FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, June 9th, 2019, Victoria, BC — On September 6 & 7, 2019, the Great Canadian Beer Festival (GCBF) will return to Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, BC featuring 90+ Canadian craft breweries from coast to coast. This represents the biggest lineup of breweries ever featured at the GCBF.
“Canada is emerging as a world-class craft beer destination,” says Joe Wiebe, a co-founder and spokesperson for the Victoria Beer Society. “We’re thrilled to host breweries from all across the country this September, positioning the Great Canadian Beer Festival as Canada’s truly national craft beer festival.”
With support from the Canadian Craft Brewers Association (CCBA), the 27th annual edition of Canada’s oldest beer festival will showcase more breweries than ever before, from every region of Canada, including the Maritimes, Québec, Ontario, Western Canada and Yukon. Of course, British Columbia’s craft breweries will be well represented: there will be more than 60 breweries from BC, including Spinnakers Brewpub and Vancouver Island Brewing, which helped kick off the craft beer movement back in 1984, to some brand new operations, such as Whistle Buoy Brewing Company, which just opened in Victoria, and Ace Brewing Company, set to open in Courtenay this summer.
Find the full list of breweries https://victoriabeersociety.com/gcbf-2019-breweries-announced/.
“The craft beer sector continues to grow right across the country,” said Rick Dalmazzi, Acting Executive Director, CCBA. “With craft breweries in every province and territory in Canada, many of them in small and rural communities, our industry is redefining the role that beer production plays in the Canadian economy.”
Not only will attendees be able to taste all these offerings in one place, but they will also have the opportunity to meet the brewers and learn more about Canada’s craft beer community.
Up to 4,500 people are expected to attend this celebration of Canadian craft beer each day. In addition to the wide array of craft breweries, attendees can expect local cideries, food trucks, and the BC Ale Trail-er – an on-site tap truck serving a selection of beers from breweries across British Columbia that otherwise would not be able to participate.
Single-Day Tickets and Weekend Passes are on sale now at Ticket Rocket — gcbf.ticketrocket.co. Discounted Single-Day Tickets (25% off) are available for Victoria Beer Society members at victoriabeersociety.com
List:
BC Craft Breweries
- 33 Brewing Experiment
- 4 Mile Brewing
- Ace Brewing
- Andina Brewing
- Axe & Barrel Brewing
- Bad Dog Brewing
- Barnside Brewing
- Bomber Brewing
- Bridge Brewing
- Britannia Brewing
- Cannery Brewing
- Canoe Brewpub
- Category 12 Brewing
- Coal Harbour Brewing
- Container Brewing
- Crannog Ales
- CrossRoads Brewing
- Dageraad Brewing
- Dead Frog Brewery
- Dogwood Brewing
- Driftwood Brewery
- East Vancouver Brewing
- Faculty Brewing
- Fernie Brewing
- Field House Brewing
- Foamers’ Folly Brewing
- Four Winds Brewing
- Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks
- Gladstone Brewing
- Howl Brewing
- Hoyne Brewing
- Île Sauvage Brewing
- KPU Brew Lab
- Lighthouse Brewing
- Longwood Brewery
- Luppolo Brewing
- Monkey 9 Brewing
- Moody Ales
- Moon Under Water
- Mount Arrowsmith Brewing
- Off the Rail Brewing
- Old Abbey Ales
- Parallel 49 Brewing
- Parkside Brewery
- Phillips Brewing & Malting
- Ravens Brewing
- Red Racer Beer
- Russell Brewing
- Rustic Reel Brewing
- Small Block Brewing
- Smithers Brewing
- Sooke Brewing
- Sooke Oceanside Brewery
- Spinnakers Brewpub
- Steamworks Brewing
- Steel & Oak Brewing
- Strange Fellows Brewing
- Strathcona Beer
- Swans Brewery
- Torchlight Brewing
- Townsite Brewing
- Trading Post Brewing
- Twa Dogs Brewery
- Twin City Brewing
- Vancouver Island Brewing
- Wheelhouse Brewing
- Whistle Buoy Brewing
- Whistler Brewing
- White Sails Brewing
- Wildeye Brewing
- Wolf Brewing
- Yellow Dog Brewing
BC Craft Cideries
- Merridale Ciderworks
- Tod Creek Cider
Yukon
- Winterlong Brewing
Western Canada Pavilion
- Alberta
- Analog Brewing
- Annex Ales
- Blindman Brewing
- Dandy Brewing
- Dog Island Brewing
- The Establishment Brewing Co.
- Last Best Brewing
- Town Square Brewing
- Saskatchewan
- 9 Mile
- Legacy
- Black Bridge Brewing
- Malty National Brewery
- Nokomis Ales
- Manitoba
- Torque Brewing
Ontario Pavilion
- Beau’s Brewing
- Bench Brewing
- Collective Arts Brewing
- Nickel Brook Brewing
Eastern Canada Pavilion
- Québec
- Dieu du Ciel
- Glutenberg Brewery (Gluten-Free)
- Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Nova Scotia
- 2 Crows Brewing
- Big Spruce Brewery
- Tatamagouche Brewing
Matter of Beer 