Tag Archives: Great Canadian Beer Festival

Wines to help transition us into fall. Plus, rum!

September 13, 2018Italy, Rioja, Spain, Uncategorized, WeatherB.C., BC, beer, British Columbia, CFAX, CFAX 1070, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Rod Phillips, Ryan Price, Vancouver Island, Victoria, VQA, winedorkuncorked

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Picks of the week:

Primativo: Tormaresca Neprica

Rioja: Viña Real Crianza

Live at Great Canadian Beer Festival 2018

September 7, 2018Great Canadian Beer FestivalB.C., BC, beer, British Columbia, CFAX, CFAX 1070, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Rod Phillips, Ryan Price, Vancouver Island, Victoriadorkuncorked

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Ryan and Rod take the show on the road to Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park for the Great Canadian Beer festival where they talk to brewers and chase trends.

Ryan and Rod at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2018 — Rod and Ryan at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2018

When is the peak time to pick a grape? Science wants to know!

September 4, 2018CiderB.C., BC, bcpoli, British Columbia, CFAX, CFAX 1070, cider, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Rod Phillips, Ryan Price, Vancouver Island, Victoria, VQA, winedorkuncorked

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In this short interview episode, we speak with University of Victoria ecologist John Volpe.

Pick of the Week: Sea Cider’s Rum Runner cider.

2018 Great Canadian Beer Festival Preview

August 17, 2018Great Canadian Beer FestivalB.C., BC, bcpoli, beer, British Columbia, CFAX, CFAX 1070, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Rod Phillips, Ryan Price, Vancouver Island, Victoria, VQA, winedorkuncorked

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The man behind the Great Canadian Beer Festival, Gerry Hieter, joins the show to talk about this year’s edition.

PICK OF THE WEEK: Steamworks Brewing Brut IPA

Live at the Great Canadian Beer Festival

September 8, 2017Beer, Great Canadian Beer FestivalB.C., BC, beer, British Columbia, CFAX, CFAX 1070, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Rod Phillips, Ryan Price, Vancouver Island, Victoriadorkuncorked

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Rod and Ryan wander the GCBF with a microphone. That’s about it.

Ryan and Rod at Great Canadian Beer Fest 2017

Meet Hoyne Brewing’s Sean Hoyne. Plus, a Great Canadian Beer Festival follow-up

July 14, 2017Beer, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Hoyne, Special GuestB.C., BC, bcpoli, beer, British Columbia, CFAX, CFAX 1070, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Hoyne, Rod Phillips, Ryan Price, Vancouver Island, Victoria, VQA, winedorkuncorked

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It’s the return of special guest Gerry Hieter from the Greater Canadian Beer Festival, who also brought along Sean Hoyne – the man behind one of Victoria’s successful craft breweries and a long time player on the local beer scene. It’s a conversation that veers into beer.

Great Canadian Beer Episode!

June 1, 2017Beer, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Phillips Brewery, Special GuestB.C., BC, beer, British Columbia, CFAX, CFAX 1070, Great Canadian Beer Festival, Rod Phillips, Ryan Price, Vancouver Island, Victoria, winedorkuncorked

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The co-founder of Victoria’s Great Canadian Beer Festival Gerry Hieter is our special guest for this special episode! We talk all about this year’s 25 edition of the GCBF, the history behind the festival, and Gerry’s journey in the evolving craft beer industry.

This week’s Pick of the Week is appropriately themed – Phillips’ “Short Wave West Coast Pale Ale.”