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Contents

06 I'M DREAMING OF A POST-PANDEMIC BEER VACATION 10

B.C.'S CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY NEEDS TO BECOME MORE DIVERSE

FARMERS FIRST: B.C.'S NEW CROP OF FARM BREWERIES

BREWER VS. BREWER: THE PANDEMIC EDITION

CRAFT POLLINATION

20 THIS HAND SANITIZER, THAT BEER 22 RECIPE: BRASS FISH BURGER 24 B.C. BREWERY LISTINGS 83 BEER TO THE GROUND

LEGEND

Breweries by Region 24 VANCOUVER 32 LOWER MAINLAND 43 FRASER VALLEY 46 SEA TO SKY / SUNSHINE COAST 49 VICTORIA / GULF ISLANDS 57 VANCOUVER ISLAND 63 THOMPSON OKANAGAN 70 KOOTENAYS GROWLER-APPROVED Keep an eye out NORTHERN B.C. 73 for our 10 favourite beers and ciders this spring! 76 CIDERIES Editor’s Note Happy 2021! Like me, I’m sure that you are very happy to say good riddance to 2020 (and perhaps raise a middle finger). Now that the worst year most of us have lived through is finally over, I for one am starting to look forward to a future beyond COVID-19. Check out my article about post-pandemic bucket list beer vacations to see what I am dreaming about. The pandemic hit the craft beer and cider industries hard, but when I talk to breweries about it I often hear a similar message of hope— as I did when I interviewed the brewers at Patina Brewing and Mountainview Brewing, both of which opened during the pandemic. Sometimes you just need to laugh at what scares you, and Matt Cavers’ article about pairing hand sanitizer and craft beer might help you do that. Matt has also written an in-depth look at the wave of new breweries that have been opening on working farms. Speaking of farms and beer, check out “Craft Pollination” by Rob Mangelsdorf, all about how craft beer is affecting B.C.’s cider scene. Rob is still on parental leave, but he will be back in the Editor’s chair for the next issue. And also check out my article about the Diversity in Brewing initiative. I wish I had a lot more space to explore this topic, but I hope it is at least a starting point for learning more and thinking about this important issue.

Brewery Details GROWLER FILLS BOTTLES / CANS TASTING ROOM ON-SITE KITCHEN OR FOOD TRUCK TOURS ONLINE SALES / DELIVERY PATIO / OUTDOOR SEATING GLUTEN-FREE BOOZE OPTIONS

Suggested Glassware STANGE

Kolsch Marzen Gose

PILSNER Lager Pilsner Witbier

NONIC PINT

Stout Pale ale Most ales, actually

WEIZEN

Hefeweizen Wheat ales Fruit beer

TULIP

IPA Saison Strong ales

GOBLET Dubbel Tripel Quad

SNIFTER

Barleywine Sours Anything funky

TEKU

I’ve really enjoyed filling in for Rob over the past couple of issues. Thanks to the whole Growler team!

Dry-hopped sours Fruited sours Heirloom ciders

Cheers,

SIDRA

— Joe Wiebe, Interim Editor

Still cider Basque cider

I'M DREAMING of a

(post-pandemic)

BEER VACATION

by Joe Wiebe

uring the depths of the pandemic lockdown last year I often found myself fantasizing about beer-themed vacations I might enjoy once the virus is vanquished. Even though the prospect of travelling was unfathomable then, picturing myself wandering the streets of Berlin, Brooklyn or Buenos Aires in search of my new favourite beer gave me comfort and inspiration to keep moving forward. Now that it’s 2021 and vaccinations are actually happening, it’s becoming more reasonable to imagine travelling somewhere. We might be limited to Canadian travel in 2021, but even so, there are great options for beer explorations within our borders. And it certainly seems like life will be largely back to normal by 2022. So why not dream a little now? Along with some bucket list picks of my own, I reached out to some fellow beer scribes to get their suggestions, too.

GERMANY

There are nearly 1,500 breweries in Germany so you won’t have trouble finding locally made beer anywhere you travel there. Be prepared to taste a lot of helles, dunkel and weissbier because most breweries typically only make those standard German styles, but deeper exploration will lead you to regional or seasonal specialties like rauchbier, bock, kölsch and altbier. The top spot on my bucket list is Berlin. Apart from a single day there while backpacking around Europe in 1991, I’ve never been back to the German capital so I would love to spend a week exploring its urban geography and visiting breweries. In addition to its eponymous Berliner weisse style of sour beer, many of Berlin’s young brewers are influenced by American craft beer, so this is the one place you might actually taste a German IPA.

includes a visit to the extensive cellars under the city used to lager the beer before the advent of modern refrigeration. They still brew small batches down there in open-top fermenters, and there is nothing quite like tasting that beer.

BELGIUM

Plan your beer-cation with books like this or The World Atlas of Beer (by Stephen Beaumont & Tim Webb). David Ort photo

In his excellent 2018 book, Will Travel For Beer, Toronto-based beer writer Stephen Beaumont recommends a pair of western German cities separated by a half-hour train ride: Köln and Düsseldorf, homes to kölsch and altbier styles respectively. Each city celebrates its own beer with pride and style, including unique glassware and serving traditions. Another German destination on my wish list is Bamberg, a small city in northern Bavaria that is famous for its rauchbier, made with smoked malts, but also for the sheer number of breweries in the city and surrounding towns. There are so many that you can walk between breweries along forest trails for days on end. Sounds like heaven to me!

CZECHIA

Tops on Stephen Beaumont’s bucket list and a close second on mine is Prague, a beautiful city with amazing architecture and history to go along with the delicious beer. Světlý ležák is the Czech name for what we call Pilsner, and along with that delicious golden lager, many Czech brewers make a fantastic tmavé pivo (dark lager). No visit to Prague is complete without a stop at U Fleků, a restaurant-brewery that has been brewing continuously since 1499. It is definitely a touristy spot, but its dark lager is delicious and the kitchen does a fine job of making traditional Czech dishes.

Crystal Luxmore, co-editor of The Growler Ontario, listed three Belgian breweries at the top of her personal bucket list: Cantillon, Orval, and Rodenbach. I was lucky enough to visit Belgium for a week in 2014, and I would love to go back. Each of the breweries she mentioned offers a very different experience, and that is exactly what makes Belgian beer so exciting. Unlike Germany where most of the breweries make the same handful of beers, no two breweries in Belgium are alike. The Cantillon Brewery in Brussels is also a museum, where you can take a self-guided tour that showcases the traditional Lambic brewing method it has employed for more than a century, and then taste the results: gueuze, framboise, kriek, and more. Wild-fermented and sour beer lovers will also want to visit Moeder Lambic, a specialty bar with two locations in Brussels. Rodenbach’s brewery tour features a majestic hall filled with 294 giant oak foeders, some of which are 150 years old. Its Flemish roodbruin (red brown) ales are tart and refreshing with big cherry and plum notes, despite the fact that no fruit is used in the recipes. Orval is one of six Trappist breweries in Belgium. It does not offer brewery tours, but the old Abbey’s ruins are open to the public, and there is a café where you can taste the “jeune” version on draft alongside the “vieille,” which is bottle-conditioned with Brettanomyces yeast, creating the famous “goût d’Orval.”

I also recommend visiting the Pilsner Urquell brewery in nearby Plzeň, where the Pilsner style originated in 1842. The tour of its historic facility Moeder Lambic in Brussels. Joe Wiebe photo

area a few times over the years and was always wowed by the scenery.”

UNITED STATES

The U.S. is home to many of the world’s most exciting breweries. My last pre-pandemic trip was to New York City, and I can certainly vouch for Brooklyn’s incredible beer scene. While Crystal Luxmore would love to visit Scratch Brewing, a farmhouse brewery in rural Illinois that brews with homegrown and locally farmed and foraged ingredients. ’t Brugs Beertje in Bruges is considered one of the best beer bars in the world . Joe Wiebe photo

I could list Belgian beer destinations for pages and pages (Bruges, Antwerp, Westvleteren, etc.). Suffice to say, Belgium is an ideal choice for any beer lover to explore.

The U.S. west coast offers several craft beer hot spots, including San Diego, Portland, and Seattle. Heck, once the Canada-U.S. border opens again, I’ll be happy just to visit Bellingham again! j What destinations top your beer bucket list? What places should we add to ours? Share them with us on social media with the hashtag #beerbucketlist

ITALY

It might be surprising to feature Italy on a beer bucket list, but I’ve been hearing many good things about the craft beer scene there. Italian beer writer Maurizio Maestrelli recommended Rome and Milano: “The capital has always been considered the capital of craft beer in Italy. A small pub in Trastevere, Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà (translated: What the hell are you doing here?) was elected best pub in the world a few years ago by Ratebeer, but there are many other good beer places in the city (Open Baladin, Barley Wine, Hop & Pork to drink, and Johnny's Off License to buy Italian craft beers). Milano also has very good places like Birrificio Lambrate, the oldest brewpub in town and a very cozy place, Birrificio Italiano, Scott Duff, Lambiczoon, and Birrificio La Ribalta. From Milano you can also visit by car some great small breweries such as Birrificio Rurale, Alder Beer, Birrificio Menaresta, and Birrificio Hamer.” Evan Rail, a Prague-based beer writer, agrees. “If I could go anywhere right now, Italy would be it. Because of my lockdown-induced wanderlust, I’ve started dreaming about where to go when we can travel again, and a beer tour through the Dolomites in the Friuli region is at the top of my list, starting with Birrificio Artigianale Foglie d’Erba. The first draw is that Foglie d’Erba make excellent, charismatic beers. But the brewery itself is set in the Dolomite mountains, one of the most beautiful parts of Europe. I’ve been through the

Hey, we’ve got great beer here in Canada

Perhaps your budget isn’t quite ready to take you to Europe. No problem: we have amazing beer right here in Canada. Ontario’s craft beer scene is very exciting these days. Stephen Beaumont has become reacquainted with Toronto’s beer scene during the pandemic, and likes what he has tasted: “Toronto can hold its own as a beer city with the best beer cities in the world.” The best brewery there, according to NOW Magazine’s panel of judges, is Godspeed Brewery, but there are many more worth checking out, including Left Field Brewing and Great Lakes Brewing. He also highlighted the beer scene in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and you can find Rob Mangelsdorf’s rave review of Hamilton’s craft breweries in our online archives at bc.thegrowler.ca. Personally, I’d love to check out Halifax’s craft beer community. Tara Luxmore, co-editor of the The Growler Ontario, says Québec’s Gaspé Peninsula is at the top of her list: key stops are Pit Caribou and Brasserie Auval, along with terroir-driven breweries on the far-flung Îles de la Madeleine. I’ve also been hearing positive reviews of Alberta’s burgeoning scene.

B.C.'s craft beer industry needs to become

by Joe Wiebe

he craft beer industry in British Columbia is dominated by a homogenous group of white males. That undeniable fact has been true since the earliest days of the microbrewing movement, with only a few exceptions. Certainly, one can argue that more and more women have become involved in the beer world over the past decade, but there is a long way yet to go in terms of welcoming Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) to the industry, as well as folks who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ+). In the midst of the Black Lives Matter protests that caught the world’s attention last summer, some B.C. breweries showed their support by posting black squares on their social media platforms. But even before Blackout Tuesday ( June 2, 2020), a small group of people had already started working together to launch the Diversity in Brewing initiative (DIB). Heather Keegan, a longtime employee at Storm Brewing, said she initially proposed the idea of a

scholarship to James Walton, Storm’s owner. “But then I realized something like this would be more meaningful, and more impactful, as a collective effort not centered on one business.” Keegan reached out to three other members of the beer community, Meghan Fulton, Bruce Gill, and Dan Lee, “whom I really respect and whose voices need to be shared and heard across the industry.” They shaped the DIB initiative together, with Keegan acting as coordinator. In addition to launching a website that includes a blog where their stories and those of other diverse members of the beer community are published, they worked with Kwantlen Polytechnic University to create a scholarship for students in the Brewing and Brewery Operations program. Breweries were asked to donate $200 or more. DIB hoped to offer a $5,000 scholarship to one student in the 2020-21 school year, but so many breweries donated that three $5,000 awards were given out. The first recipients were announced by KPU last fall: Nishant Amin, Jasper Bautista, and Alex Paul.

