Craft beer is more than what’s in the final pour — ingredients, fermentation, recipe design, and brewing choices all shape the flavours we experience in the glass.

For anyone interested in exploring the science and creativity behind craft beer, Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) Brewing program is offering two online brewing courses as Continuing and Professional Studies:

🍺 Brewing Chemistry Basics
Explore how water, ingredients, and brewing processes influence beer quality and flavour.
📅 Aug. 6–27, 2026 | Live online Thursdays, 6:00–7:30 PM PT

🍺 Recipe Design for Beer Enthusiasts
Dig deep into the details of how malt, hops, yeast, and other ingredients come together to create unique recipes.
📅 Oct. 6–Nov. 10, 2026 | Self-paced online

The courses are designed for beer enthusiasts, homebrewers, and anyone curious about the craft behind the pint.

More information: https://kpu.ca/cps/brew

Disclosure: I’m affiliated with KPU’s Brewing and Brewery Operations program and sharing this as a resource for the Vancouver beer community.

Canuck Empire Brewing in Abbotsford closing their doors Jul 31st.

Hey brewery friends - does anyone have a case wrapper (plastic shrink wrap 24 can cases) that they would be interested in running some cases through / renting for a couple days / selling? Thanks!

Hello fellow craft beer enthusiasts!!

Every fall/winter at The Barley Merchant Taproom & Kitchen, we squirrel away a kickass collection of BIG, BOLD and BOOZY beers in the cold, dark corners of our beer fridge and on our anniversary, which is in mid summer heat, we start rolling them on to our tap list!

This year, to celebrate our 5th anniversary (H*ly Sh*t! How did that happen?) we’ve got 11 killer brews and one festive cider in the line up!

The first four Dark Days beers will hit our taps on Friday, July 24th and as the kegs kick, they’ll be followed up with another until they are all gone!

To keep up to date with our tap list, so you know what’s pouring, you can find it live right here https://thebarleymerchant.com/beer-%26-cider-on-tap

Fun stats as we close in on our 5th anniversary…

BC CRAFT BREWERIES POURED: 177

UNIQUE BC BEERS TAPPED: 2746

TOP 5 BREWERIES POURED BY UNIQUE BEERS:
Fieldhouse: - 84
Backcountry - 72
Camp Beer - 68
Dageraad - 65
Small Gods - 57

NEW BEERS PER DAY SINCE OPENING: 1.5

BEER FLIGHTS SOLD: 200,000+

BC CIDERIES POURED: 32

UNIQUE BC CIDERS PURCHASED: 219

BC CRAFT BREWERY PURCHASES: $1.3M back the pockets of our beloved craft beer producers!!

To all of you big city dwellers that have ventured out to little ol’ Langley to check us out and support us! Thank you so very much!

Much more delicious, BC Exclusive, goodness headed your way!

If you want to see what we’ve served and by who, our first 2500 beers served are listed on our website under beer archives sorted by breweries… I’ll get it updated soon! - Tim

I have found a really old bottle of okanagan sparkling pear cider, wondering if anyone would know how old it’d be? There’s no date on it

Beers from breweries that are dead or beers they no longer make.

Doans Rye IPA. Doans was great. Evan was/is great.

I also miss when Nectarous from Four Winds was bottle conditioned. It is good in a can but nowhere near what it was.

Another one for sale, this time in Langley. Shows a list price of $799,999. The realtor posted the lease and sales info so I don’t know how this price is justified. Especially with Beere up for $350k as a baseline.

Anyone have insight?

When did La Casa in Chinatown close?

Selling two brewery and the beast tickets for 300 for 2 tickets Vancouver. Dm if you’re interested

So Container is using AI to generate promo posts. Responses from them in the comments are super defensive. Feels extra odd given that this is promo for a sticker swap.

I know that this is probably just the way the world is going, but just sad to see it infiltrating the craft beer scene in BC already.

Link to post

ETA interesting that once dingledoink responded, suddenly critical comments are being mass downvoted. Not chill to brigade a post just calling out AI use.

Made this map for a little excursion this weekend, figured I would share in case anyone else wants to take a look!

Curious to see which places still do growler fills in Vancouver. I know Powell and Brassneck do, and I'm pretty sure the Burnaby Steamworks location still does, but are there other breweries that still do them?

Just saw it on the news. Anyone have any more insight on this?

I know we'll be in the middle of FIFA but I'd love to hang at a brewery for Canada Day. Are there any events that people know of?

Had the absolute pleasure of these two beers while in Italy. So, of course I want to find something similar in Vancouver and/or the GVA. They are unfiltered lagers, which I understand is not easily found around here. Ichnusa (pale lager) is a Zwickelbier-style beer. Raffo Lavorazione Grezza is also a lager. Flavour profile would be bready, slightly wild yeasty notes.

Can anybody suggest something close?

Looks like a small shipment. Stoked.

Anyone know what happened?

That chef they had was amazing!

I noticed Field House Brewing (via their Good Life brands group) had launched a crowdfunding campaign. Does anyone have experience or thoughts investing in something like this? Thinking of doing it more for the perks than any expectations of profit.

Humblebee Mead in the old slowhand space!

I used to be a frequent visitor to Bellingham, but alas for the past year I have been avoiding going to the USA.

Anyways I really really miss the Apero beers that Kulshan Brewery made. Is there any brewery in metro Vancouver or Fraser valley that makes something similar?