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We Dig: New and Noteworthy Breweries

Across the Pacific Northwest seedlings are sprouting, birds and bees are “buzzing,” and new life is being born again. However, it’s not just nature that’s giving life to new blood—throughout the region, new craft breweries are popping up left and right, opening...

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Sea Cider Kings & Spies

Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse knows all about apples, growing organic heritage apples for their traditional, English-style ciders.  The apples in this (very coolly named) cider however are not all grown on their oceanfront site on British Columbia's Saanich...

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Grazers: Little Jumbo

Is it possible to be too popular for your own good?  So well known for excelling at one thing that people think that’s all you can do? The Seinfeld curse? The “unpigeonable” Shawn Soole has proven that curse a fictitious one. Lauded internationally for his cocktail...

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Merridale Brandy House Frizz

In addition to the culinary/agritourism powerhouse of Cobble Hill, BC's Merridale Estate Cidery (bistro, ciders, events, etc.) is their distillery. Rick Pipes, co-owner of the Cowichan Valley’s popular Merridale Cider with his wife Janet Docherty, decided to study...

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Drifters: OPUS Hotel

A hotel with multiple personalities? Find out what guise you are when you stay. Tell me what hotel suite you choose and I'll tell you what you are. Okay, so maybe that’s a poor paraphrase of Miguel de Cervantes’ famous quote, but the sentiment is shared. At OPUS...

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Left Field Cider Company Big Dry

As the name suggests, this is Left Field Cider Company’s big, dry cider. In comparison to their Little Dry, which is, well, you know, lesser dry, the Big Dry, their driest cider, will appeal to those looking for a traditional English styled cider. Crisp, sharp and...

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