Central City pairs craft beer with food at the new Red Racer Roadside Diner Red Racer is the new place to be for brewery food in Greater Vancouver. Central City Brewers & Distillers, home of Red Racer has just opened the Roadside Diner, a permanently placed food truck connected to the iconic craft brewery. In addition
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Sparrow Rum is Central City Brewers & Distillers’ latest spirit to win Double Gold in international competition. At the 2019 Sip Awards, Sparrow Rum won the top accolade of Double Gold, while the Queensborough Omakase Japnese Style Gin won a Gold Medal. This is the second award for Sparrow Rum, with a previous Silver in
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April is Autism Awareness Month and Red Racer commits to adding to the more than $600,000 raised to date SURREY, BC – The month of April is Autism Awareness Month and Red Racer continues its support of autism research through the release of the Superfruit IPA for Autism six-can pack with a donation from every
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Central City Brewers & Distillers spirit portfolio may be best known for the internationally acclaimed Queensborough Gin and Lohin McKinnon Whisky brands, but its innovation spirits portfolio is gathering great acclaim. At the 2019 Canadian Artisan Spirit Competition, two of Central City’s lesser known products took silver medals against a fierce group of competition. Sparrow Aged Rum and
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SURREY, BC – Lohin McKinnon Peated Whisky has been awarded a Liquid Gold Award with 95.5 points from the 2019 Jim Murray Whisky Bible, making it the highest ranked Canadian Single Malt Whisky! Lohin McKinnon Black Sage Wine Barrel Finished Whisky also was awarded an industry leading 90.5 points. Jim Murray’s whisky
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The Red Racer Imperial IPA Places 1st in the Imperial IPA Category FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SURREY, BC – Central City Brewers + Distillers wins Gold in the Imperial IPA category for their Red Racer IPA at the 2018 BC Beer Awards. The 2018 BC Beer Awards was the largest ever and saw over 1,000 entries
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Central City’s Beatty Street Brewpub opens its doors and welcomes guests to their first ever block party The Central City Brewpub at 871 Beatty Street invites everyone to join in their first ever Block Party on Friday August 24th from 6pm – 9pm. The brewpub is popular pre- and post-game hangout, and has been open
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SURREY, BC – Lohin McKinnon has released two new seasonal whiskies, Lohin McKinnon Chocolate Malt Whisky and Lohin McKinnon Peated Whisky! The two new expressions of Lohin McKinnon build on the previous success of the small batch seasonal whisky program. Notably the Canada 150th Anniversary Barley and Rye Lightly Peated Whisky won the Award of
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2018 SIP AWARDS RECOGNIZES LOHIN MCKINNON SINGLE MALT AS DOUBLE GOLD SURREY, BC – Lohin McKinnon Single Malt Whisky has won a Double Gold Medal from the 2018 SIP Awards! This is the third award Lohin McKinnon Single Malt Whisky has received in 2018. Other awards include a Gold Medal from the Canadian Artisan Spirits Competition and
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Central City Announces That All Packaging Will Move to 500mL Can Formats Surrey, BC (May 29, 2018) – Celebrating 15 years of leadership in craft beer, Central City Brewers & Distillers is changing beer industry standards by being the first brewery in North America to move its entire core beer line-up to the larger 500
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