KPU’s Diversity in Brewing Award winners Nishant Amin, Jasper Bautista, and Alex Paul (l to r). Supplied photos

For Nishant Amin, the scholarship reinforced his choice to come to Canada from India to “fulfil my dream of being a brewer.” Jasper Bautista hopes to own his own microbrewery one day, a unique place that serves tapas along with craft beer: “I want to shift the culture and target the hip hop and basketball community.” And to Alex Paul, “The value of the scholarship far exceeds the monetary award I was given. Just the effect on the beer community of having a scholarship that embraces diversity from the LBGTQ+ and BIPOC communities is huge.” While the scholarship was a great success story, the DIB team acknowledges that more needs to be done. “Donating money is awesome. It’s made a significant difference in these students’ lives and it shows the industry is willing to support diversity,” Keegan said. “However, our hope is that every brewery that donates sees this as just one way they can help, and are taking other steps as well.” In the past year two B.C. breweries were called out for mistreatment of employees. Numerous anonymous posts published on the NotOurP49 Instagram account beginning in July, 2020, detailed allegations of racist, transphobic, sexist, homophobic, and misogynistic behavior by owners and managers at Vancouver’s Parallel 49 Brewing. The brewery’s response read, “As owners, we take full responsibility and will make no excuses,” and listed several steps they intended to take, including hiring an HR professional, and introducing sensitivity and management training. In June 2020, Backcountry Brewing in Squamish also faced criticism from an ex-employee. The brewery responded with a detailed Instagram post on January 26, 2021, that stated, “We failed to protect our employees, and we failed to uphold Backcountry’s values as an inclusive workplace.” The post went on to detail the company’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiatives.

To help breweries that want to make changes, the Canadian Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) has formed an Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination Committee, which published a list of resources on its website. The Diversity in Brewing website also includes a Resources page with suggestions that include posting prominent signage welcoming diverse and LGBTQ+ people, and explicitly stating in job postings that applicants from BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities are encouraged to apply. This might mean reaching out to potential employees in non-traditional ways, too. For example, when Persephone Brewing was hiring a new CEO in February 2019, co-owner Brian Smith posted a message online that read, “Of the first 15 applications for the posting of CEO at Persephone, none are women.” That led to what Smith described as “a great response from a number of really strong female candidates.” Persephone eventually hired Jenn Vervier, formerly of New Belgium Brewing. “Unfortunately, as COVID-19 set in, she decided to return to the U.S. where her children are based,” Smith explained. Vervier joined Persephone’s Board of Directors with Smith resuming CEO duties during the pandemic. He insisted that hiring Vervier “was an extremely positive experience and I would do it again in a heartbeat.” Persephone has also published a Statement on Inclusivity in Hiring on its website, updated its House Rules to include an inclusivity statement, and painted an indigenous territory acknowledgement prominently in its tasting room. While there is still a lot to be done to improve diversity in the brewing industry, Keegan is optimistic. “I always hope that people really want to do better,” she said, adding, “change doesn’t happen overnight and there’s a long way to go but each action and effort we make today can contribute to a brighter future for everyone.” j

B.C.’s new crop of farm breweries by Matt Cavers

The Beer Farmers photo

rowing up on a farm in Langley, Mel MacInnes has seen many different things happen on her land. When she was a kid, her family raised dairy cows. After they got out of the dairy business, they boarded horses and hosted movie shoots. But the thing that stayed the same throughout was a constant, unsettling question: “Every family discussion was, like, how do we keep the farm?” Like so many other rural families, they constantly searched for ways to keep their farm business afloat so that the land could stay in their own hands and not be developed beyond recognition. “It was just like in the movies.” The next part isn’t like the movies, at least not yet. This summer, MacInnes and her husband Andy Hamer plan to open Locality Brewing, giving local beer fans the opportunity to drink within metres of where their beer’s ingredients grew, and giving MacInnes Farms a new lease on life. And they’re in good company—in the last few years, several farm-based breweries have opened across the province. Some of them owe their existence directly to Crannóg Ales’ and Persephone Brewing Company’s struggles with the provincial government’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) regulations. These came to a head in 2016 when the two breweries were asked to choose between closure or compliance with a clause requiring them to grow 50 per cent of their raw ingredients on site, something neither brewery was able to do. After the provincial election in 2017, though, the new NDP government amended the regulations to allow breweries located on the ALR to source half of their raw ingredients from other B.C. farms if they are unable to grow sufficient quantities themselves, a privilege already enjoyed by B.C. wineries and cideries. It was an existential victory for Crannóg and Persephone, but some critics wondered whether the move would be exploited by breweries moving to farmland without a serious intent to actually ever farm. It’s a fair question to ask. But what’s clear is that, three years after the regulations were amended, B.C.’s new farm breweries are showing they’re up for the challenge of farming as much as that of brewing. And none more than Locality’s MacInnes and Hamer, who first planted a test crop of barley in 2016, inspired by what MacInnes said was “the crazy idea” of ultimately making beer with it. Opening a brewery may not actually seem so crazy these days, but it’s the way that they approached the farming side of things that seems—well,

Harvesting the first crop of barley by hand at MacInnes Farms in Langley, B.C. Locality Brewing photo

unconventional. They cut down their first crop with handheld scythes—“like in the old, old, old days,” said MacInnes. To their surprise, the barley they harvested met maltsters’ specifications, so, in the next year, they planted out five acres. This time, unwilling to commit to another hand harvest, they decided to invest in equipment, whereupon Hamer (whom MacInnes described as “a major Craigslist lover”) located the perfect tool at the right price. It was no problem that neither of them knew how to operate the 70-year-old thresher when it arrived from Alberta—a friendly volunteer from the BC Farm Museum, who’d grown up using a similar machine, helped them figure it out. There was still one problem: the barley crop was too small to ship away for custom malting. So Hamer — who happens to be an engineer—set to work building a small-scale malthouse. Now Locality is set up to produce half a ton of malt at a time, which allows them not just to malt their own grain but also to fill custom malting orders for other small, local producers. One of those is Chilliwack’s Farmhouse Brewing, whose ten-acre property will produce an estimated eight tons of barley per year. Farmhouse is the most recent farm brewery to open in B.C., and as head

Every family discussion was, like, how do we keep the farm? —Mel MacInnes, Locality Brewing 13

We see ourselves as farmers that opened a brewery, not brewers that bought a farm.

—Will Miller, The Beer Farmers

TOP: Freshly harvested barley in Chilliwack, B.C. Farmhouse Brewing photo. BOTTOM: Hops almost ready to be harvested in Delta, B.C. Barnside Brewing photo

brewer Josh Rempel confirmed, it “would not have happened” were it not for the 2017 change in ALR regulations. Still, Farmhouse is committed to growing as much of their own ingredients as possible, with approximately half of their property planted with barley, and another two being developed into a small hop yard in partnership with Bredenhof Hop Farms. The value of a farm brewery, for Rempel, doesn’t depend on the brewery achieving complete self-sufficiency. “It’s about bringing people closer to the product that they’re actually drinking,” he said. For Farmhouse, that rests on a combination of growing their own grain and hops, as well as using locally-sourced ingredients such as berries. On the other hand, self-sufficiency looks different for Ladner’s Barnside Brewing, where co-owner Ken Malenstyn not only cheerfully told me “We don’t buy hops”—words many cash-strapped brewery owners would love to be able to speak — but also that the hundreds of acres of farmland adjacent to the brewery also produce more than enough barley to keep the mash tun full year-round. Barnside, a partnership between four neighbouring farm families, opened in 2020, and given the productivity of their barley and hops,

they would have been able to do so even had ALR regulations not been loosened in 2017. Yet Malenstyn believes that the changes are beneficial, at least in theory. “If it’s for actual farmers to find a new market to be involved in,” he said, “and to leverage their existing farm in different ways and create some vertical integration—that’s awesome.” By way of example, Malenstyn explained to me that farmers sometimes grow barley in rotation with other crops, and the harvest is often used for animal feed. By reserving the barley grown this way for malting—and then transforming it into beer—Barnside extracts extra value from a crop that otherwise might struggle to pay its own way. And then there’s another sort of value—one that’s hard to put a price on. At The Beer Farmers, which opened in 2018 on the Miller family farm in Pemberton, the brewery is just the latest project on a long-standing family farm. William Miller purchased the land in 1911, and, according to his great-grandson, Beer Farmers co-founder Will Miller, “there’s been a crop of potatoes here every year since that.” The brewery is a family pursuit, with Will’s mom Brenda brewing the beer, his father Bruce taking the lead on the farm, and Will, in his words, doing “everything else,” including leading the planning and construction of a smallscale malthouse that will process the farm’s barley crop. Opening a brewery has provided the family with an opportunity to diversify and add value to the farm’s output, but also to carry on a farming tradition, even in an untraditional way. As outsiders to the B.C. craft beer scene, we can expect Miller and his fellow farm brewers to show us a thing or two. They might even disrupt some prevailing trends, like beer lovers’ geography-defying obsession with exotic fruits and imported hops. What we can count on, though, is that their first loyalty is to the soil. As Miller said, “We see ourselves as farmers that opened a brewery, not brewers that bought a farm.” j

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WILL TANENBAUM

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ADAM KEIL

EMIC THE PAND

EDITION

by Joe Wiebe

e decided to check in with two breweries that launched in 2020 to get their takes on what it was like to open their doors during the pandemic. I spoke to Will Tanenbaum at Patina Brewing, which opened on March 6, and Adam Keil from Mountainview Brewing in Hope, which opened on November 24. Because of COVID-19-related travel restrictions we met up via Zoom. I kicked the interview off by asking Will what it was like to open just as the pandemic arrived. WILL TANENBAUM: We opened the restaurant March 6. The brewery itself wasn’t operational yet because we were waiting on a thousand-amp Hydro upgrade. We were classically behind on the construction schedule. We’d done some contract brewing so we had four brands in the market at that point. The first weekend we were doing great and then 11 days later the pandemic shut things down. As a result we had to go to a takeout-only model with the restaurant and lay off all of our non-salaried staff. Without the brewery operational that put me into the kitchen. Prior to that I’d been project managing the construction side

of things so in between trying to assuage Hydro’s concerns about whether or not it was a safe environment to work in, I’m putting baked beans in to-go cups, trying to manage all that for 16 hours a day. The classic brewery position of “other duties as necessary.” It was a mess. That was the routine until late May when we got to open the taproom back up. The brewery finally opened with the Hydro upgrade in late July and our first batch was brewed July 31. ADAM KEIL: When the pandemic struck we were still in construction phase. Originally we were hoping maybe we’d get some batches going by June, but pretty much all work stopped. We couldn’t get contractors out to do anything. Hydro needed to move a pole for us and run the line underground but it was like pulling teeth. [Will chuckles knowingly] It was definitely stressful, the uncertainty—you have a game plan for your business and then you have to rethink it all. Is this model we have even going to work? Are we going to be able to open at all? In the end, it all came together. We do have our lounge open, but our occupancy isn’t super high.

Our expectations for can sales were blown out of the water. —Adam Keil, Mountainview Brewing It went pretty good through Christmas, but obviously now it’s January, historically a terrible month for beer sales. We’ve been just trying to get creative. We’ve got a small kitchen—we’ve got some sandwiches and share boards and stuff. It’s a pretty limited menu but we’ve been trying to run some stuff to attract some people to come out.

We didn’t have any online ordering capacity at the time. If you look at the BC Brewers Collective Facebook page everyone is sharing information, everyone’s kind of adjusting on the fly while trying to obfuscate it from the customer because obviously you don’t want to look too much like you’re flying by the seat of your pants. In the summer, Port Coquitlam gave us the use of the lane beside our building so all of a sudden we had a giant patio and we had pretty decent weather so we were able to use that. I really think we ended up about as lucky as we had any right to have been.

