VI Brewery wins 3 silvers
Vancouver Island Brewery has been handed three silver medals from the Tastings.com World Beer Championships in the U.S.
The brewery won the medals for its Beachcomber Summer Ale, in the weizen hefe category, Black Betty in the fruit beer category and Sabotage India Session Ale in the American-style IPA category.
“These are truly wonderful honours and we could not be more proud,” said general manager Murray Langdon. “To have all three entries receive awards is a remarkable feat, and to have both established beers and one of our new launches recognized shows that Vancouver Island Brewery’s history of innovation and creativity is alive and well.”
Tofino lodge is batting 1,000
Tofino’s Long Beach Lodge hit a new milestone — more than 1,000 excellent reviews on TripAdvisor.com. It’s ranked third among 17 Tofino hotels by TripAdvisor, the 14 year-old travel-review website. Of the 1,303 reviews posted to TripAdvisor about Long Beach Lodge, 1,005 rated the property as excellent, 187 very good, 59 average, 39 poor and 13 terrible.
Pacific Sands Beach resort in Tofino, ranked No.1 by TripAdvisor.com in that area, boasts 831 excellent reviews, while the Wickanninish Inn, ranked No. 2 by the website, has 496 excellent reviews.
Tourism awards cancelled
The B.C. Tourism & Hospitality Industry Awards program and gala evening have been cancelled due to low industry participation and insufficient sponsor support, the B.C. Tourism Association announced. Planning continues for the B.C. Tourism & Hospitality Summit which will take place on Nov. 3 and 4 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Building alert
A new Royal Bank will open in Sooke. A development permit application for the new building has been submitted. It’s a single-storey, 3,500-square-foot building at 6639 Sooke Rd. The architect is Gustavson Wylie Architecture and the landscape is being done by LADR Landscape Architects ... A 1.6-million building permit has been issued for eight townhouse units at 25 Ontario St. in James Bay. Homewood Constructors is the general contractor and the architect is Hillel Architecture ... For information on construction projects, contact the Yellowsheet Review at 250-480-1230.
