Opinion: Vancouver not yet a world-class beer city

A few months ago Vogue magazine suggested that Vancouver might be the “New Craft Beer Capital of North America,” and this newspaper echoed with the question, “Is Vancouver the new Portland when it comes to craft beer?” Well, no. Vancouver has a very long way to go before it can be compared with the great beer cities in North America.
Yes, we have great — maybe the best — craft beer and breweries, but that’s often where it ends. Great end-user distributio