WILL: I remember when the initial lockdown started, we were like, “OK, I guess we’re taking this seriously for the next week or two…” [laughs] But one of our owners who had worked in Toronto running restaurants during SARS said, “We should be prepared. This could last through May.”

ADAM: Our opening was late November so people were kind of used to the routines, wearing masks and stuff. That part wasn’t too bad because people had an expectation that we were going to have stringent rules. We’re lucky that we have a really big space. It’s an old warehouse, the ceilings are 20’ high, and based on square footage we could have many more people in here, so people are feeling pretty comfortable coming into the space still.

Crowlers and cans for sale at Patina Brewing. Patina Brewing photo

WILL: We’re lucky enough to be next door neighbours with Mile 37 [Craft Canning] so back in February he was trying to sell me on this crowler thing, and I was like, yeah, I don’t know. My plan was really not to bother with cans until six months in at the earliest. Then COVID-19 hit and the only way we had to sell beer was growlers. Then the lag times on getting more growlers started tailing out. At one point we were filling Mason jars that we were buying at Canadian Tire. It was terrible. It was every self-respecting brewer’s nightmare. So we got the crowler seamer and were doing all these crowlers, and then there was a crowler shortage so we were flip flopping back and forth between formats for months. We only ended up doing our first 473-ml can run with a mobile canning company just before Christmas.

JOE: What was it like adjusting to the changing rules throughout the year?

Our expectations for can sales were blown out of the water. When we opened up we canned a little and thought that’ll be lots—we’re not going into any stores, it’s all going to be in-house sales right now. Within a couple of weeks we sold out of all these great products that are selling really well. So we’re expanding our can lineup. We’re getting the mobile canners in next week so we can pump out 35 HL in a day rather than spreading it out over three days [on a manual canning system].

At one point we were filling Mason jars that we were buying at Canadian Tire. It was terrible. It was every self-respecting brewer’s nightmare.

—Will Tanenbaum, Patina Brewing

in May when the population here quadruples for three months. JOE: Do you have an optimistic message to end on?

A variety of cans at Mountainview Brewing. Mountainview Brewing photo

JOE: Adam, I assume the fact that a lot of tourists drive through Hope was part of your business model? ADAM: That was the whole model in a sense! Last summer, even with COVID-19, it was one of the busiest summers we’ve ever had in town as far as actual traffic, so I’m hopeful—we just gotta get to May. In the beginning we were getting a lot of out-of-town people still, but when they said you’re not supposed to leave your health region any more, that was a big turning point. JOE: With hindsight would you have delayed or done anything differently? ADAM: We were already behind schedule for so long, we felt like we just had to open and figure it out, start having some revenue coming in. On the other hand, it’s such a gong show in Hope in the summer with tourism so it’s kind of nice to have it a little quieter right now so we can work out all the kinks in terms of the lounge side. It’s good and bad. You want to sell tons of beer but at the same time we don’t want to be caught flat-footed

ADAM: I don’t think it’s going to last forever. That being said, it’s probably not the last time we’re going to find ourselves in a situation like this so hopefully we’re all a little more prepared next time. For new breweries, being able to be flexible and adjusting your expectations that you might have to change things on a dime. If you go in with that kind of mindset then it’s not as shocking as trying to stick to your guns and have this plan, and then you get a wrench thrown in there. If you're expecting the wrench every step of the way then I think it’s a bit easier to deal with. WILL: [laughs] I love that: expect a wrench. The other thing I’d tack on to that is, you know, craft beer isn’t dead. There is so much education and demand that can’t be unravelled. We’ve come a long way since the ‘80s and I think if something like this had happened in an earlier time when craft beer was more exclusively a luxury product then I think it could have been pretty ruinous to the industry in general. What are you seeing now if not the resiliency of so many businesses? It really made us examine the fundamentals of our business model in a way that if you’re making a lot of money maybe you’re not looking quite so closely. I’m sure that whatever breweries are thinking about opening are thinking long and hard to make sure what they’ve got planned out is sensible and sound. I feel optimistic about that. It’s cliché to say we’ll emerge stronger for it but I do believe it. j

craFt pollination Craft beer is having a big impact on B.C.’s cider scene— and vice versa!

by Rob Mangelsdorf

t wasn’t so long ago that the few options available for locally-made cider came in large plastic bottles usually reserved for sugary soft drinks—and tasted just as sweet.

water,” McKinlay notes. Meanwhile, the success of craft breweries across the province has helped to inspire the new generation of cidermakers to enter the market and start their own businesses.

Thankfully, that’s no longer the case, with liquor stores devoting entire aisles to the growing number of local cideries, each producing a widening array of styles. From dry-hopped cider, to gosestyle, to beer/cider hybrids like graff, cideries are increasingly looking to craft beer for inspiration.

“That’s allowed us to do what we want,” McKinlay says. “And that’s what craft is all about, it’s about making something that’s an extension of you, and beer has lowered people’s resistance to that.”

Bruce McKinlay of Valley Cider in Duncan says craft beer helped pave the way for the growing craft cider industry in B.C. “The explosion of craft beer has been about, for lack of a better term, thinking outside the box. And historically, cider has had a very strict, immutable box that it’s been stuck in,” he says. “If you go back 10 years—even five years—cider has been defined by a bunch of grumpy white guys from Southwest England.” The explosion of craft beer in recent years has helped open people up to trying something new, and that’s encouraged creativity within the cider industry: gone are the days of “carcinogenic sugar

Valley Cider currently offers close to 20 different types of cider, some of which have been influenced by craft beer styles. Humulus Lupulus is McKinlay’s take on a dry-hopped cider, a style inspired by big, bold IPAs. But unlike IPAs, McKinlay’s version focuses on the floral aroma and flavour of the hops, as opposed to the bitterness. “It doesn’t make sense to recreate Fat Tug as a cider,” he says. “But we can use hops in a different way, that makes sense for cider.” Meanwhile, craft beer, in turn, is embracing cider. Some breweries—like Surrey’s Central City, Vancouver’s 33 Acres and Gibsons’ Persephone Brewing—have released ciders of their own, while other breweries are incorporating apples and cider-making techniques to create beer/cider hybrids.

Since cider has become a quality craft beverage, brewers are paying more attention to it. There are no rules anymore, so we can try anything. —Harley Smith One hybrid style that’s catching on is called “graff,” and as strange at it may seem, it was actually invented by Stephen King. Yes, that Stephen King. “Yeah, it was in his Dark Tower series,” says Longwood Brewing brewmaster Harley Smith. “In the book, there’s an outer world where everyone drinks this stuff called “graff ” and it’s a cross between beer and cider. Ten, 15 years ago some homebrewers thought it would be a good idea to start making the stuff, and now it’s a real thing. So thank you Stephen King!” Every year, Longwood brews a graff-inspired beer-cider hybrid made with locally-grown quince—a pome fruit similar to pear. This year, thanks to a local bumper crop of apples, he has plans for a barrel-aged beer-cider hybrid.

Bruce McKinlay at Valley Cider in Duncan, B.C. Valley Cider photo

“Since cider has become a quality craft beverage, brewers are paying more attention to it,” he says. “There are no rules anymore, so we can try anything.” Beer and cider are companion industries, he notes, and because cider is gluten-free, it offers breweries the opportunity to produce a beverage for people who may not be able to drink beer. Many brewery tasting rooms already carry a cider guest tap specifically to cater to gluten-free customers. Ravens Brewing brewmaster Dan Marriette says like many breweries across the province, Ravens is exploring the idea of producing its own cider in the future. “It’s local, it’s gluten-free… and it gives us a fun, new, interesting avenue to explore,” he says. For Smith, the appeal of incorporating cider into his beer is all about showcasing local terroir. Tree fruits, in particular, are useful for introducing wild yeast that would otherwise be difficult to isolate, he notes. “There’s wild yeasts present [on the skins of tree fruit] that we can’t get anywhere else,” he says. For a brewery that specializes in sourcing its ingredients locally, that offers a unique opportunity to impart a local flavour.

Quince Tart Lager from Longwood Brewery in Nanaimo, B.C. Longwood Brewery photo

“We’re open to everything local,” says Smith. “And the farmers know it and they’ll come knocking on our door if they have something they think we might be able to use.” j

this hand sanitizer, that beer

Matt Cavers is the sole attendee at the This Hand Sanitizer, That Beer Throwdown on January 9, 2021. Photos by Matt Cavers, obviously.

by Matt Cavers Author’s note: below is a transcript of my notes from the This Hand Sanitizer, That Beer Throwdown, a new event which took place on January 9, 2021, in Gibsons.* 12:40 P.M. // First beer event I’ve been to in a year! Love the concept—we’re pairing B.C. craft beer with hand sanitizer made by B.C. craft breweries. Place looks great, too. I vacuumed. 12:45 P.M. // Getting set up. Took a while to find beer tickets but then remembered that stash in my underwear drawer from the 2019

B.C. Beer Awards. I knew they’d come in handy! (I got in free today by volunteering at the ticket table.)

Think I’ll hit the Red Truck booth first, which is also my fridge.

1:00 P.M. // The event’s started but nobody's here. I’ve pocketed the tickets. Time for a pour. Moving to the couch. 1:05 P.M. // Forgot that I volunteered to pour too, so getting up again. Think I’ll hit the Red Truck booth first, which is also my fridge. 1:10 P.M. // OK, first sani of the day! Red Truck’s Hand Sanitizer spritzes evenly—nice mist dispersion. Aroma: ethanol and—actually that’s it. It’s unscented. Now the pairing—Road Trip Classic Lager. Crisp and clean. Clean hands and clean beer! Ha! Ha! No liquor inspector in sight so I’m finishing the can. 1:20 P.M. // Round two: From Gibsons, The 101’s “Hand and Surface Sanitizer.” Spritzed some on my coffee table and it’s left a mark. Hmm. At least it’s a clean mark! Aroma is strong ethanol— a blank canvas for their bold and fruity Tall Faller Hazy IPA. Wow, there are four pours in a tall can! 1:35 P.M. // I checked my driveway and there’s no food truck. Opening some chips instead. Better sanitize! Spritzing left hand with 101 and right with Red Truck. Nuanced ethanol. Love the collaboration in this industry. Maybe I’ll have another Road Trip while I eat. 1:50 P.M. // Round three: Patina, from PoCo. Their sani is in a pump bottle. Pumping. Nothing coming out. Pumping. Pumping. What the— uh oh. Mark on my table is now bigger. Huge aroma—this one’s an ethanol bomb. Is “ethanol” the “malty” of hand sanitizer tasting, er, smelling

Is “ethanol” the “malty” of hand sanitizer tasting, er, smelling notes? notes? It’s all I’ve got. Cracking their Juicy IPA. Juicy. Trying their Amber Lager too. It’s “malty.” 2:10 P.M. // My family just got home. My wife looks concerned and my son is eyeing up my pretzel necklace. 2:30 P.M. // My wife says it’s last call—already? I think Bad Tattoo, from Penticton, is probably still pouring. Cracked a can, but where’s the sanitizer? Wait, this can is the sanitizer? OK. Pouring it copiously over my hands in the bathroom sink. This feels dangerous. My skin is stinging and the bathroom smells flammable. Hey, that’s a good aroma word: “flammable”! OK, pairing time—uh oh, I think it really is last call—maybe I can still get a pour of their Peanut Butter Chocolate Porter—what?—my wife says she drank it on her Zoom call last night. Nope—here’s one! Wow! Chocolatey! 2:40 P.M. // Phone’s ringing. My wife says it’s the liquor inspector. Says the event permit is invalid. I’m skeptical. 2:45 P.M. // Whatever. Vibe killed. Looking for instant ramen. Does anyone here know how to check in hand sanitizer on Untappd? j *At my house.

