Award-winning Dageraad Brewing is throwing an anniversary party May 11. Dageraad Brewing in Burnaby is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month. Lauren Vanderdeen/Burnaby Now photo It’s been 10 years since Dageraad Brewing opened up shop in Burnaby, and the local beer shop is celebrating with its biggest anniversary party to date. Owner and “chief janitor” Ben Coli told the Burnaby NOW the brewery’s parking lot will host a live band, food trucks, and games, in addition to lots of interesting beers. The Burnaby Fire Department will run a charity dunk tank at the party. Coli said ..read more

Vancouver Island cideries pour out a wealth of agritourism attractions Merridale Cidery and Distillery in the Cowichan Valley has been producing cider since 1999 and added a distillery in 2006. Merridale Cidery photo While some of British Columbia’s cideries have already been in business for a decade or more, the cider scene and industry across the province are just now really starting to take off. And, while breweries and wineries have been growing in number—and acres—there is a whole world to discover around craft cider, besides those overly sweet beverages found in giant two-litre plastic b ..read more

Shaketown Brewing Co.’s Pre-Prohibition Pilsner picked up bronze in the American-Style Pilsner category Shaketown Brewing co-founder Ryan Scholz, brewmaster David Varga, and head of sales Tarun Reddy share their Pre-Prohibition Pilsner that took bronze in the American-Style Pilsner category at the World Beer Cup. | Paul McGrath / North Shore News Picture if you will: You’ve just clocked off work at the sawmill in pre-prohibition era Shaketown, and are jonesin’ for a pint at the local tavern. What do you order? Why, the pilsner of course. The work to capture that forgotten flavour has won North ..read more

It’ll be a stormy spring for the business A sign on the door at Storm Brewing explains they are temporarily closed. Brendan Kergin/V.I.A. photo One of Vancouver’s oldest independent breweries is closed for a while. Storm Brewing has announced it will be closed for several weeks (likely through the spring) after a clerical error. “Due to a licensing oversight on our end, we are closed until this issue is resolved,” the business states on social media posts. The hope is that they’ll be open in summer, the post continues, but an exact date has not been announced. “The oversight was a human e ..read more

“It’ll be a celebration of beer in our own little way for sure.” The Vancouver Brewers Festival runs from April 19 to 28 at beer breweries around Vancouver. Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels The Vancouver Brewers Fest is back with 10-day of events taking place at breweries across the city. The fest of ales, lagers, and everything in between launches April 19 with events ranging from all-day happy hours and sales on beer to concerts and comedy nights to special food events. Last year was the first year for the festival; the inception came from a group of local b ..read more

Once built, the new North Vancouver location will seat more than 100 people and serve up fresh pizza Bridge Brewing owners Leigh and Jason Stratton are currently storing flats of kegs and cans in what will become their new brewery and lounge in the Norgate neighbourhood. | Nick Laba / North Shore News One of the first breweries to ferment in North Vancouver is bringing a new location to the expanding Norgate neighbourhood. An application by Bridge Brewing to build a lounge at 1123 West 15th Street was passed by District of North Vancouver council on Monday night as part of the consen ..read more

Finding puppies their fur-ever homes through craft beer Warning: if you hate unabashed joy, puppy cuddles, beer, and undying loyalty and companionship, these events are not for you. Unleashed in 2022 by Leah Bosello and Emily Boucher, Barks N’ Brews is a non-profit event series aimed at promoting dog adoption, connecting people with their local rescues, and creating community. Inspired by, of all things, the model of cat cafés, the premise is simple. For a small donation benefitting a local rescue, you get five minutes of blissful puppy time in a pen full of cute! Then you grab a pint, suppor ..read more

Ben Coli of Dageraad Brewing (L) and Iain Hill (R) discuss changes to the B.C. brewery scene over the past decade. Sandra Thomas photo Since launching Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing in May of 2014, Ben Coli has seen a lot of changes to B.C.’s craft brewing scene. It’s the same for Iain Hill, whose Strange Fellows Brewing in East Vancouver turns 10 this December. During that time, the craft-beer industry across the province also experienced exponential growth. By 2022, the number of craft breweries in B.C. had reached almost 250, but ever-increasing rents and property taxes, the rising costs of shi ..read more

iStock / Getty Images Plus / bfohack2 photo Although the craft beer industry as a whole is facing some economic challenges in this post-pandemic world and consumers seem to be drinking less beer overall, we are still seeing some new breweries opening around British Columbia. Here are some more to look forward to. Boltage Brewing Squamish (coming soon) Boltage’s social media feeds and website have been saying “Coming Soon to Downtown Squamish” for a while now. BoltageBrewing.com Bridge Brewing Pemberton North Vancouver (fall 2024) Bridge is opening a second brewery location in the same area as ..read more

Welcome, CowDog! A new brewery has opened in East Vancouver in Callister’s former space. CowDog Brew Co. hopes to open in March. CowDog Brew Co./Instagram After having lost a couple of breweries over the last year, Vancouver has a new one. The CowDog Brew Company has officially opened its doors this weekend, after taking over the former location of Callister, which left its East Vancouver home at the end of 2023. CowDog opened at 1338 Franklin St. in East Vancouver on Friday, March 15, which seems a fitting weekend to start selling beer. “I want to thank everyone who came out to support u ..read more