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Unusual Beers to Look Out for at the Whistler Village Beer Festival

It’s looking like it’s going to be a barmy few days for the Whistler Village Beer Festival, with temps hovering at 24 degrees for the main event on Saturday – the perfect temperature to knock back some brews.

With over 60 breweries in attendance, it means there are over 150 beer to try. Although festival goers will be armed with a 4oz tasting glass it’s still going to be hard work getting through that amount of grain filled goodness, so we’ve picked out a few of the unusual ones you might want to make sure hit your beer line up – even if it’s just for the cred to say – been there, tasted that!

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A cultural experience, not a chug fest, is how Liam Peyton describes next weekend’s second annual Whistler Village Beer Festival (Sept. 11-14). That’s not to say the four-day celebration is solely for purists: Far from it.

Beer Festival Embraces its Artistic Side

As everyone knows, it was the great beer expert Pharrell Williams who sang in his recent international hit Hoppy, “Because I’m hoppy… Clap along if you feel that hoppiness is the truth.”

The Whistler Gran Fondo Bike Race is the Toughest in the Country

Gran fondo means big ride in Italian, and that’s certainly what it is. It’s a 122-kilometre ride from Vancouver up the stunning Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler that’s happening this Saturday, Sept 6.

How to Make A Mexican Bulldog Margarita: Longhorn’s Signature Drink

The bartenders at the Longhorn at the base of Whistler Mountain make thousands of “Bulldogs” each year – recently we had a request by a UK based visitor wanting to know how he could make this legendary concoction home. He wanted to take the taste of his summer adventure in Whistler home, so we decided to send him this video to show him just how it’s done.

Gibbons Takes on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

When our CEO, Joey Gibbons, was one he lost his Grandpa to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Known as “Superdad” it was a huge blow to the family to loose such a treasured man, and frustrating because there was nothing they could do – unfortunately there still isn’t. ALS is a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for muscle action we are able to control, such as those in the arms, legs, and face. The disease belongs to a group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases, which are characterized by the gradual degeneration and death of motor neurons.

Watch how the whole Gibbons team – Longhorns, Buffalo Bills, Tapley’s, Garfinkel’s and FireRock Lounge got nominated – it’s on Whistler, they’ve got 24 hours!

GROW Conference Whistler: How Our Town Might Become the Most Connected Resort in the World

Next week the GROW conference will bring some of the world’s brightest technology entrepreneurs and investors to Whistler.

Around 800 people are attending the event, which has been held for four years in Vancouver but this year is travelling up the Sea to Sky to our fair mountain town giving local businesses a chance to mingle with the tech heads from companies like Yahoo, Misfit Wearables, Under Armour, Google Glass and SmartThings.

Crankworx – Meet two of the local contenders

Gibbons Life is a proud sponsor of Crankworx. We love to see the legends, rising stars, industry innovators and the next generation of mountain bike riders gathering in Whistler for a 10-day wheel fueled spectacle.

We had the honor of touching base with two local riders before they start the festivities, check out what they’re up to as Crankworx rolls into town…

The Secret to Whistler’s Success (is not what you think it is)

With alpine vistas, a surplus of meeting space and close connections to Vancouver, Whistler is following the lead set out by ski resorts such as Banff and Aspen and courting the conference crowd—a much sought-after tourist segment known to book early and spend lots of money. This month, Grow—a technology investment conference with some 1,100 attendees—became the latest to make the trek up the Sea-to-Sky highway, relocating from Vancouver after four years.

Whistler Wanderlust Festival – Here’s The Flowdown

When Whistler’s streets are full of brightly, and tightly, clad people who look oddly serene as the rest of us dash around it can mean only one thing – the Wanderlust Festival has rolled into town.

The Big Idea: Brewing up Whistler’s fast-growing Beer Fest

Last summer, Liam Peyton wanted a challenge and Joey Gibbons was determined to find it for him. In June 2013 Peyton became event manager at Gibbons Life, a new, non-profit offshoot of the Gibbons Hospitality Group, and in just three months he channeled his passion for great beer and our mountains into the inaugural sell-out Whistler Beer Festival.

Eat, Drink, and Escape at These B.C. and Portland Summer Festivals

OKAY, SO MAYBE you don’t have two months off school – or even two weeks off work – this summer. You can still make the weekends count by getting out of town and taking in a few annual festivals.