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Brewloops, The Best Fest You've Been Missing

Brewloops, The Best Fest You’ve Been Missing

A beer fest is a beer fest, is a beer fest,

Or so I thought… After four consecutive weekends of beerfesting (yeah it’s a word), I thought I knew the recipe; get a bunch of breweries together, play some music, give people tiny glasses, and call it a day. But as I said, “or so I thought”.

For four years, I had heard rumblings of this fantastic party up in Kamloops called “Brewloops” and had…

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CraftCoHop 20: Guard your Brew

We love our beer!!! We must protect it!!!!

As the summer draws to an end, we take a look back at the highlights of everyone’s favourite season. I don’t know about you all, but over the summer, I seem to have lost a whole crapload of beer. I asked doggo, but he reminded me that he doesn’t have the opposable thumbs necessary to open the fridge. This means only one thing… I have been robbed.…

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CraftCoHop 19: Refreshing the Skyline with Bomber Brewing

Nothing like a quick refresher

Bomber Brewing’s Skyline Lager has come not a moment too soon. With all the smoke that’s been hanging over our heads the past few weeks, I think we can all agree that we were all jonesing for a refreshing skyline. To celebrate, I handed the team a can of Bomber’s Skyline lager. Their job this week was to take their brew and seek out a view. Keep reading to see…

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CraftCoHop 14 - If you're Bored... Walk

CraftCoHop 14 – If you’re Bored… Walk

Get your feet out on the street with Britannia Brewing Company!!!

Us blogger and social media types spend a lot of time behind screens. It’s not our fault. Keeping on top of this fast-paced industry and promoting the many dodges, ducks, dips, dives, and dodges takes a lot of work. Sometimes all the swiping, commenting, and double-tapping can get downright tedious. I thought the team could use a…

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CraftcoHop Episode 4: Do Blondes Have More Fun?

When it Comes to Beer… Do Blondes Have More Fun? Trading Post Brewing has been brewing up a storm over the last two years. Starting out as a young fledgling brewery, they have since found their foothold in the industry…and now it’s about time for them to let their hair down and have some fun. But like all cautious fun-seekers, they can’t proceed without all the facts – before they go out and…

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#BC Craft Beer #Blonde Ale #Craftcohop

CraftcoHop Episode 2: Staying Warm

Warming up With a Nice Cold Beer???? Greetings Gang! Welcome to the second episode of the newest, most exciting new series on thebeerrater.com -The CraftcoHop. A series where I get a bunch the local Craft Beer personalities to answer ridiculous questions about beer! If you want to join in the fun, >Click here< to apply or head on over to Twitter and Instagram and check out the hashtag #CraftcoHop…

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Drinking in Public - Why is this still an Issue?

We’re All a Bunch of Monkeys! There’s an interesting study out there where some cockeyed scientists put a group of monkeys in a room with a ladder that has a banana on top of it. As soon as a monkey would climb to grab the banana, the scientists, being the jerks they are, sprayed all the monkeys with a hard cold stream of water. After a couple attempts, the monkeys finally gave up and didn’t…

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#Craft Beer #Craft Beer Vancouver #Drink Local #Drinking in Public #Laws #Legal #Public Drinking

Beer Knowledge - Give Your Staff a Liquid Education

Enough is Enough! Let me get this straight… You spend days upon days setting up your brewery and endless late nights creating the perfect beer. You’ve emptied your bank account and remortgaged your house to live the dream. After years of planning, stressing and wondering why the hell you’re opening a brewery. Buuuuuut… You can’t spend the time to make sure your servers know the difference between…

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#Beer #Beer Knowledge #Brewery #Education #Server Training #Tasting Room

The PEAK 102.7 Battle of the Brews Beer Fest

Join me at The PEAK 102.7 Battle of the Brews Beer Fest

Just when you thought you’d seen it all before! What’s the biggest problem with beer fests? Paying for them obviously. We dish the cash to get in the damn place and once we’re in we have to dish over another $100,000 just to get a mild buzz? It’s not cool. But we do it anyway. Until now! The Battle of the Brews is this Weekend! – August 19 I was about to write off Beer Fests forever until I got a…

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Ya just Gotta go to Brewers Row in Port Moody!