RECIPE

Brass Fish burger with Fat Tug IPA from Driftwood Brewery BY CHEF SARAH STEWART, BRASS FISH TAVERN

Fred Fung photos

rass Fish Tavern opened last February just in time for the pandemic. Located in Vancouver’s historic Marine Building, the name takes inspiration from the building itself. It is a beautiful, unique space with memorable design elements including a whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling. “It is a place for elevated pub food, craft beers and cocktails,” explained Chef Sarah Stewart. “We also have an Izakaya—which is a type of informal Japanese bar—so in a way it is a pub within the pub. We draw inspiration from those flavours in our core menu as well.” For this recipe, Stewart chose “our riff on a classic fast food burger. Our chef team is passionate

about using local suppliers and quality goods, and we are also really excited about trashy snacks.” While the burger was a collaboration, the signature Russian dressing recipe is her own creation. The ideal beer pairing was a consensus pick among the Brass Fish staff. “Fat Tug is the beer of choice to pair with our burger. Not only do I love everything that Driftwood Brewery does, but the fruity and bitter notes of this particular beer complement and hold their own against the rich Two Rivers beef and buttery bun.” While beer doesn’t play a part in this particular recipe, Stewart said, “I enjoy cooking with bold flavours. I love the range of acidities available in sour beers and I find the complementary fruit

flavours really versatile when cooking.” She would suggest making an IPA onion and thyme jam as an additional topping for this burger, or perhaps a fruit-forward sour beer and apple mustard along with double smoked bacon. Stewart lives in East Van, “the land of small breweries so I love to stroll around and see what is new and at my doorstep.” She prefers sour and hoppy beers: “I’m not sure if it is due to the fact that I spend most of my days tasting food that is quite rich, and I really love bold and tangy flavours as an offset to that richness. I just can’t get enough sour. The more sour and the more hoppy, the better for me personally.” Brass Fish Tavern has an extensive beer list with a wide variety of craft beers from B.C. breweries. It also offers Happy Hour pricing on all B.C. draught beer weekdays from 3pm to 7pm. So maybe after trying to make this burger at home, head over to Brass Fish and taste the real thing there. —Joe Wiebe

Brass Fish Tavern chef Sarah Stewart created this burger in collaboration with her staff, but the Russian dressing recipe is all her own.

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3.Taste and adjust to personal preference.

Russian Dressing • 1 cup mayo • ¼ cup ketchup • 2 tbsp horseradish • 2 tbsp finely chopped dill pickle • 1 tbsp dijon mustard • 1 tbsp sriracha • 1 tbsp cider vinegar • to taste salt & pepper • 1 tbsp chopped parsley

4. Store refrigerated for up to a week.

Burger • 1 Martin potato roll, buttered • 1 Two Rivers grass-fed beef patty • salt & pepper, to taste • 2 tbsp Russian dressing • 4 bread and butter pickles • ¼ cup lettuce (finely sliced) • 2 slices Roma tomato • 1 slice American cheddar

5. Cover each side of the bun in sauce and top with your favourite ingredients.

Burger 1. Season the burger patty with salt & pepper. 2. Sear in a hot pan or griddle, cooking 3 minutes per side approximately. 3. When the burger is almost cooked, place the cheese on the top to melt. 4. Toast and butter the bun.

6. Make and eat three more of them because they are that gosh darn good. j

d i r ecti o n s Russian Dressing 1. Gather everything in specified quantities. 2. Mix in a small bowl.

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33 Acres signifies “success through hard work.” Numerologically, 33 is a master number, and “acres” refers to the honest human labour associated with farming.

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Enjoy incredible food from P49’s “Street Kitchen,” a converted food truck parked right inside the tasting room, along with delicious and creative beers.

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DELTA

DAGERAAD BREWING

FOUR WINDS BREWING CO.

114-3191 Thunderbird Cres. | DageraadBrewing.com

4-355 72nd St. | FourWindsBrewing.ca

From its core lineup to the wide range of barrel-aged specialties and collaborations with other breweries, Dageraad’s Belgian-style beers are always delicious and often exceptional.

Visiting Four Winds’ tasting room in person is a pretty great experience, but even if you can’t get there in person, they ship throughout B.C.

STERKE SOELAAS

NECTAROUS

FIELD THEORY

BELGIAN-STYLE SPICED S T R O N G DA R K A L E Availability: One-off ABV IBU

SAISON

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R A L E

ABV IBU

W E S T C OA S T I PA

Availability: Year-round

Availability: Seasonal

9.0% 20

GREG

4.5% 25

ABV IBU

LANGLEY

Availability: Small batch

5.5% 6

ABV IBU

6.5% 50

LANGLEY

CAMP BEER CO.

DEAD FROG BREWERY

19664 64 Ave. | CampBeer.ca

105-8860 201st St. | DeadFrog.ca

As the weather warms up, this brewery’s camping-themed vibe and patio will be a popular draw for locals and visitors from other regions, too.

Dead Frog continues to push boundaries with its Juice Box. What other B.C. brewery would put out a mixed 12-pack featuring only sour beers?!

MILE MARKER

WARHEAD BLACKBERRY IMPERIAL SOUR

H A Z Y PA L E A L E

ANORAK IPA W E S T C OA S T I PA

SOUR ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.8% 20

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.2% 80 Sponsored content

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

9.0% 12

PURPLE HAZE HAZY IPA H A Z Y I PA

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 45

LANGLEY

FARM COUNTRY BREWING

FIVE ROADS BREWING

#5-20555 56 Ave. | FarmCountryBrewing.com

6263 202nd St. | FiveRoadsBrewing.com

Farm Country’s large tasting room has enough space to adhere to all COVID-19 restrictions and still seat up to 75 patrons.

Five Roads has a spacious patio and tasting room serving locally sourced food along with great beer. Select beers are available in four and six-packs.

JOHNNY SMASH VOL.4 D RY H O P P E D L A G E R

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

SANGRIA SOUR

UDDERLY DELICIOUS

C H O C O L AT E H A Z E L N U T ALE Availability: Seasonal

5.0% 35

ABV IBU

FRUITED SOUR/WINE BLEND

PERMANENT RESIDENT I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal

6.0% 45

ABV IBU

LANGLEY

Availability: Year-round

5.5% 7

ABV IBU

6.2% 59

LANGLEY

TRADING POST BREWING

LOCALITY BREWING

25160 72 Ave. | LocalityBrewing.ca

107-20120 64th Ave. | TradingPostBrewing.com

Visit this farm-based brewery to taste beer terroir in your glass. Take a walk in the barley field and hopyard and check out the malthouse.

Triple your pleasure! In addition to the brewery and tasting room in Langley, Trading Post also operates eateries in Fort Langley and Abbotsford.

DUALITY

GJAERKAUK IPA

BELGIAN SINGLE

K V E I K I PA

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

4.7% 20

LEMON LIME GOSE SOUR GOSE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.3% 55 Sponsored content

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 7

RASPBERRY WHEAT ALE F R U I T W H E AT A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

7.5% 7 37

NORTH VAN

BRIDGE BREWING CO.

HOUSE OF FUNK BREWING CO.

1448 Charlotte Rd. | BridgeBrewing.com

350 E. Esplanade | HouseOfFunkBrewing.com

Last year, Bridge opened the Lonsdale BridgeDeck restaurant, which offers all its beers on tap along with an extensive menu created by head chef Trevor Harris.

Every brew at House of Funk must spend time fermenting or conditioning in wood, or be subjected to an onslaught of wild yeast, souring bacteria and other funky micro-organisms.

PRIMETIME

BAVARIAN LAGERBIER

L OW- C A L O R I E L OW- C A R B PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 12

IRONWORKERS IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E

HOUSE OF LAGER

Availability: Small-batch ABV IBU

S O U R W H E AT B E E R

Availability: Year-round

6.4% 46

PORT COQUITLAM

FLORA

ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

4.8% 20

ABV IBU

3.0% N/A

PORT COQUITLAM

BOARDWALK BREWING

TINHOUSE BREWING CO.

550 Sherling Pl. | TinhouseBrewing.ca

2155-575 Seaborne Ave. | Instagram.com/BoardwalkBrewing

You may have heard about the fermentation tanks stolen while this brewery was under construction. Good news, Boardwalk expects to open this spring!

Look for this brewery right beside the PoCo Traboulay Trail, a 25km flat circle route ideal for cycling. They have a bike rack… and beer!

WE’RE EXPERIMENTING

LET’S GET TAKE-OUT THAI WIT

WA I T A N D S E E

Availability: Coming soon! ABV IBU

BELGIAN WIT Availability: Seasonal

N/A N/A

ABV IBU

Sponsored content

4.5% 15

HIGH KNOLL HAZY IPA N E I PA

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 65

PORT MOODY

RICHMOND

PARKSIDE BREWERY

FUGGLES & WARLOCK CRAFTWORKS

2731 Murray St. | TheParksideBrewery.com

103-11220 Horseshoe Way | FugglesWarlock.com

Parkside’s big tasting room and two separate patios outside provide plenty of options for your beer tasting pleasure. You’ll also find food trucks out front every day.

Along with its tasting room, Fuggles has an extended, covered patio with fire pit lounges that are available by reservation. Kids and dogs are welcome.

PLEASANTSIDE

MOUNTAIN VIEW

M I X E D B E R RY A L E

MOTEL

H A Z Y PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

BLACK CURRANT SOUR

Availability: Year-round

4.8% 10

ABV IBU

PIXEL PILS

CZECH-STYLE PILSNER

Availability: Seasonal

5.8% 40

ABV IBU

SURREY

Availability: Year-round

6.0% 7

ABV IBU

5% 30

SURREY

RED RACER

RUSSELL BREWING CO.

11411 Bridgeview Dr. | CentralCityBrewing.com

202 - 13018 80th Ave. | RussellBeer.com

Brewmaster Gary Lohin launched Red Racer IPA in cans back in 2008—way ahead of the canning trend the craft beer industry has recently embraced.

One of the first 10 breweries to open in B.C. back in 1995, Russell Brewing is still going strong more than 25 years later.

HAZY DREAMER

PEACH COBBLER

BEACH DAY

WAT E R M E L O N W H E AT ALE

H A Z Y PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 30

D E S S E RT S O U R

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

SOUTH AFRICAN HAZY IPA

5.0% 20 Sponsored content

H A Z Y I PA

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

5.5% 6

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

6.0% N/A 39

WHITE ROCK

GALAXIE CRAFT BREWHOUSE

BEERE BREWING COMPANY

312 E. Esplanade, North Vancouver BeereBrewing.com

1122 Vidal St. | GalaxieCraftBeer.com

This new brewery is based in a 1950s building built by BC Telecom (way before the internet), which is located on White Rock’s west beach. THE ZENITH S M A S H I PA

BLACK HOLE S TO U T

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

BIG RIDGE BREWING CO.

5580 152 St., Surrey MJG.ca/Big-Ridge

5.5% N/A

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% N/A

3 DOGS BREWING

BLACK KETTLE BREWING

106 -720 Copping St., North Vancouver BlackKettleBrewing.com

BRITANNIA BREWING CO.

1515 Johnston Rd., White Rock 3DogsBrewing.com

110-12500 Horseshoe Way, Richmond BBCO.ca

ANOTHER BEER CO.

DEEP COVE BREWERS AND DISTILLERS

#11 - 30 Capilano Way, New Westminster AnotherBeerCo.com

BARNSIDE BREWING CO.

6655 60 Ave., Delta | BarnsideBrewing.ca

170 - 2270 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver DeepCoveCraft.com

FOAMERS’ FOLLY BREWING CO.

19221 122A Ave., Pitt Meadows FoamersFolly.ca

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LOWER MAINLAND

FRASER MILLS FERMENTATION CO.

3044 Saint Johns St., Port Moody FraserMillsFermentation.com

GREEN LEAF BREWING CO.

123 Carrie Cates Crt., North Vancouver GreenLeafBrew.com

LA CERVECERIA ASTILLEROS

226 E. Esplanade, North Vancouver Cerveceria-Astilleros.com

MAPLE MEADOWS BREWING CO.

22775 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge MapleMeadowsBrewing.com

MARINER BREWING

MOODY ALES

2601 Murray St., Port Moody MoodyAles.com

NORTH POINT BREWING CO.

266 E. 1st St., North Vancouver NorthPointBrewing.com

NORTHPAW BREW CO.

