Partner Profile: The Powerhouse Located in the historic Old Town district, The Powerhouse is offering up a brand new venue and service to Greater Victoria. Transformed from a steam-generating plant that once fueled Victoria’s early electrical needs and the city’s streetcar system, this 130-year-old building is now home to a collective of local companies including …
Partner Profile: Victoria Public Market In 2013, the Victoria Public Market opened just north of downtown Victoria as a unique shopping venue featuring local vendors. The Market’s mission is to support and grow smaller local companies by providing a community-run space to sell their artisan goods. Home to a number of permanent vendors, the Market …
Why craft beer tasting rooms matter by Rob Mangelsdorf If the past two years of pandemic-imposed semi-isolation have proved anything, it’s how important it is for our mental health to be social and connect with one another. There’s science to back this up: research shows that social interaction can have a broad positive effect not …
Behold: The Craft Beer Cocktail Gaze upon it in all its glory by Rob Mangelsdorf Beer is delicious. We know that. But beer cocktails? Until recently, they’ve been pretty uninspiring, to be honest. Thankfully, we’ve come a long way from simple Boilermakers and Micheladas — in the past 20 years, craft beer has earned itself …
Craft Beer Capital Victoria is the Craft Beer Capital of Canada. There, I said it. Other cities may try to lay claim to being Canada’s craft beer capital, but they are wrong, and we’re right, and here’s why. Most Breweries Per Capita of Any Major City in Canada With a population of just over 90,000 …
Behind the Beer A conversation with Matt Phillips of Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. As the story goes, Matt Phillips started his craft beer empire with a dream and a maxed-out credit card, producing beer in stainless steel fermenters he welded himself in a non-descript industrial unit in Esquimalt. Cut to 20 years later, and …
Take it Easy: Low alcohol beer options abound Adulthood is overrated. The constant 24/7 commitments and responsibilities that come with working for the man, trying to put a roof over your head, raising children, operating a business or simply existing in this increasingly ludicrous world can really cramp your style, right? Especially if you’re a …
by Sonia Montisca In the gloomy winter months, the promise of Victoria Beer Week on the horizon is a welcomed one for beer lovers. Between Great Canadian Beer Festival and VBW, Fresh to Death keeps the hopheads happy. But what’s in a hop anyway? A hoppy history BC has a long history of hop farming …
by Sonia Montisca The year is 2020. Discrimination of any kind has died out and people of all backgrounds, genders, and beliefs are equally free to enjoy a quality craft beer. Well, at least part of that statement is true. Even in 2020, there are lots of wrinkles to iron out in the fabric of …
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Whether you like what they’re saying or not, it’s undeniable that the BC Beer Memes Instagram account has a voice in the BC craft beer scene. Gaining nearly 4000 followers in just 6 months by “meme dumping” with consistent regularity and sharing their opinions, often with brutal honesty. Their indiscriminate targeting of all manner of …