Have You Even Heard of Brewers Row? When we think of Vancouver Craft Beer, we think of the multitude of breweries that litter East Vancouver area. What people fail to think about is an equally (if not more) awesome and more beer-convenient neighbourhood a short 30 minutes away from East Vancouver – Brewers Row in Port Moody. This beautiful, accessible and delicious part of the world is a must see…

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#Brewers&039; Row #Brewery #Craft Beer #Drink Local #Moody Ales #Port Moody #The Parkside Brewery #Twin Sails Brewing #Yellow Dog Brewing

Just When You Thought Beer Fests Were Boring

The Brew North Strong Beer Festival at the Abbotsford Airshow When: August 11 (3:30-9:00 pm) and August 12 -13 from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (Yes that means morning drinking) Where: Abbotsford International Airshow at the Abbotsford Airport How Much? $40 ($25 for admission to the airshow, $15 to the beer fest and only $1.50 per token) What’s it all about? There’s a brand spanking new beer fest in town…

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#Beer Fest #Craft Beer #Drink Local #Fraser Valley

What is Contract Brewing?

What is Contract Brewing? Have you heard?

It’s Contract Brewing!!! You’ve heard the name, but is it really the answer to all our prayers? The short answer is yes. The long answer is “Yes it is.” There’s no argument – the craft beer industry has been exploding over the last few years, and it definitely does not show any signs of slowing down. As more and more people join the craft beer hordes running amok trying to taste every different…

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#Brewery #Brewing #Contract Brewing #Vancouver

Beer Glass or Beer Ass - Friend or Foe?

Beer Glass or Beer Ass - Friend or Foe? Your glass shape influences your consumption

Choose Your Glass Wisely In the past, I’ve made the claim that what you use for your Beer Glass doesn’t matter. While 99% of me still agrees with this statement, the remaining 1% feels like it may actually matter a little bit. So in the spirit of drinking, I’m going to let the 1% speak for a while… It’s Not What You Think! Sooooo apparently, your beer glass DOES matter. It’s not for the reason…

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#BC Craft Beer #Beer Glass #Drink Local #Drinks #Glassware

The Craft Beer Revolution - We Need Recruits!

The Craft Beer Revolution - We Need Recruits! Join us!

Brewnited We Stand! We’re fighting a war friends! The good news is that we’re winning! Every day, more and more people are turning on to craft beer – taking valuable sales from the bad guys. The lousy Macro-Beer Imperialists are getting desperate. They’re trying to buy up our resources, corn our Malt, and un-hop our IPA’s. But we will not falter. Now is not the time to to get cocky, we need to…

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#BC Craft Beer #Craft Beer #Craft Beer Revolution #Drink BC Beer #Drink Local

What is your "Intro to Craft Beer" Beer?

Out of the Dark… Let’s face it. We all started our adventure into beer by stealing one of our Dad’s Macro lagers from the fridge when no one was looking. Your first taste was strange, tingly and transformational all at the same time. At some point in your beer journey, you “saw the light” and moved over to Craft Beer. As you discovered more and more different styles of beer, you started to…

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#BC Craft Beer #Beer #Drink Local #Fuggles and Warlock #Intro to Craft Beer #Parallel 49 #Steamworks #Steel & Oak #Steel and Oak

Big Cans - Does Size Matter?

Why Do We Love Big Cans? I Took it to The Streets to Find Out Check out any Facebook/Twitter/Instagram feed these days – it’s all about cans! I’m the first to say that I care about my drinking vessel about as much as I care about #covfefe, but like most of the industry, I’ve been drawn to the 473 mL can. For those of you in the non-metric part of the world, we’re talking about the 16 oz. tall-boy…

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#BC Craft Beer #Cans #Craft Beer #Drink Local #Size Does Matter

Crafting a Tasting Room

Crafting a Perfect Tasting Room Experience In terms of a brewery’s brand, the tasting room is probably one of the most important things to get right. It’s the place that your customers get to come in and experience what you’re all about. When done right, it can easily turn these fans of Craft Beer into fans of ‘YOUR’ Craft Beer (regardless of how good your beer is). I have seen people who have…

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#Beer #Branding #Craft Beer #Craft Beer Marketing #Drink Local #Marketing #Tasting Room

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