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Vancouver Sun
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
Vancouver's meatiest food festival returns this month
If you love barbecue, you're going to want to check out Brewery And The Beast. It's a chance to try unlimited dishes from more than 60 of Vancouver's talked-about restaurants. The annual food festival, now in its 13th year, takes place July 27 at Concord Pacific Place, from 2 to 5 p.m. The massive barbecue cook out, showcases ethically raised meats from B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan farms and ranches. Along with the food, the $179 ticket includes wines, cocktails, craft beers, cider, hard teas and zero-proof beverages. Musicians and guest DJs provide the soundtrack to your munching. Participating restaurants include top tier restaurants like Anh and Chi, Bar Bravo, Boulevard, Chambar, CinCin, Elem, Elio Volpe, Glowbal, Good Thief, Gordon Ramsay Steak, Savio Volpe, Published, Torafuku, Two Rivers Meats and Wildlight. The event has raised more than $175,000 in support of culinary scholarships, mental health initiatives and food security programs in B.C. and Alberta. It has also expanded to include events in Calgary and Victoria. For more information and tickets, visit A post shared by Langley RibFest (@langleyribfest) For foodie fans in the Fraser Valley, RibFest Langley returns Aug. 15-17. The event, which sees admission offered by donation, takes place at McLeod Athletic Park. Discover the best of B.C.'s recipes, restaurants and wine. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of West Coast Table will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. The family friendly food event features a variety of famous 'ribbers' from the competition BBQ community, along with live entertainment, drinks, a KidZone and much more. For those who don't love all things BBQ, festival organizers assure there's 'much more than just ribs' in the works for this year's food offering. For more information, visit
Time of India
04-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
In a country where alcohol is banned, Pakistan's top brewery is betting on soft drinks
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel A pungent fug of malt and yeastiness hangs over Murree Brewery , Pakistan 's biggest and oldest producer of alcoholic company is an outlier in a country where alcohol is outlawed for everyone except non-Muslims, who make up some 9 million people out of 241 million. Pakistan, an Islamic republic, banned booze for Muslims in the Brewery has strong financials despite the prohibition, thanks to its history, scant competition and a small, thirsty and predominantly elite consumer the government exerts significant control over the sale and marketing of alcoholic beverages through red tape and high taxes, pushing brewery chairman Isphanyar Bandhara to expand the company's footprint in Pakistan's non-alcoholic drinks industry, which, although bigger, is more crowded and less lucrative."Even I tell my staff of about 2,200 that we cannot sit on our laurels by selling alcohol," said Bandhara, the third generation of his family to run the 165-year-old business that was founded by the British. "It's a restricted market, so we have to rely and focus more on the non-alcoholic side. That's where I think I would like to flex my muscles and take credit, rather than being a liquor baron."The brewery already manufactures energy drinks, juices and malted beverages, but they are not as well known as products from big international brands. However, this part of the business is registering double-digit growth, and Bandhara wants to cash in on the country's youth bulge. Around 64% of the population is under state has a lot of say Pakistan's government determines the brewery's alcohol prices, points of sale and customer base. Last year it took $35 million from the brewery's revenue in taxes. The company cannot advertise its alcoholic beverages or expand that part of the business inside Pakistan. Online shopping is brewery is permitted to export beer to countries outside the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a 57-member bloc, even though there is a "big demand for liquor and beer" in Muslim-majority countries, Bandhara more Pakistanis drink far more sodas and juices, with billions of dollars in sales every year. PepsiCo and Coca-Cola dominate, but there are also homegrown brands."The multinationals are thriving in Pakistan," Bandhara said. "It's a rewarding market. There might be less money (in non-alcoholic drinks), but it's more secure."Murree Brewery's malted drinks line is packaged in a way that strongly resembles its beery counterparts. The taste, while not unpleasant, is distinctive, sweet and slightly to drink in Pakistan Alcohol is a niche item in Pakistan. Even cooking ingredients like red wine vinegar, and buying essentials like cough medicine, is hard because of their alcohol content, however hotels slip a drinks list into the in-room dining menu or decant alcohol into a more discreet vessel, like a teapot. Some restaurants, usually upscale, allow diners to bring a bottle but seat them away from others or shield the pour from prying eyes. There is often a windowless, joyless bar in major Pakistani - nationals and foreigners - can get a liquor permit allowing them to buy limited amounts of alcohol. Diplomats and the elite are a rich source of booze, with well-stocked cabinets and sometimes entire rooms dedicated to are also wine shops, but only in some provinces and run by non-Muslims. Some wine shops deliver to customers waiting in their cars, for discretion. Home delivery is also available."It's not expensive to buy beer," said Faisal, a Pakistani Muslim drinker who is in his 30s and lives in the province of Sindh. He only gave his first name because he is breaking the law. "A local beer will cost 500 rupees ($1.76), but you can save 50 rupees if you don't want it chilled."He added: "Beer is cheaper than coffee in Pakistan, but you only need one coffee whereas you need a lot of beer."Minorities and the booze market Non-sanctioned alcohol drinking in Pakistan is punishable by 80 lashes of a whip, although the Federal Shariat Court deemed the penalty un-Islamic in a 2009 is considered haram, or forbidden, in Islam. Although a sin and not a crime, scholars and religious authorities typically point to a verse in the Quran that calls intoxicants "the work of Satan" and tells believers to avoid them. They also cite sayings of the Prophet Muhammad and the effects of stacked on pallets at Murree Brewery on a recent day were boxes of booze. The beer was heading to government-authorized retailer Pearl Continental Hotel in the eastern city of Lahore. The whiskey was going to Sindh, home to religious minorities including Hindus and who is Parsi, is one of the brewery's leading tasters. Only non-Muslims can sample the company's alcoholic products."We can't just force someone to drink an inferior drink, so it has to be quality," Bandhara said. "If the German Embassy, the Chinese Embassy and a lot of European embassies are my customers for beer, I'm comfortable on my quality."Competition from the Chinese Hundreds of Pakistani distilleries produce the intoxicating agent ethanol, which is mostly exported. Home brewers are another source of alcoholic beverages. But homemade liquor containing poisonous methanol has proved fatal, and dozens of people have died over the Brewery's closest competition for alcohol is the Chinese-run Hui Coastal Brewery and Distillery Limited, which began making beer in southwestern Balochistan in 2021, largely for the thousands of Chinese workers from Hui was available to granting of a licence to Hui in conservative Balochistan took Bandhara aback. He said he was unafraid of competition but wanted a level playing ago, his family wanted to set up a brewery in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province. Bandhara said authorities told the family to keep their heads down because they were in a Muslim country."If the Islamic lecture is for me, why was the license given to the Chinese brewery?" he asked. "We are a liquor company, and we are the easiest to throw stones at and to criticize."
