The hum and buzz of the 2019 Cariboo Rocks the North Music Festival was still reverberating around Prince George when the announcement came that Northern BC’s biggest summer party at Exhibition Park will be back for a third year in 2020. How’s that for success? This year’s event was sponsored by the CN Centre and …
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Cindy Hartford, who started in PWB’s Quality Assurance Department in 1996, has been appointed Plant Manager effective September 1st when the current manager, Tom Leboe, retires after 50 years’ service at the Prince George brewery. PWB CEO Taizan Komatsu said: “We are excited that Cindy will bring her expertise and keen attention to detail to …
Pacific Western Brewing’s Cariboo Genuine Draft has been awarded a bronze trophy in the “light lager” category at the Canadian International Beer Awards in Edmonton. PWB CEO Taizan Komatsu said: “I am proud to be a part of a brewery that continues to produce award winning beers. It is an honour to lead a home-grown …
Pacific Western Brewing – BC’s Prince George-based independent home-grown brewery – continues to build on a legacy of quality and innovation. And, 2019 is shaping up to be another year of strong sales, product line diversification and philanthropic investments back in the community unparalleled in our industry. One of the most frequent questions we are …
At Pacific Western Brewing, the quest for quality is ongoing and recent technological upgrades at our Prince George brewery have enhanced our ability to deliver products that taste better and stay fresh longer. PWB General Manager Scott Rattee says: “in 2018 the brewery invested $4 million in technological upgrades earlier this year. At PWB, quality …
PRINCE GEORGE (April 9, 2018) – Pacific Western Brewing is proud to announce the release of the first batch of Pacific Free, “a gluten removed” lager for a discerning, health conscious generation of beer lovers. PWB General Manager Scott Rattee says: “Pacific Free is brewed just like other great craft beers. However, once the beer …
PRINCE GEORGE, BC (August 13, 2017) – More than 2,200 fans of Pacific Western Brewing turned out Saturday night to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of brewing on the banks of the Nechako River in Prince George … with more than 1,600 in attendance for the Open House. Pacific Western Brewing’s milestone anniversary was celebrated with …
On July 16th, 1956 Prince George “investors” were invited “to share in the profits of Central and Northern BC’s first brewery.” The total start-up cost of the Caribou Brewing Company Ltd. project was initially estimated at $550,000 and ended up costing $1.2 million. Cariboo Lager would be marketed in the Yukon, throughout the BC north …
