Beer Me British Columbia

PARTAKE BREWING OKTOBERFEST By @BeerSeekers Once again we spotlight Partake Brewing, brewers of non-alcoholic beers using only Reinheitsgebot-approved ingredients like wheat, barley and yeast. As we did before in our review of Partake Hefeweizen and friends, we bring you a dealcoholized option that aims to tickle the craft fan's palate.

PARTAKE HEFEWEIZEN: LEADER OF THE PACK by @BeerSeekers Non-Alcoholic and Dealcoholized beers haven’t traditionally been a focus for BeerMeBC. However, Partake Brewing, makers of well-known Canuck N/A brews crafted from only Reinheitsgebot-approved ingredients like wheat, barley and yeast, has provided @BeerMeBC with a handful of brews to review. Find out what we thought in our full review.

Non-Alcoholic and Dealcoholized beers haven’t traditionally been a focus for BeerMeBC. However, a couple of BC-based standouts have been reviewed within these pages in recent years. Now, it’s time to review a lineup of Canadian counterparts. You’ve heard of Partake Brewing, makers of well-known Canuck N/A brews crafted from only Reinheitsgebot-approved ingredients like wheat, barley and yeast. Of…

What is a French IPA? Well, according to Small Gods Brewing in Sidney, BC, a French IPA is a beer brewed in the brut or champagne style with a French hop, in this case the red fruit forward Barbe Rouge hop. It is also named after the historical fiction novel The Dance Tree set in Strasbourg, France which is written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. The Dance Tree is darker yellow with a small, white…

Small-scale craft cidery in the beginning stages of development is looking for someone with a passion and aptitude for cider making. The cider maker will help implement and guide the business to grow a unique, productive and ethically minded company. We create high quality ciders from our heritage orchard as well as from fruit collected from throughout the island. Beverages are produced using…

Whistle Buoy Brewing Co: Desolate Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout

Whistle Buoy Brewing in Victoria’s Market Square released Desolate in mid-November, a bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout. According to the label and website, it is the “first-ever release of our barrel program and is extremely limited”. My bottle was number 177 of 800. It’s encouraging to see that even such a small-scale brewery as Whistle Buoy can still find the money, time, and motivation to…

We are on the lookout for a General Brewery Manager to join our team at Vancouver Island Brewing in beautiful Victoria, BC! With great passion for team and facility leadership, the General Brewery Manager will authentically lead the brewery to drive diligent performance, builds team camaraderie, and have a customer centric mindset. As the GBM, you will be fiscally responsible for budgets and…

OUT OF THE BOX THINKERS WILL LOVE NEW BC BEER ADVENT CALENDAR KIT Custom Beer Advent Calendar Presents Unique Holiday Gift Opportunity By @BeerSeekers

An Assistant Brewer works aside our Head Brewer in all aspects of the process and operation from start to finish.  You’ll become our #2 guy or gal.   You will not only brew, but you’ll clean, package, ship, receive, and have input into the different brews we will make.  You should have an understanding of the brewing process, enjoy troubleshooting and solving problems, fix things when needed, and…

BC Craft Brewers Conference

BC Craft Brewers Conference in New Westminster is less than one month away Vancouver, BC – October 17, 2022 – The BC Craft Brewers Conference, aka BC Beer Con, hosted by the BC Craft Brewers Guild and presented by Great Little Box Co / Ideon Packaging is less than one month away. The conference will bring together key stakeholders from the BC craft brewing industry for an annual networking and…

#BCBA2022 BACK IN SESSION BLACKBERRY & LEMON SALTED SOUR COLLAB REVIEW By @BeerSeekers Each year, BC Beer Awards & Festival (BCBA) partners with BC brewery community members to create a celebratory fundraiser beer. This year’s official ale, Back In Session, has been brewed at Yeast Van's Powell Brewery in collaboration with BREWHALL. What did we think of it? Check out our full review!