2150-570 Sherling Pl., Port Coquitlam NorthpawBrewCo.com

PATINA BREWING CO.

2332 Marpole Ave., Port Coquitlam PatinaBrewing.com

RIDGE BREWING CO.

1100 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam MarinerBrewing.ca

22826 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge RidgeBrewing.com

MONKEY 9 BREWING

SHAKETOWN BREWING

14200 Entertainment Blvd., Richmond Monkey9.ca

104 Esplanade E., North Vancouver ShaketownBrewing.com

LOWER MAINLAND

SILVER VALLEY BREWING CO.

#101 - 11952 224 St., Maple Ridge SilverValleyBrewing.com

SMUGGLERS TRAIL

140-9339 200a St., Langley SmugglersTrailCask.com

STEAMWORKS BREWING CO.

TAYLIGHT BREWING

402-1485 Coast Meridian Rd., Port Coquitlam | TaylightBrewing.com

THE BAKERY BREWING CO.

2617 Murray St., Port Moody TheBakeryBrewing.com

TWIN SAILS BREWING

3845 William St., Burnaby Steamworks.com

2821 Murray St., Port Moody TwinSailsBrewing.com

STEEL & OAK BREWING CO.

WHITE ROCK BEACH BEER CO.

1319 3rd Ave., New Westminster SteelAndOak.ca

STREETCAR BREWING

123A East 1st St., North Vancouver StreetcarBrewing.ca

STUDIO BREWING

5792 Beresford St., Burnaby StudioBrewing.ca

15181 Russell Ave., White Rock WhiteRockBeachBeer.com

WILDEYE BREWING

1385 Main St., North Vancouver WildeyeBrewing.ca

YELLOW DOG BREWING CO.

1 - 2817 Murray St., Port Moody YellowDogBrew.com

F r ase r Va l l e y

01 04 05

MISSION

CHILLIWACK

02 10

1 11

ABBOTSFORD 06 09

04 Field House

BREWERIES 01 Bricklayer 02 Farmhouse 03 Field House

45 44 44

CHWK 05 Flashback 06 Loudmouth 07 Mission Springs

44 45 45 45

08 09 10 11

Mountainview Old Abbey Old Yale Ravens

44 45 45 45

CIDERIES 12 Taves Estate

A year round, family-run farm market and full service butcher shop.

leppfarmmarket.com (604) 851 - 5377

33955 Clayburn Rd. Abbotsford, BC 43

ABBOTSFORD

CHILLIWACK

FIELD HOUSE BREWING CO.

FARMHOUSE BREWING CO.

2281 West Railway St. | FieldHouseBrewing.com

6385 Lickman Rd. | FarmhouseBrewing.co

Field House has earned a stellar reputation, both for the quality of its beers and the experience customers enjoy when visiting the brewery.

This farm-based brewery grows its own barley to use in its beers. It has a tasting room, heated patio, and a big, family-friendly picnic area.

FIELD HOUSE IPA

WINDMILL PILSNER

I N D I A PA L E A L E

DARK SOUR B E R RY S O U R

ABV IBU

PILSNER

Availability: Seasonal

Availability: Year-round

6.7% 30

FARMHOUSE ALE SAISON

Availability: Seasonal

Availability: Year-round

ABV 10.0% IBU 0

ABV IBU

CHILLIWACK

4.8% 28

ABV IBU

4.9% 25

HOPE

MOUNTAINVIEW BREWING CO.

FIELD HOUSE CHWK

#102-9251 Woolly Dog Alley | FieldHouseBrewing.com

390 Old Hope Princeton Way | MountainviewBrewing.ca

Field House’s second location in downtown Chilliwack focuses on IPAs and lagers. Enjoy unique brews on-site along with delicious pizzas from the wood fire oven.

Visit Hope to check out this brewery—and to take a self-guided tour of filming locations used in First Blood, the original Rambo movie.

GERMAN STYLE KÖLSCH

FIRST BLOOD ORANGE

KÖ L S C H

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5% 23

CITRA HAZY IPA H A Z Y I PA

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

I M P E R I A L W H E AT A L E Availability: Seasonal

6.3% 12 Sponsored content

ABV IBU

7.5% 15

THIS CASCADIAN LIFE

RICE LAGER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.7% 16

FRASER VALLEY

BRICKLAYER BREWING

46128 Yale Rd., Chilliwack BricklayerBrewing.com

RAVENS BREWING CO.

2485 Townline Rd., Abbotsford Ravens.beer

FLASHBACK BREWING CO.

TEMPORARILY CLOSED 1-9360 Mill St., Chilliwack FlashbackBrewing.ca

LOUDMOUTH BREWING

103 – 2582 Mt. Lehman Rd., Abbotsford LoudmouthBrewingCompany.ca

—x— Between the 20s and 70s, only hotel beer parlours could serve alcohol, in the form of beer by the glass. Hard liquor, music and even windows were forbidden. —x—

MISSION SPRINGS BREWING COMPANY

7160 Oliver St., Mission MissionSprings.ca

OLD ABBEY ALES

30321 Fraser Hwy., Abbotsford OldAbbeyAles.com

OLD YALE BREWING CO.

404 - 44550 South Sumas Rd., Chilliwack OldYaleBrewing.com

S ea to sk y 10

BREWERIES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

A-Frame Backcountry Batch 44 Coast Mountain Howe Sound Pemberton Persephone Tapworks The 101 The Beer Farmers Townsite Whistler

PEMBERTON 06 48 47 47 47 48 48 48 48 47 48 48 48

WHISTLER POWEL 11 POWELL

RIVER

16 17 18

101

CIDERIES 14 15 16 17 18 19

Banditry Brickers Cliffside Geo Northyards Sunday

101

19 80 80 80 78 81 77

01 02 05

SQUAMISH

BREW PUBS 13 High Mountain

04 12

N W

15 14 19

07 08 09

GIBSONS

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GIBSONS

SECHELT

THE 101 BREWHOUSE + DISTILLERY

BATCH 44 BREWERY & KITCHEN

The 101 has been making hand sanitizer for hospitals, schools and other businesses since the pandemic arrived. They also make delicious beer and food!

This family-owned brewery in the heart of downtown Sechelt opened early in 2020. Along with a range of beers, it has a full kitchen and patio.

SHINGLEROOF

MEDUSA LAGER

1009 Gibsons Way | The101.ca

HEFEWEIZEN

TALL FALLER H A Z Y I PA

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5561 Wharf Ave. | Batch44Brewery.com

GERMAN PILSNER

Availability: Year-round

5.4% 10

ABV IBU

FROSTY MORNING S C OT T I S H A L E

Availability: Year-round

6.5% 50

ABV IBU

SQUAMISH

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 19

ABV IBU

4.0% 12

WHISTLER

BACKCOUNTRY BREWING

COAST MOUNTAIN BREWING

#405 - 1201 Commercial Way | BackcountryBrewing.com

2-1212 Alpha Lake Rd. | CoastMountainBrewing.com

Famous for releasing a vast array of beers featuring creative names based on pop culture references, Backcountry is planning 100+ unique beers in 2021.

Visit the brewery to taste the full range of delicious beers in Coast Mountain’s lineup. If you can’t get there in person, the brewery delivers through Canada Post.

WIDOWMAKER

SUNBREAK SAISON

N E I PA

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.7% 50

TRAILBREAKER A M E R I C A N PA L E A L E

SAISON

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

HOPE YOU’RE HAPPY

5.0% 35 Sponsored content

J U I C Y I PA

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 30

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 25 47

WHISTLER

PEMBERTON BREWING CO.

WHISTLER BREWING CO.

1045 Millar Creek Rd. | WhistlerBeer.com

The only B.C. brewery that makes gluten-free beer, including a lager and a pale ale, Whistler Brewing also makes Mighty 90, a low-cal, low-carb pale ale. FORAGER

G L U T E N F R E E PA L E A L E

IBU

PERSEPHONE BREWING CO.

1053 Stewart Rd., Gibsons PersephoneBrewing.com

HAZY TRAIL PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV

1936 Stonecutter Pl., Pemberton PembertonBrewing.ca

5.0% 40

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 40

A-FRAME BREWING CO.

TAPWORKS BREWING CO.

537 Cruice Lane, Gibsons GibsonsTapworks.com

THE BEER FARMERS

38927 Queens Way, Squamish AFrameBrewing.com

8324 Pemberton Meadows Rd., Pemberton TheBeerFarmers.com

HIGH MOUNTAIN BREWING CO.

4355 Blackcomb Way, Whistler MJG.ca/BrewHouse

TOWNSITE BREWING

5824 Ash Ave., Powell River TownsiteBrewing.com

HOWE SOUND BREWING CO.

37801 Cleveland Ave., Squamish HoweSound.com

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Driftwood Herald St. Hoyne Île Sauvage Lighthouse

BREW PUBS 56 56 56 56 55

06 Phillips 07 Vancouver Island

08 Whistle Buoy

56 50 56

09 Canoe 10 Moon Under

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TAP ROOMS 55

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13 Smiths

56 55 56

11 Spinnakers 12 Swans

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VICTORIA

VANCOUVER ISLAND BREWING

2330 Government St. | VIBrewing.com

TUE-THU 12-6PM ^ FRI-SAT 12-7PM ^ SUN-MON CLOSED EST. 1984 Vancouver Island Brewing recently doubled the number of taps in its Taproom giving it 18 in total. That allows them to feature all their core brands along with seasonal and exclusive small-batch beers, as well as guest taps from local breweries and cideries. Plus, you can enjoy the beers on their covered and heated parking lot patio!

WEST COAST IPA

VICTORIA PILSNER

Availability: Year-round

I N D I A PA L E A L E

ABV

7.0%

IBU

PILSNER LAGER

ABV

With floral aromas and flavours of citrus and pine, this is a toast to the West Coast Trail.

IBU

POINT BREAK SOUR

B L A C K I PA Availability: One-off 6.8%

IBU

This German-style Pilsner is a clean and crisp full-bodied lager with a nice hop bite.

COLLABORATION SERIES: BLACK IPA

ABV

5.5%

Availability: Year-round

ABV

In this collab with Rossland Beer Co., roasted malt notes are balanced with bright piney and tropical hop flavours.

5.0%

IBU

Grapefruit and passionfruit aromas lead to more grapefruit and lemon peel flavours.

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Small Batches Finally!

Constrained by its 120hL original German brewhouse, Vancouver Island Brewing’s ability to experiment with small batches has been limited. Until now! With the installation of a 3hL pilot system, starting in spring 2021 this will allow for taproom-exclusive releases featuring locally sourced ingredients like small crop hops, botanicals and fruits. Sponsored content

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06 Sooke Brewing 56

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BREWERIES 01 Bad Dog 54 02 Category 12 55 03 Howl 54 04 Mayne Island 54 05 Salt Spring

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07 Sooke Oceanside 54

08 Twa Dogs 53 09 V2V Black Hops 56

CIDERIES

BREW PUBS

10 4 Mile

11 Ciderworks 80 12 Junction 81 13 Merridale 81 14 Salt Spring Wild 82 15 Sea Cider 82 16 Twin Island 82

SAANICH

TWA DOGS BREWERY AT MACALONEY DISTILLERY

761 Enterprise Cres. | VCaledonian.com

SUN-THU 12-6:30PM ^ FRI 11AM-9PM ^ SAT 11AM-8PM EST. 2016 Along with its comfortable and spacious tasting room, Twa Dogs also has a tented, heated patio out front. We also recommend the entertaining guided facility tours, which include beer and whisky tastings.

DROUTHY NEIBOR

MALCONTENT

Availability: Year-round

Availability: Seasonal

I N D I A PA L E A L E

ABV

7.0%

IBU

ENGLISH PUB ALE

ABV

“Drouthy” is Scottish for thirsty—be a good neighbour and pass him a can quick!

4.0%

IBU

This ale is meant to be gulped from a proper pint glass while watching cricket and eating crisps.

ENJOY A BEER AL FRESCO on our beautiful outdoor patio

(now partly covered with a tent for those drizzly days)

HAPPY HOUR

Monday-Thursday 4pm-close BREWERY & DISTILLERY | TAPROOM

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ESQUIMALT

MAYNE ISLAND

LIGHTHOUSE BREWING CO.