BBC News
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
The science behind brewing tastier non-alcoholic beer
On warm summer days, there's nothing quite like a drink with friends - but what's in the glass is changing. With low and alcohol-free options growing in popularity, brewers are rethinking their craft. The Tech Now team visits Wiper and True, a UK brewery using a pioneering technique called 'reverse osmosis' to craft flavourful low-alcohol beer. This video is from Tech Now, the BBC's flagship technology programme.
Business Journals
20-05-2025
- Business Journals
Brewery District to begin underground tours of historic South Cumminsville tunnels: PHOTOS
The nonprofit behind Cincinnati's Brewery District and Bockfest will open its first underground tours outside Over-the-Rhine in June, when it debuts the lagering vaults beneath a historic complex in South Cumminsville.
Axios
03-03-2025
- Business
- Axios
15 Denver happy hours for cheap eats and crave-worthy cocktails
Denver's dining scene isn't getting any cheaper, but there are plenty of places to score a deal — if you know when to show up. Zoom in: Here are 15 happy hours offering some of the city's best discounts on drinks and eats: 🌮 La Diabla — Thursday, 11am-6pm; Friday, all day; Saturday-Sunday, 10am-6pm The move: Wednesday specials are unbeatable: Two al pastor tacos and one margarita for $5; two fish tacos and one margarita for $7; or buy any cocktail and get two free tacos 🍺 Vine Street Pub & Brewery — Wednesday-Friday, 3pm-5pm; Every day, 8pm-close The move: $6 pitchers of house beer; $6 wine or margarita; $10 burger and fries; $10 cheese or Margherita pizza 🍸 Point Easy — Tuesday-Saturday, 5-6pm The move: $14 for fries and a martini 🍝 Dio Mio — Monday-Thursday, 4-6pm The move: $11 for two glasses of wine; $6 apps like the stracciatella-prosciutto toast and gorgonzola arancini; $12 for a bowl of cacio e pepe or spaghetti 🍗 FlyteCo Tower — Tuesday-Thursday, 7pm-kitchen close/last call; Friday-Saturday, 8pm-kitchen close/last call; Sunday, 6pm-kitchen close/last call The move: $5 Jameson; $2.50 Hamm's; $7 cheese pizza; $8 wings 🍕 Redeemer Pizza — Weekdays, 4-6pm The move: $6 for a slice and beer; $9 for a slice and wine; $12 cheese pizza 🍷 America Elm — Monday-Thursday, 5-6pm; Friday 4-6pm; Sunday 5-9pm The move: $7 wine; $9 classic cocktails; $7 deviled eggs with pork belly; $9 whipped ricotta with fermented garlic honey; $12 mussels and fries 🥟 ChoLon — Daily, 3-5pm The move: $6 dim sum, including dumplings, wontons and bao buns; $5 lager; $7 well drinks; $7 house wine 🥃 The Greenwich — Monday-Friday, 5-6 p.m.; Tuesday, all night The move: $8 mini negroni; $8 wine; $8 beer and shot; $4 select beer; $5 meatballs; $6 Sicilian sesame rolls; $8 fries 🍹 The Block Distilling Co. — Monday-Thursday, 3-6pm; Friday, noon-6pm The move: $8 old fashioned, martini, negroni, or gin and tonic 🦪 Blue Island Oyster Bar — Monday-Saturday, 2-6pm; Sunday, open-6pm The move: $1.31 premium oysters all day Monday; $7.55 tacos and sliders; 30% off wine by the glass 🍔 Steuben's — Daily, 2-6pm and 9pm-close The move: $13 burger, fries and PBR; $3 PBR; $8 house wine, gin and tonic, Moscow mule or old fashioned 🥢 MAKfam — Daily, 2-5pm The move: $6.50 beer and well shot; $6 house wine; $4.5 bao buns; $2 off small bites 🦪 Angelo's Taverna — Daily, 3-6pm and 9pm to close The move: $1.25 oysters; $8 for a personal pizza; $6 well drinks 🍕 Cart-Driver RiNo — Daily, 3-5pm and 10pm-midnight The move: $8 pizza; $3 Genesse beer; $8 negroni or Prosecco