PROCEEDS TOWARDS DIVERSITY IN BREWING & BC HOSPITALITY FOUNDATION Each year, BC Beer Awards & Festival (BCBA) partners with BC brewery community members to create a celebratory fundraiser beer. This year’s official ale, Back In Session, has been brewed at Yeast Van’s Powell Brewery in collaboration with BREWHALL. The beer’s name signifies that this is the first Festival since 2019, with life…

Bayview Brewing Co.- Down By the Bay Watermelon Gose

Ladysmith, BC, located between Duncan and Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, has its very first brewery. Bayview Brewing is run by the core group of owners Jonny Ludtke, Rod Alsop, Sarah handling the front of house, and Alfred Elviss the brewing. The brewery is quite tiny with what appears to be more patio than brewing space. It is located in a mostly residential area with one of the owners living one…

Fraser Mills Fermentation Company (FMFC) came about with the vision of the Fraser River and the surrounding valley which supported diverse industries to flourish and to honor that tradition, we are working with local agriculture to create an equally diverse range of honest libations. We are blessed with a local supply of fantastic apples, grains and grapes and our team has the expertise to turn…

RED RACER STREET LEGAL DEALCOHOLIZED NITRO STOUT PREVIEW By @BeerSeekers @CentralCityBrew has done it: they've crossed over into the dark with this new dealcoholized Street Legal Nitro Stout. With incredible aroma and good flavour, this is probably the best non-alcoholic dark beer in Canada. Check out the finer details in our full review, featuring an interview with Brewmaster Gary Lohin.

Here’s a preview of something rare in Canada: a non-alcoholic dark beer. For years, the holy grail of “near beer” production has been to remove that sometimes-undesirable alcohol while retaining the desirable characteristics of beer: the flavour, aroma and mouthfeel that make good brews worth drinking. As we wrote in our review of Red Racer Street Legal IPA, Surrey’s Central City Brewers &…

Container Brewing Ltd: Frostbite Cold IPA

If you are a lover of hops (like I am), but find that just sometimes you want that hoppy beer to be a bit more sessionable and lighter-bodied than your average West Coast or Hazy IPA, then the Cold IPA style might be of interest to you. What is a Cold IPA you ask? It’s an  IPA that is fermented at lower temperatures than what is used to ferment an IPA and often uses a blend of lager and ale…

Longwood Brewery – Conjunction DIPA

What is a conjunction? In the fantasy world created by Polish author Andrezej Sapwoski for his Witcher series (and later depicted in the video games and the Netflix show) the Conjunction of the Spheres was a cataclysm that happened in the distant past. It caused beings from different worlds to be trapped in the same dimension. This would eventually give rise to the monster-hunting Witchers, such…

Full Time Office Administration Assistant -Hoyne Brewing Co., Victoria, BC Hoyne Brewing is proud to have developed a strong and healthy company culture where hard work, teamwork and a positive and fun environment is valued.  We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic office administration assistant to join our dynamic, fast paced office.  This multi-faceted position is perfect for the…

RUSSELL BREWING - JOHN MITCHELL SIGNATURE CASCADIAN DARK ALE REVIEW By @BeerSeekers Recently, there was big news in the BC craft beer community around the 40th Anniversary of the origin of craft beer in Canada. For the occasion, a special collaboration tribute beer was organized at Surrey’s @Russell_Beer. This beer isn't just for fun; it's also a fundraiser for the John Mitchell Legacy Endowed Scholarship, open to students in the @KPUBrew program at BC’s Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU). The BeerSeekers experienced the beverage from the can; on tap at the brewery; in a growler; and best of all, in a cask at the official launch of the beer. In this review we’ll submit our own thoughts on this historic beverage.

Recently, there was big news in the BC craft beer community around the 40th Anniversary of the origin of craft beer in Canada. For the occasion, a special collaboration tribute beer was organized at Surrey’s Russell Brewing, and a special launch day was held on July 6th–four decades to the day since Canada’s first craft beer was officially launched by Horseshoe Bay Brewing pioneer John Mitchell…