2-836 Devonshire Rd. | LighthouseBrewing.com

490 Fernhill Rd. | MayneIslandBrewingCo.com

Lighthouse recently launched a new fleet of rebranded beers. There are many new treasures, but if ‘tis an old favourite ye seek—Race Rocks is still there. RASPBERRY LIME PILSNER FRUITED LAGER

IBU

Put this idyllic spot on your bucket list for B.C. beer explorations once the pandemic allows it. You’ll be sipping delicious beer in paradise. FOGHORN IPA

POSEIDON PALE ALE

I N D I A PA L E A L E

ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 10

THE MARZENS ARE COMING! I N D I A PA L E A L E

PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV

MAYNE ISLAND BREWING CO.

ABV

5.0% 25

IBU

NORTH SAANICH

5.0% N/A

ABV IBU

4.8% N/A

SOOKE

BAD DOG BREWING COMPANY

HOWL BREWING

1780 Mills Rd. | HowlBrewing.ca

7861 Tugwell Rd. | BadDogBrewing.ca

Brewer Dan van Netten makes some of B.C.’s most unusual beers, including a regular rotation of unhopped Gruits with locally foraged botanicals, herbs and fruit.

With expanded capacity and a covered and heated open-air patio, Bad Dog is a great destination for a beer-themed road trip by car or bicycle.

CURRANT ROSEMARY MINT SAISON

SPACE WALK PASSIONFRUIT ALE

SPRING GRUIT UNHOPPED ALE

FRUIT ALE

SAISON

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 8

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 10 Sponsored content

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 22

PEEL OUT CITRUS IPA

I PA W I T H O R A N G E P E E L Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 25

SOOKE CITY

VICTORIA

SOOKE OCEANSIDE BREWERY

SPINNAKERS BREWPUB

308 Catharine St. | Spinnakers.com

1-5529 Sooke Rd. | SookeOceansideBrewing.com

After expanding capacity with a new production facility last year, SOB is also starting to package its products in tall cans.

Spinnakers continues to serve delicious food, beer and cider, all made on-site in its iconic brewpub. Recently, it added a lineup of pops and sparkling waters.

APRICOT GOLDEN ALE

RED WINE BARREL AGED IPA

B R U T- S T Y L E A L E

TART PALE ALE SOUR ALE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

8.0% 15

Availability: One-off ABV IBU

MITCHELL’S ESB

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: One-off ABV

4.7% 35

IBU

EXTRA SPECIAL BITTER Availability: Year-round

7.5% N/A

4 MILE BREWING CO.

ABV IBU

5.2% 40

The

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CANOE BREWPUB

450 Swift St., Victoria CanoeBrewpub.com

CATEGORY 12 BREWING

C - 2200 Keating Cross Rd., Central Saanich Category12Beer.com

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GREATER VICTORIA

DRIFTWOOD BREWERY

New location as of April: 836 Viewfield Rd., Victoria DriftwoodBeer.com

HERALD STREET BREW WORKS

506 Herald St., Victoria HeraldStreet.com

HOYNE BREWING CO.

101-2740 Bridge St., Victoria HoyneBrewing.ca

ÎLE SAUVAGE BREWING CO.

2960 Bridge St., Victoria IleSauvage.com

MOON UNDER WATER BREWERY

350B Bay St., Victoria MoonUnderWater.ca

PHILLIPS BREWING & MALTING CO.

2010 Government St., Victoria PhillipsBeer.com

SALT SPRING ISLAND ALES

270 Furness Rd., Salt Spring Island SaltSpringIslandAles.com

SOOKE BREWING CO.

2057 Otter Point Rd., Sooke SookeBrewing.com

SWANS BREWPUB

506 Pandora Ave., Victoria SwansHotel.com

V2V BLACK HOPS BREWING

2323 Millstream Rd., Langford V2VBlackHopsBrewing.ca

WHISTLE BUOY BREWING CO.

560 Johnson St., Victoria WhistleBuoyBrewing.com

BREWERIES

BREW PUBS

Ace Alberni Beach Fire Cliffside Cumberland Devil’s Bath Dog Mountain Gladstone Land & Sea Longwood LoveShack Mount Arrowsmith New Tradition Red Arrow Riot Small Block Tofino Twin City Ucluelet White Sails Wolf

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Affinity Gabbies Ravens Moon Valley

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DUNCAN

RED ARROW BREWING CO.

5255 Chaster Rd. | RedArrowBeer.ca

Along with an extended patio, Red Arrow’s tasting room now has 12 taps and can serve a full range of beer, cider, wine and spirits. KUSTOM KÖLSCH

PARTY HAT H A Z Y PA L E A L E

LAGERED ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

Our newly extended dog and kid-friendly patio is ready for another busy summer. Enjoy the Taco Revolution Food Truck on site 7 days a week ($3 Taco Tuesday special) Our new kitchen opens Summer 2021! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

Availability: Seasonal

5.0% 25

ABV IBU

5.5% N/A

M-Th 11-8 • F-Sa 11-9 • Su 11-7 Red Arrow Brewing @redarrowbeer

Watch for the return of our concert series!

PORT ALBERNI

TWIN CITY BREWING

4503 Margaret St. | TwinCityBrewing.ca

The BC Ale Trail gave Twin City its Best Brewery Experience Award in November. We wholeheartedly agree! This place should be at the top of your must-visit list. POSTSCRIPT

MUNICH HELLES LAGER Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 17

IPSO FACTO

D RY- H O P P E D S O U R Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 14 Sponsored content

CAMPBELL RIVER

COMOX

NEW TRADITION BREWING

BEACH FIRE BREWING

594 11th Ave. | BeachFireBrewing.ca

215 Port Augusta St. | NewTraditionBrewing.com

Along with the delicious beer, you can enjoy pizza baked in the wood-fired oven while sitting outside in the back yard patio.

Located in the heart of Comox within walking distance of the waterfront, enjoy mountain views and delicious brews on the patio or in the tasting room.

FORTUITOUS FALLER HELLES LAGER

BAIKIE ISLAND SPRUCE ALE SPRUCE TIP ALE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Seasonal

4.9% 19

ABV IBU

5.0% 20

COURTENAY

CURE FOR THE COMMON KÖLSCH

LAGERED ALE Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 23

NOON PATROL I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.5% 49

COURTENAY

ACE BREWING CO.

GLADSTONE BREWING CO.

150 Mansfield Dr. | Facebook.com/AceBrewingCompany

244 4th St. | GladstoneBrewing.ca

The winner of Ace’s Pilot Project home brewers contest gets to brew their beer on the brewery’s commercial system. Taste the results on May 12.

Gladstone has a newly expanded heated outdoor patio, an expanded tasting room, and will expand its brewery capacity and production later this year.

SPITFIRE LAGER

MARZEN

JET FUEL IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E

LAGER

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 22

O K TO B E R F E S T L A G E R

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

7.0% 70 Sponsored content

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.20 00

CREAM ALE

AMERICAN CREAM ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.2% 19 59

DUNCAN

NANAIMO

SMALL BLOCK BREWING CO. LONGWOOD BREWERY

203-5301 Chaster Rd. | SmallBlockBrewery.com

101A-2046 Boxwood Rd., Nanaimo LongwoodBeer.com

Enjoy British Indian street food from Holy Cow Indian Eats (best name ever!) either in the taproom or as takeaway with some 4-packs of beer.

Many of Longwood’s beers are brewed with locally grown barley and hops, especially their Independent Pilsner, which the brewery calls the “IPA of Pilsners.”

SPITFIRE WEE HEAVY

INDEPENDENT

S C OT T I S H A L E

HORNET

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

PILSNER

BLONDE ALE

IMPERIAL PILSNER

ABV IBU

5.0% 29

ABV IBU

NANAIMO

ABV IBU

5.0% 14

ABV IBU

5.5% 5

WOLF BREWING COMPANY

Nanaimo’s original brewpub has two levels inside and a patio outside, with four English-style draught engines serving cellar-conditioned beer along with excellent food from the kitchen.

Availability: Year-round

6.5% 70

940 Old Victoria Rd. | WolfBrewingCompany.com

5775 Turner Rd., Nanaimo LongwoodBrewpub.com

DA R K L A G E R

Availability: Seasonal

NANAIMO

LONGWOOD BREWPUB & RESTAURANT

STEAMPUNK DUNKEL

FRUITY LAGER

Availability: Seasonal

Availability: Year-round

6.5% 26

QUINCE TART LAGER

Not only is Wolf packaging its beer in cans now, but new distribution will extend off the Island to the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan. SOUR HOWLER

BIG ONE

R A S P B E R RY B E R L I N E R WEISSE

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.5% 65 Sponsored content

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

3.6% 7

IRISH RED ALE RED ALE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 22

PARKSVILLE

PORT ALBERNI

MOUNT ARROWSMITH BREWING CO.

ALBERNI BREWING CO.

109-425 East Stanford Ave. | ArrowsmithBrewing.com

4630 Adelaide St. | AlberniBrewingCompany.ca

This is the perfect place to stock up your cooler and fill up on pizza while enjoying the endless sand at Rathtrevor Beach this summer.

Port Alberni’s third brewery aims to capture the West Coast and aspires to offer a relaxing community setting for both locals and visitors.

THE BOSS

BREWING MAGIC

JAGGED FACE IPA

PILSNER

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

WA I T A N D S E E

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 35

ABV IBU

Availability: Soon. Soon!

7.2% 70

UCLUELET

ABV IBU

N/A N/A

LOVE CRAFT?

UCLUELET BREWING COMPANY

Keep up on your local beer news & seasonal listings.

1601 Peninsula Rd. | UclueletBrewing.ca

Based in a converted church with amazing patio views of the Ucluelet harbour, this one-year-old brewery features revolving pilot batches to augment its regular lineup. PARTY WAVE H A Z Y I PA

RESURRECTION RED IRISH RED ALE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.2% 50

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.4% 29

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VANCOUVER ISLAND

CLIFFSIDE BREWING CO.

11 Cliff St., Nanaimo CliffsideBrewCo.ca

CRAIG STREET BREW PUB

25 Craig St., Duncan CraigStreet.ca

CUMBERLAND BREWING CO.

2732 Dunsmuir Ave., Cumberland CumberlandBrewing.com

DEVIL’S BATH BREWING CO.

1616 McNeill Rd., Port McNeill DevilsBathBrewing.ca

LOVESHACK LIBATIONS

1 - 4134 Island Hwy. West, Qualicum LoveShackLibations.com

RIOT BREWING CO.

101A - 3055 Oak St., Chemainus RiotBrewing.com

TOFINO BREWING CO.

691 Industrial Way, Tofino TofinoBrewingCo.com

WHITE SAILS BREWING

125 Comox Rd., Nanaimo WhiteSailsBrewing.com

DOG MOUNTAIN BREWING

3141 3rd Ave., Port Alberni DogMountainBrew.com

LAND & SEA BREWING CO.

2040 Guthrie Rd., Comox LandAndSeaBrewing.ca

—x— In Canada, an average of 47 cents of every dollar spent on beer goes directly to the government in taxes. —x—

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BREWERIES 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

Bad Tattoo Breakaway Cannery Detonate Highway 97 Neighbourhood Slackwater Tin Whistle

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PENTICTON

HIGHWAY 97 BREWERY

954 Eckhardt Ave. | Hwy97Brewery.com

TASTE SUMMER!

Highway 97 is moving to a new location with a much bigger brewing capacity, as well as a larger tasting room with 22 taps. BANDITO LAGER & LIME MEXICAN LAGER

WILD RIDE TRIPLE BERRY BERLINER WEISSE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

4.5% 12

ABV IBU

3.8% 15

Get Out & Play

KELOWNA CITY

BARN OWL BREWING CO.

BNA BREWING CO.

4629 Lakeshore Rd. | BarnOwlBrewing.ca

1250 Ellis St. | BNABrewing.com

Situated in a gorgeously renovated 1920s heritage barn, this brewery has 15 taps serving a range of beers along with wine and cider.

