Epic Views and Epic Brews Cranbrook & Kimberley are the places to be this fall, thanks to two excellent opportunities to enjoy craft beer in these beautiful communities. the Cranbrook & Kimberley Tasting Passport running Sept 12 to Oct 31, 2024 several Cranbrook Sip + Stay packages running September 13 to November 30, 2024 Take … Continued
Explore Flavours & Experiences with Tasting Passports in Five BC Communities and Be Entered to Win EPIC Prizes! The BC Ale Trail is collaborating with communities around BC on five Tasting Passport contests throughout the month of November. The idea is to collect stamps at breweries (and in some cases other participating businesses) and then … Continued
Whether it’s cracking open an IPA after a bottomless day in the backcountry, or guzzling a post-fatbike pint, not much can beat the feeling of a chilled après beer on a pow day. Keen to get a closer look at why shredding pairs so well with beer, I interviewed five beer-loving, BC-based riders to get … Continued
Explore Flavours & Experiences with Tasting Passports in Five BC Communities. The BC Ale Trail is hosting Tasting Passports in five BC communities this November. Each of these promotions runs for a month — the idea is to collect stamps at breweries, tap houses and other participating businesses and then enter the completed passport in … Continued
A BC musician is touring craft breweries across the province with a goal we can all get behind: Explore new parts of our beautiful backyard, make new friends, and try new craft beers along the way. Steven Marriott is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter with a passion for bringing people together through music. He says he planned … Continued
March 8 is International Women’s Day and more than 35 BC breweries are brewing up a special beer to showcase women as well as inclusion and diversity in the craft beer industry in BC. Back in 2013, the thought of women gathering together all over British Columbia to brew a special batch of beer seemed … Continued
Beer. Chocolate. Mmmm. Two of life’s finer pleasures — indulgences many of us choose to enjoy on a regular basis… in moderation, of course. But what about together? That’s right, I’m talking about chocolate beers — special beers brewed with chocolate as an ingredient in some form, whether it is milk chocolate, dark chocolate, cacao … Continued
You know what they say… behind every great beer name, there’s an even greater story. Once upon a pre-COVID time, I embarked on a road trip across the Kootenays. Dipping into breweries for crisp salvation, I came across a number of brow-furrowing, curiosity-sparking Kootenay beer names. Intrigued to discover the secrets and stories that lurk … Continued
The BC Ale Trail invites you to visit these sunny patios at BC Craft Breweries Summer is here and the time is right for sipping craft beer in the sunshine. The good news for beer lovers is that as part of Phase 3 of BC’s Restart Plan, the provincial government has allowed many breweries to … Continued
New Experiences are Brewing Nearby… As Phase 3 of BC’s Restart Plan begins, more of the parks and places we know and love are continuing to reopen. There are a handful of changes coming into effect in cities around the province including expanding patio licensing, allowing public consumption of alcohol in some designated areas, and … Continued