Beer

The latest limited-release beer from Granville Island Brewing is an Imperial India Pale Ale, small-batched brewed by Vern Lambourne at the GIB microbrewery. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that it all started many years ago on Cartwright Street under the Granville Bridge, but if we all jump into a ‘hot tub time machine’ for just [...]

Main Street Pilsner is a collaboration between two Main Street entrepreneurs, Cameron Forsythe (Public Lounge) and Nigel Pike (Cascade Room), and is brewed in Surrey by the Russell Brewing Co. The pilsner style originated in the Czech town of Plzeñ and was a response to the popularity of pale ale.
Essentially, a pilsner is a lager, [...]

In the world of beer, porters are less known than the stouts that they spawned. The shame about this is that the beer first made in the 1700’s for transportation workers in Central London is arguably a much more accessible style. Originally made as a blend of English old ale, new ale, and mild ale, [...]

With the cold just settling in, most beer geeks tend to seek out malt forward ales such as stouts, porters, and winter warmers. Finding a good example of these beers in the BC market is rather easy, however finding a great example can be much more difficult. Enter the Hopwork’s Urban Brewing and their Organic [...]