BNA’s name comes from the British North America Tobacco Co., which built the beautiful building the brewery occupies more than a century ago.

MISSION KRIEK CHERRY SOUR

ACE

KETTLE SOUR

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.8% 26

DON’T GIVE A HOOT PA L E A L E

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

BRILLIANT IDIOT

H A Z Y PA L E A L E

5.5% 40 Sponsored content

H A Z Y I PA

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 25

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.8% 25 65

KELOWNA

FREDDY’S BREWPUB

RUSTIC REEL BREWING CO.

124 McCurdy Rd. | McCurdyBowl.com

760 Vaughan Ave. | RusticReel.com

Freddy’s completed a major renovation during the pandemic—just in time to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Check it out when travel restrictions allow.

This brewery has a beautiful space with rooms available for event rentals (pandemic rules apply). They offer a full food menu along with a range of beers.

TRIPLE J LAGER

BLONDE ALE

AMBER LAGER

CHANNEL CAT IPA I N D I A PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

GLUTEN-REDUCED ALE

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 12

ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.0% 55

PENTICTON

ABV IBU

4.3% 15

HAZY IPA

I N D I A PA L E A L E Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 30

PENTICTON CITY

CANNERY BREWING

SLACKWATER BREWING

198 Ellis St. | CanneryBrewing.com

218 Martin St. | SlackwaterBrewing.com

Cannery is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its very first batch of beer on April 1—no foolin’! Say cheers in person or from afar.

Slackwater’s gorgeous brand and packaging design received international recognition at the World Brand Design Society Awards. The beer inside those cans is delicious, too!

OKANAGAN DAZE

A P R I C OT & P I N OT G R I S W H E AT A L E Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 25

INTRUDER

THE MUSE

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

TIGHT LINES

A M E R I C A N I PA

E X T R A PA L E A L E

6.5% 35 Sponsored content

HELLES LAGER

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

6.0% 60

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.0% 17

PENTICTON

SUMMERLAND

THE TIN WHISTLE BREWING CO.

BREAKAWAY BREWING CO.

13224 Victoria Road N. | BreakawayBrewingCompany.com

112-1475 Fairview Rd. | TheTinWhistleBrewery.rocks

Tin Whistle is under new ownership so expect to see new branding and a revised beer lineup in the coming months. COCO GALORE COCONUT HOPFENWEISSE

MORNING GLORY

ABV IBU

VANILLA CREAM ALE

PA L E A L E

Availability: Seasonal

5.5% 20

CREAM ALE Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

ALCHEMY BREWING CO.

BAD TATTOO BREWING CO.

169 Estabrook Ave., Penticton BadTattooBrewing.com

BARLEY MILL BREW PUB

INDIA PALE LAGER LAGER

Availability: Year-round

5.8% 40

650 Victoria St., Kamloops AlchemyBrewingCompany.ca

2460 Skaha Lake Rd., Penticton BarleyMillPub.com

After contract brewing for their first year, Breakaway finally got their brewing equipment installed last October and have produced their beers on-site ever since.

ABV IBU

5.8% 20

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.8% 25

BARLEY STATION BREW PUB

20 Shuswap St. N., Salmon Arm BarleyStation.com

BRIGHT EYE BREWING

292 Tranquille Rd., Kamloops BrightEyeBrewing.com

COPPER BREWING CO.

102 - 1851 Kirschner Rd., Kelowna CopperBrewingCo.com

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THOMPSON OKANAGAN

CRANNÓG ALES

706 Elson Rd., Sorrento CrannogAles.com

DETONATE BREWING

104 - 9503 Cedar Ave., Summerland DetonateBrewing.com

EMPTY KEG BREW HOUSE

2190 Voght St., Merritt EmptyKegBrewHouse.ca

FIREHALL BREWERY

KELOWNA BREWING CO.

975 Academy Way, Kelowna KelownaBrewingCompany.com

KELOWNA BEER INSTITUTE

1346 Water St., Kelowna TreeBrewingBeerInstitute.com

KETTLE RIVER BREWING CO.

731 Baillie Ave., Kelowna KettleRiverBrewing.ca

KIND BREWING

6077 Main St., Oliver FirehallBrewery.com

2405 Main St., West Kelowna Facebook.com/KindBrewer

IRON ROAD BREWING

LAKESIDER BREWING CO.

980 Camosun Crs., Kamloops IronRoadBrewing.ca

JACKKNIFE BREWING

727 Baillie Ave., Kelowna Facebook.com/JackknifeBrewing

835 Anders Road, West Kelowna LakesiderBrewing.com

MARTEN BREWING CO.

2933A 30th Ave., Vernon MartenBrewpub.com

THOMPSON OKANAGAN

MORROW BEER COMPANY

470 Lakeshore Dr. W., Salmon Arm MorrowBeerCompany.com

NEIGHBOURHOOD BREWING

187 Westminster Ave. W., Penticton NeighbourhoodBrewing.com

NORTH BASIN BREWING CO.

15 Park Pl., Unit 226, Osoyoos NorthBasinBrewing.com

RED BIRD BREWING

1086 Richter St., Kelowna RedBirdBrewing.com

THE NOBLE PIG BREWHOUSE

650 Victoria St., Kamploops TheNoblePig.ca

VICE & VIRTUE BREWING CO.

1033 Richter St., Kelowna ViceAndVirtueBrewing.ca

WELTON BREWERY

Unit 2-455 Neave Ct., Kelowna WeltonBrewery.com

WILD AMBITION BREWING

1 - 3314 Appaloosa Rd., Kelowna WildAmbition.beer

RED COLLAR BREWING CO.

355 Lansdowne St., Kamloops RedCollar.ca

SHORE LINE BREWING CO.

3477 Lakeshore Rd., Kelowna ShoreLineBrewing.com

—x— The Weihenstephan Abbey Brewery, the world’s oldest surviving commercial brewery, was established in Germany almost 1,000 years ago. —x—

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BREW PUBS

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ALBERTA

CIDERIES 17 Burton City 80 18 Kootenay Cider Works 81

BRITISH COLUMBIA

GOLDEN

KASLO

WHITETOOTH BREWING

ANGRY HEN BREWING

623 8th Ave. N. | WhitetoothBrewing.com

343 Front St. | AngryHenBrewing.com

If travel restrictions have kept you from visiting this awesome brewery, definitely put it at the top of your list for post-pandemic road trips.

Longtime Vancouver brewer, Blair Calibaba, has joined the team here. While Bomber will surely miss him, the Angry Hen welcomes him with open wings!

SURFIN’ ON LUPULIN

WILD ROOSTER

H A Z Y I PA

Availability: Small batch ABV IBU

KICKING HORSE SKI PATROL NEPA

H A Z Y PA L E A L E

N O RT H E A S T PA L E A L E Availability: One-off

7.0% 41

ABV IBU

Availability: Year-round

5.1% 28

ABV IBU

KIMBERLEY

5.3% 55

FLIGHT RISK MANGO LASSI ALE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 35

NELSON

GRIST AND MASH BREWERY

BACKROADS BREWING CO.

345 Wallinger Ave. | GristAndMash.com

460 Baker St. | BackroadsBrewing.com

This new addition to the Kootenay beer scene is specializing in farmhouse Saisons and new school IPAs. The lounge serves flights, pints and food.

Amazing to think Backroads has been open for four years already (as of March 24)! Look for a special release to commemorate the occasion.

AVA

POWERSLAVE

RANDO

SAISON

H A Z Y I PA Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

7.3% 30

PILSNER

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

5.6% 55 Sponsored content

WHO SPIKED THE PUNCH? C AT H A R I N A S O U R

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.7% 22

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

4.7% 5 71

KOOTENAYS

ARROWHEAD BREWING CO.

481 Arrow Rd., Invermere ArrowheadBrewingCompany.ca

ERIE CREEK BREWING CO.

117 Fourth St., Salmo ErieCreekBrewingCo.com

FERNIE BREWING CO.

26 Manitou Rd., Fernie FernieBrewing.com

FISHER PEAK BREWING CO.

821 Baker St., Cranbrook TheHeidOut.ca

MT. BEGBIE BREWING CO.

2155 Oak Dr., Revelstoke Mt-Begbie.com

NELSON BREWING CO.

512 Latimer St., Nelson NelsonBrewing.com

OVER TIME BEER WORKS

136A Wallinger Ave., Kimberley OverTimeBeer.ca

ROSSLAND BEER CO.

1990 Columbia Ave., Rossland RosslandBeer.com

RUMPUS BEER COMPANY

208 1st Street E. | RumpusBeerCo.com

TAILOUT BREWING

1800 8th Ave., Castlegar TailoutBrewing.com

TORCHLIGHT BREWING CO.

125 Hall St., Nelson TorchlightBrewing.com

TRAIL BEER REFINERY

1299 Bay Ave., Trail TrailBeerRefinery.ca

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Barkerville Beard's Bulkley Valley CrossRoads Fox Mountain Jackson's Mighty Peace Sherwood Mountain Smithers Three Ranges Trench Ursa Minor Wheelhouse

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SMITHERS

03 09

TERRACE PRINCE RUPERT

PRINCE GEORGE

04 11 16

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100 MILE 06 HOUSE

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100 MILE

BURNS LAKE

JACKSON’S SOCIAL CLUB & BREWHOUSE 175 Hwy. 97, 100 Mile House JacksonsSocialClub.com

URSA MINOR BREWING

45261 Ootsa Lake Rd. E. UrsaMinorBrewing.ca

Along with beer and food, courtesy of the Dreaded Kitchen, Jackson’s also offers electric bike rentals, tours and sales.

Visiting the most remote brewery in B.C. requires a day trip from Burns Lake or perhaps an overnight stay at the nearby Takysie Lake Resort.

KORONA

OOTSA POGO

LITE ALE

SUMMERHAZE ISA

Availability: Seasonal

ABV 3.75% IBU 10

ABV 4.75% IBU 35

D O U B L E I PA

SAISON

Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

INTO THE RHUBARB

8.0% 60

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

6.0% 48

SMITHERS

BULKLEY VALLEY BREWERY

3860 1 Ave. | BulkleyValleyBrewery.com

This three-year-old brewery started off as a ski shop that became a popular gathering place for locals to socialize and drink beer. HAZY DAYZ

N E W E N G L A N D I PA Availability: Year-round ABV IBU

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4.6% 45

NEVERMORE ENCAPTURED BLONDE ALE

Availability: Seasonal ABV IBU

5.0% 15

NORTHERN BC

BARKERVILLE BREWING CO.

185 Davie St., Quesnel BarkervilleBeer.com

BEARD’S BREWING CO.

SMITHERS BREWING CO.

3832 3rd Ave., Smithers SmithersBrewing.com

THREE RANGES BREWING CO.

10408 Alaska Rd. N., Fort St. John BeardsBrewing.ca

1160 5th Ave., Valemount ThreeRanges.com

CROSSROADS BREWING & DISTILLERY

TRENCH BREWING & DISTILLING

508 George St., Price George CrossroadsCraft.com

FOX MOUNTAIN BREWING CO.

215 Donald Rd., Williams Lake FoxMountainBeer.com

399 2nd Ave., Prince George TrenchBrew.ca

WHEELHOUSE BREWING CO.

217 1st Ave. E., Prince Rupert WheelhouseBrewing.com

MIGHTY PEACE BREWING CO.

10128 95th Ave., Fort St. John MightyPeaceBrewing.ca

—x—

SHERWOOD MOUNTAIN BREWHOUSE

Cenosillicaphobia: The fear of an empty beer glass. —x—

101 - 4816 Hwy. 16 West, Terrace SherwoodMountain.beer

KELOWNA

WARDS CIDER

2287 Ward Rd. | WardsHardCider.com DAILY 12-5PM EST. 1922 Wards is also home to the View Winery, allowing the cidery to explore with co-ferments of cider apples and wine grapes. Come visit this summer (COVID-dependent, of course) for the Wards Cider Festival in August 2021.

