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Home brew Growing beer culture finds more joy in making its own suds
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Downtown military surplus shop owner Cam Hull announced Tuesday he will run for mayor.
Mayoral race gets a second candidate
BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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n garages and basements around Chilliwack, grist is sparged, worts are strained and yeast is pitched. Not only do those who brew beer at home have their own language, they have their own culture . . . and that’s not just their wort. That culture is becoming more and more popular alongside the explosive growth of microbreweries and craft breweries in B.C. “I’m lucky right now to have a captive audience,” Calvin Quaite tells me over a pint of sort-of crafty beer at a local restaurant. Quaite is the owner of True North Brew Supply in Chilliwack, a spin-off of Conners Wine Cellar U-Brew/U-Vin. Quaite is so well-versed in the art of home brewing that it’s safe to say anyone who knows anything about making beer in the eastern Fraser Valley knows him. Or they should.
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nlike 2011, it appears there may be an actual contest for the Chilliwack mayor’s office this year. Downtown business owner Cameron Hull announced on Facebook that he would run for mayor in the Nov. 15 municipal election. “The city’s at a real crossroads right now,” he told the Times Tuesday afternoon. “We as the voters need to have a different vision how we want our city to go.” Hull’s military surplus store North South Military is located in a cityowned building in the block slated for
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Local beer guru Calvin Quaite talks homebrewing while a batch of Kenny G’s “I’m Too Saxy For My Stout” boils away in the backyard.
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