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[lanforod]

I always drink local. Support local businesses. Why support the big boys when local is almost always better.

[Matt R.]

Had a few Hoyne Dark Matter at Irish Times last night. Tasty treats!

Matt.

[Matt R.]

We run four taps at my shop, and lots of bottles and bombers. Two taps VIB, one salt spring, one rotating. Quite often tourists come in and see Vancouver Island on the menu and want that right away, it must be local, right? The brand name makes for an easy sell and it's a good price point.

Hoyne, Phillips, Lighthouse, Red Arrow, Driftwood - lots and lots of great local draught out there but none of them speak to geography. They also sell well but require a bigger investment on my part when all we want to do is give people what they want and turn tables in the summer.

Matt.

[VicHockeyFan]

^ I had not thought about that in the name.    And yes, VIB has always had good pricing.

[Cassidy]

Someone would have to refresh my memory, but wasn't VIB the first physical brewery (outside of a restaurant - Spinnakers) to be built in Victoria after they tore down the old Labatts joint across from Acklands?

 

I seem to recall a time when they were the only dedicated craft brewery game in town, and hosted a few private late night "gatherings" in their lobby/bar.

[Cassidy]

Thinking about beer in this town, i recalled that the old Labatts Brewery on Government used to have an employee coffee room in it, and there on the wall of the coffee room was a beer tap - from which Labatts employees could pull a glass of free beer for their morning coffee break, another free beer on their lunch hour, and then a free beer again on their afternoon coffee break.

 

Often, the boys would hang around after work in the coffee room and pull a couple more free glasses.

 

It was considered a perk of the job, and I recall that the boys made sure that management knew the coffee room "free beer tap" was there to stay.

 

I guess a business probably wouldn't get away with that these days eh? 

[VicHockeyFan]

More beers will be brewing – Île Sauvage Brewing Co. to open in Rock Bay

[Jackerbie]

^ Do you know if they're still on track for Sept 1st? I think they wanted to have the tasting room ready by then.

[SimonH]

Hearing a new brewery is going in where the old Prima Strada was on Bridge st.

[VicHockeyFan]

Hearing a new brewery is going in where the old Prima Strada was on Bridge st.

 

Welcome to about 12 weeks ago!

 

http://ilesauvage.com/

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 12 October 2017 - 06:54 PM.

[Matt R.]

I take back what I said about VIB having good pricing. They are now on par or more expensive than some of the other more interesting producers around victoria - Hoyne, Driftwood, etc. $80 for a 20l keg is pushing it.

Matt.

[SimonH]

Welcome to about 12 weeks ago!

 

http://ilesauvage.com/

Just checked my calendar. I was trekking the Gobi desert 12 weeks ago.. No wifi connection.

[thundergun]

Heard a rumour that Hoyne has looked at moving (due to size limitations) into the old Albion fisheries place on Tyee adjacent to the Railyards. Don't know the likelihood but could be a great spot just off the goose and there's space for a taproom type setup there...

[Rob Randall]

^Great tie-in with their new line of trout-flavoured ales.

[Mike K.]

Browns Social House's new concept, Browns Crafthouse, will be opening in Vic West next year. This is a concept more focused on craft beers and cocktails.

[Nparker]

The rezoning application is now with the city for Île Sauvage Brewing at the former Prima Strada location on Bridge Street.

[Jackerbie]

More beers will be brewing – Île Sauvage Brewing Co. to open in Rock Bay

 

This application is going to COTW on Thursday, May 17th. Staff are recommending support of the rezoning, and the Province has issued "Approval in Principle" for both the manufacture and sale of beer on site.

[VicHockeyFan]

MORE:   https://www.facebook...011183152362541

 

 

 

BREAKING: A Phillips Brewery tank just burst and there's "free" beer everywhere!

Photos by Erynn Pawluk

 

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 17 May 2018 - 02:02 PM.

[RFS]

Looks like Vancouver Island Brewing is correcting their (in my opinion) bad rebrand 

https://vibrewing.com/

[Mike K.]

Nice!

The current one is just bizarre. I get what they were going for but it was too much of a departure from their original branding. And they’re the OG’s on the block, they need to maintain that image and not look like the newest entrant to the scene.