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There are a lot of adjectives to describe Parallel 49 s assortment of beers, but conventional is not one of them. We only make the kind of beer that we want to drink, says Michael Tod, partner and sales director at the Parallel 49 Brewing Company.

As big fans of the Portland beer and food scene, Chris Bjerrisgaard and his two friends, Cameron Forsyth and Ryan Wellington, took their shared passion and turned it into a business opportunity.

Main Street Pilsner has found a new home but it cant move in until next summer. It was called the Ye Old Brewery Garage its possibly the oldest brewery in existence in Vancouver, says Nigel Pike, one of five owners of Main Street Pilsner.

From weird to WTF Among the beauty of the runway shows every season, there are always a few beasts. The winners of Spring 2013? Pradas leather socks (the next ballet flats perhaps?) and Célines trompe loeil toe shoes (complete with faux pedicure).

SHEREEN JAMIL, 20 Freelance journalist, photographer and student. Front row regular at music gigs around Vancouver. You cant miss her big smile and her bigger camera. Where are you from: Vancouver.

Good ramen is almost the exclusive provenance of the West End, specifically the lower blocks of Robson and the 700 block of Denman. Around these parts one can slurp up the addictive Japanese noodle soup at nearly a dozen restaurants.

A broken-down red truck plummeted from crane height last Thursday, in a stunt to celebrate local beer maker Red Truck Brewery breaking ground on the site of its new brewery at 315 E. 1st, in East Vancouver.

When asked to describe the best part of his job, Trevor Kallies does not have a hard time coming up with an answer. Its the research, he says with a smile. Thats the best part its a lot of fun.

What a difference a year makes! Last weekend was my sophomore venture as a judge at the BC Wine Awards, a competition celebrating the best wines in the province occurring in tandem with the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival .

Cucumbers are nothing but cool and refreshing. They add freshness to tzatziki, a zing to a gin cocktail or a welcome crunch to a salad.