three other BC communities also made the list: Penticton (which placed 2nd), Abbotsford (which placed 6th), and … Continued
Whistler Village Beer Festival is in its 6th year and the full event lineup is as impressive as always With the 2018 Whistler Village Beer Festival right around the corner, now seems like a good time to take a look at what makes this annual event so special while also highlighting the Whistler Ale Trail. … Continued
The Great Canadian Beer Festival, Canada’s longest-running annual beer festival, takes place every September in Victoria, British Columbia. Nearly 10,000 people, cup in hand, swarm the grass fields of Royal Athletic Park for two days of the best in B.C. brewing. Standing front and center since day one is co-founder and festival chairman Gerry Hieter, … Continued
Living in the Fraser Valley, I am spoiled with an endless list of amazing hike options as well as a growing number of excellent craft breweries to explore for those well earned, post-hike reward beers. I have recently fallen in love with the beauty and diverse hike options available in and around Golden Ears Provincial … Continued
Here in British Columbia we are blessed with an amazing craft beer community that features more than 150 breweries — and counting as more seem to be opening all the time. Most of those breweries have opened in the past five years, so it’s understandable that a lot of attention is focused on these newer … Continued
My friends and I treat camping as a competitive sport, and each year we try to find the next greatest spot. Criteria are it has to be near a lake or river, have something interesting to see or do and isn’t too busy or too far away. This year we explored Kentucky-Alleyne Park, just outside … Continued
The plan was to tour via motorcycle to one of the most beautiful parts of Canada and hit world-class breweries along the way. Vancouver Island really does have it all: brilliant fishing, stunning beaches, diverse wildlife, and of course some of the best beer brewed in Canada. Our starting point was Nelson BC, so after … Continued
The upcoming BC Ale Trail Cook-off at Central City Brewers + Distillers will showcase the very best from breweries along the south arm of the Fraser River. New Westminster’s Steel & Oak, Delta’s Four Winds, and Surrey’s Red Racer are teaming up with the BC Ale Trail to throw the BC Ale Trail Craft Beer … Continued