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PARALLEL 49 UNPARALLELED PACK REVIEW Approaching Parallel 49 Brewing’s tenth anniversary, it’s time to take a look at the mixer pack tradition that alway spotlights four of their enduring creations. We dive into the quartet of brews known as Unparalleled.

Boxed treats from Parallel 49 Brewing When you see the colourful packaging, you know you’re dealing with founding Yeast Van constituent Parallel 49 Brewing. Founded in 2012, the brewery’s meteoric rise paved the way for a tasting room-led local revolution in beer appreciation. East Vancouver’s Hastings Sunrise district was never the same after craft beer culture became sewn to its core. But it’s…

Parallel 49 Frosted Tips IPA

A frosty new wind has blown into town, and with it a new trend: the Winter IPA.

Alongside local debuts from Vancouver Island Brewing and Dead Frog we find Frosted Tips, Parallel 49’s entry into a new category. How new? This is officially the first review on Beer Me BC categorized as a “Winter IPA”.

You’d expect a beer with ‘winter’ in the name to have oodles of spices, or maybe vanilla and fudge…

Postmark Brewing becomes lastest under Craft Collective umbrella

Today, Postmark Brewing of Vancouver BC released a statement indicating that it has become the latest East Vancouver brewery to step underneath the shelter of a growing umbrella on Vancouver’s Vernon Drive.

Craft Collective Beerworks,formerly Factory Brewing, has acquired the Postmark Brewing brand in a deal that will see Postmark ownership remain on board to manage the physical brewery and drive…

Craft Collective Beerworks Acquires Postmark Brewing

Vancouver, BC. (October 15, 2018) – Postmark Brewing is pleased to announce that the brand has been acquired by Craft Collective Beerworks, official today. This acquisition, which was negotiated over a six-month period, will allow Postmark to increase production, sales and distribution ultimately creating a new nationally focused trajectory for the established West Coast brand.

Postmark’s…

When you’re Storm Brewing, one of the city’s longest running independent craft breweries, you can pretty much do whatever you want. Apple Pie Ale? Yup. Pineapple Jalapeño Pilsner? Sure. Molé Stout? Done! 

But when you also have on tap something as majestic as their Imperial Flanders Red Sour Ale (11% ABV), you don’t take shit from anyone, so the next time you’re in the neighbourhood of Commercial Drive and East Hastings, stand in line, get your wristband (good for six samples), grab a cup, and enjoy the offerings from one of the best and most unique breweries Vancouver has to offer.