canadian beer festivaL
T his month Canada’s oldest beer festival recently celebrated its 30th anniversary on September 6th and 7th in a new home at Topaz Park in Victoria. The festival might have moved from the Royal Athletic Park where the festival had been held for the past two decades. However, the Victoria Beer Society organizers of the Great Canadian Beer Festival (or GCBF), did not miss a beat. The GCBF was Canada’s first-ever craft beer festival It started back in 1993 in Victoria, BC at the Conference Centre and has grown into a legendary beer festival that not only showcases the incredible roster of craft breweries in British Columbia, but breweries and beers from across Canada that you can’t try anywhere else, but the GCBF. This year’s GCBF had a diverse lineup for festivalgoers to choose from, showcasing over 250 beers, ciders, mead, gluten-free beers, and non- alcoholic beers from over 60 Canadian breweries across Canada, including dozens of amazing British Columbia breweries and 11 fantastic out-of- province breweries from Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, Ontario, the Yukon, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Nova Scotia and their beers that can’t be found anywhere else in British Columbia. Plus, the BC Ale Trail was also in attendance at this year’s GCBF.
By Ryan Myson 30 YEARS OF CELEBRATING CRAFT BEERS Photo Credit - Great Canadian Beer Festival
Photo Credit - Great Canadian Beer Festival
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