MIMOSA CIDER

NEGRONI CIDER

Availability: Small batch

T R A D I T I O N A L M E D I U M D RY

ABV

T R A D I T I O N A L D RY

6.0%

ABV

This modern take on a traditional medium dry cider features white grape and orange zest.

5.5%

IBU

Made from Braeburn apples wild fermented on red grape skins and infused with fresh rhubarb.

cider

Always look on the bright cider If you want apples, youlife!

Featuring fresh, crisp artisanal need to shake trees. cidersthe made from 100% estate

grown heirloom cider apples.

Featuring craft ciders made from heirloom cider apples grown, fermented and packaged on our family owned orchard. Sophie – cidermaker’s Alapaha Bulldog

Sophia– cidermaker’s Alapaha Bulldog

Open year round 76

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Ward Rd. Kelowna, BC

DUNCAN

AFFINITY CIDERHOUSE

5155 Samuel Rd. | AffinityCider.com

This new cidery in Duncan is located on the banks of the Cowichan River, allowing you to canoe or kayak to the soon-to-be-opened tasting room. HERITAGE DRY SCRUMPY

Availability: Seasonal ABV

6.7%

POME BLEND

COMING SOON

S P E C I A LT Y

@affinityciderhouse affinitycider.com

Availability: Seasonal ABV

6.7%

DUNCAN

GIBSONS

SUNDAY CIDER

VALLEY CIDER COMPANY

7661 Mays Rd., Duncan | ValleyCider.com

1632 Sunshine Coast Hwy. | SundayCider.com

This Cowichan Valley farm cidery might be the hardest working cidery in the province, producing close to 20 different styles of cider annually.

The friendly folks who brought you Vancouver’s first cidery are now located on a beautiful 20plus acre property just outside of Gibsons.

POÏPLE

SUNDAY ROSÉ

BON-DRI

M O D E R N D RY Availability: Year-round ABV

B E R RY R O S É C I D E R

M O D E R N D RY

6.5%

Availability: Year-round ABV

6.5% Sponsored content

Availability: Year-round ABV

6.5%

CHERRY CASCARA

E X P E R I M E N TA L C I D E R W / C A S C A R A & C H E R RY Availability: Year-round ABV

6.4% 77

KELOWNA

OLIVER

HOWLING MOON CRAFT CIDER

SOMA CIDERY

4485 Sallows Rd. | SomaCidery.com

7952 BC-97 | HowlingMoon.ca

In addition to hand-crafting cider from fruit grown in their own Okanagan Valley orchard, the good folks at Soma also raise alpacas! APPLE CIDER D RY C I D E R

OAK AGED CIDER

LAVENDER PLUM

D RY C I D E R

Availability: Year-round ABV

6.1%

Availability: Year-round ABV

Heritage apples and steampunk style are the order of the day at Kelowna’s Howling Moon, province-wide shipping available from its online store.

6.1%

REVIVAL

DRY CIDER W/ ITALIAN PLUM & ENGLISH LAVENDER Availability: Year-round ABV

PENTICTON

6.0%

S E M I - D RY C I D E R Availability: Year-round ABV

6.5%

SQUAMISH

CREEK & GULLY CIDER

GEO CIDER CO.

1053 Poplar Grove Rd. | CreekAndGully.com

318-1201 Commercial Way | GeoCider.com

This fifth generation family farm has been certified organic for more than 30 years, and the ciders are as delicious as they are sustainable.

Geo is proud to be the first company in Canada to use E6PR eco-friendly, compostable six-pack rings that won’t harm the environment, and won’t hurt marine life.

GOLDIE

T R A D I T I O N A L D RY

PINK LADY

OLD WORLD APPLE

T R A D I T I O N A L D RY

TRADITIONAL Availability: Small batch ABV

8.3%

Availability: Small batch ABV

7.3% Sponsored content

Availability: Year-round ABV

5.0%

PEACH APPLE CIDER PEACH CIDER

Availability: Year-round ABV

5.0%

SUMMERLAND

VERNON

THE BX PRESS CIDERY & ORCHARD

NOMAD CIDER

8011 Simpson Rd. | NomadCider.ca

4667 E. Vernon Rd. | TheBXPress.com

This farm-to-glass cidery in Summerland is passionate about making cider the way it was traditionally crafted; by hand with only fresh pressed apples and pears.

Big changes are ahead at the BX Press as they work to expand their kitchen and seating options—check their website for updates and tour availability!

KEEVED

THE WRANGLER

FRENCH-STYLE SEMI-SWEET CIDER Availability: Small batch ABV

5.0%

PINOT NOIR BARREL

W I N E BA R R E L - A G E D Availability: Small batch ABV

S PA R K L I N G M O D E R N O F F - D RY Availability: Small batch

7.0%

Sponsored content

ABV

6.1%

GINNY

B OTA N I C A L I N F U S E D Availability: Small batch ABV

7.2%

BC CIDERIES

BANDITRY CIDER

538 Pratt Rd., Gibsons BanditryCider.com

BC TREE FRUITS CIDER CO.

880 Vaughan Ave., Kelowna BCTreeFruitsCider.com

THE BRICKER CIDER COMPANY

6642 Northwest Bay Rd., Sechelt BrickersCider.com

BURTON CITY CIDER

5470 BC-6 , Burton BurtonCityCider.ca

CEDAR CIDER

340 184 St., Surrey CedarCider.ca

CIDERWORKS

529 Fulford-Ganges Rd., Salt Spring Island SaltSpringAppleCompany.com/Ciderworks

CLIFFSIDE CIDER

103-37760 2 Ave., Squamish CliffsideCider.com

DEAD END CIDER

620 Sumac Rd., Cawston ForbiddenFruitWine.com

DOMINION CIDER CO.

10216 Gould Ave., Summerland DominionCider.com

FARMSTRONG CIDER CO.

4305 Maw Rd., Armstrong FarmstrongCider.com

FAUSTINO ESTATE CIDERY

14000 BC-97, Osoyoos FaustinoEstateCidery.ca

FRASER VALLEY CIDER CO.

22128-16th Ave., Langley FraserValleyCider.ca

BC CIDERIES

GABBIE’S PREMIUM CIDER

1120 Coats Dr., Gabriola Island GabbiesCider.com

GREENHILL CIDER

55 Dunlevy Ave., Vancouver GreenhillCider.com

JUNCTION ORCHARD & CIDERY

273 Prospect Lake Rd., Victoria JunctionVictoria.com

KOOTENAY CIDER WORKS

1638 Granite Rd., Nelson KootenayCiderWorks.com

LEFT FIELD CIDER CO.

MILLIONAIRES’ ROW CIDER CO.

14113 Dale Meadows Rd., Summerland MillionairesRowCider.com

THE NARAMATA CIDER COMPANY

2370 Aikins Loop, Naramata NaramataCider.com

NORTHYARDS CIDER CO.

9 - 38936 Queensway, Squamish NorthyardsCider.com

ORCHARD HILL ESTATE CIDERY

3480 Fruitvale Way, Osoyoos OrchardHillCidery.com

RAVEN’S MOON CRAFT CIDER

Mamit Lake Rd., Logan Lake LeftFieldCider.com

4905 Darcy Rd, Courtenay RavensMoonCraftCider.ca

MERRIDALE CIDERY & DISTILLERY

RUSTIC ROOTS WINERY & CIDERY

1230 Merridale Rd., Cobble Hill Merridale.ca

2238 Hwy. 3, Cawston HarkersOrganicsRusticRoots.com

BC CIDERIES

SALT SPRING WILD CIDER

151 Sharp Rd., Salt Spring Island SaltSpringWildCider.com

SCENIC ROAD CIDER CO.

770 Packinghouse Rd., Kelowna ScenicRoadCider.com

SEA CIDER FARM & CIDERHOUSE

2487 Mt. St. Michael Rd., Saanichton SeaCider.ca

SUMMERLAND HERITAGE CIDER CO.

3113 Johnson St., Summerland SummerlandCider.com

TAVES ESTATE CIDERY

333 Gladwin Rd., Abbotsford TavesFamilyFarms.com/Hard-Cider

TONY’S CRAFT CIDERY

6167 Hwy. 6, Coldstream TonysCraftCidery.com

TRUCK 59 CIDER HOUSE

3887 Brown Rd., West Kelowna Truck59Cider.com

TWIN ISLAND CIDER

5601 Lupin Rd., Pender Island TwinIslandCider.com

TWISTED HILLS CRAFT CIDER

2080 Ritchie Dr., Cawston TwistedHills.ca

UNTANGLED CRAFT CIDER

725 Mackenzie Rd., Cawston UntangledCider.ca

UPSIDE CIDERY

2555 Gale Rd., Kelowna UpsideCider.com

WOODWARD CIDER CO.

5505 Westsyde Rd., Kamloops WoodwardCiderCo.ca

BEER GROUND To the

Despite the global pandemic breweries and cideries just keep on opening in B.C., which makes us all very happy indeed! Here is a list of all the new operations expected to open across British Columbia in the coming months.

BROOKSWOOD BREWING Langley (winter 2021) Yet another new brewery in the works in Langley—this time in the Brookswood neighbourhood. Instagram.com/BrookswoodBrewCo

CHECKERHEAD BREWING Shirley (winter 2021) Where the heck is Shirley, you ask? About 20km west of Sooke as you head out to Port Renfrew, just past French Beach. This brewery is founded by a professional juggler who has spent decades travelling the world as an entertainer. CheckerheadBrewing.com

DEADFALL BREWING Prince George (late 2021) A third brewery for Prince George, Deadfall plans to focus on small batches with a clear emphasis on quality over quantity. Instagram.com/DeadfallBrewCo

FERN + CEDAR BREWING Qualicum Beach (fall 2021) The folks behind Mount Arrowsmith Brewing in neighbouring Parksville are building this new brewery, so it’s bound to be good. FernAndCedar.ca

FIELD HOUSE BREWING BRRL ROOM

to become a destination brewery simply because of its location. HornbyIslandBrewing.ca

NIC CRAFT BREWING & MALTING PROGRAM AT THE MVP BREWPUB Campbell River (spring 2021) North Island College’s one-year training program will result in beer being sold at the Merecroft Village Brewpub. MVPPub.ca

THE OFFICE BREWERY Kelowna (Summer 2021) Another new brewery coming to Kelowna! Not much is known about it other than its address: 301-890 Clement Ave. OfficeBrewery.ca

RADIUM BREWING Radium Hot Springs (summer 2021) Construction recently started on this new brewery 15 minutes up the road from Arrowhead Brewing in Invermere. RadiumBrewing.ca

RUSTED RAKE BREWING Nanoose Bay (summer 2021) Plans for this farm-based brewery stalled for a while, but now they are back on track. RustedRakeFarm.com

Abbotsford (2021?) Field House already has a manufacturing licence for this facility, located on its farm, which houses its barrel-aging program, but it is waiting for the pandemic to end before opening it up to the public.

UNLEASHED BREWING CO.

HOME TOWN BEER MAKERS

Creston (spring 2021) This isn’t Creston’s first brewery (see Columbia Brewery, owned by AB-InBev), but it is this southeastern BC town’s first craft brewery. Watch out Kokanee, there’s a new beer in town! Instagram.com/WildNorthBrewery

Grand Forks (2021?) The folks behind this project have a great space in Grand Forks. They are planning the renovations and build and are looking for partners. HTBM.ca

HORNBY ISLAND BREWING CO. Hornby Island (summer 2021) This brewery’s licencing application was in process when this issue went to press so it’s tough to say exactly when it will open. When it does, this is bound

Kelowna (spring 2021) This dog-themed brewery aims to open this spring in Kelowna’s Brewery District. UnleashedBrewing.ca

WILD NORTH BREWERY

LONG-TERM WATCH LIST: Merridale Brewery & Distillery, Tiki Jon’s Tiki Lounge & Brewery, Grand Forks Beer Co.. j • Got a hot brewery tip? Let us know at editor@thegrowler.ca

CHARLES FARAM

P O R TL A N D • YA K I M A • TO R O N TO • WO R C ES TE R

Tel: +1 416-907-9343 • Email: orders@charlesfaram.ca

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