Get Your Tasting Passport & Follow the BC Ale Trail this November

BC Ale Trail’s ever popular Tasting Passports will include Central Vancouver Island this fall, encouraging beer aficionados to collect stamps, explore new craft breweries, and win great prizes along the way.

Explore Central Island while filling out your Tasting Passport, and you could win a grand prize travel package!⁠

BC Ale Trail Central Island Tasting Passports will be available for pickup at participating businesses throughout November in the Comox Valley, Cowichan region, Nanaimo, and in Parksville Qualicum Beach at:

  1. Rusted Rake Brewing
  2. Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company
  3. Fern + Cedar Brewing Company
  4. LoveShack Libations

Collect unique stamps from 6 locations in all four communities (Cowichan, Comox Valley, Parksville Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo)⁠ and submit your passport to be entered into the draw for a GRAND PRIZE GETAWAY to one of the four regions.

The random prize draw will occur following the contest period once all completed passports have been collected. Multiple entries are encouraged! Additional winners will be chosen to win swag from participating breweries and tourism organizations.

Pick up your passport at any participating businesses and get started today!⁠


Rusted Rake Brewing

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Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company

Our fresh, cozy, west-coast themed tasting room is just the place to come for a tasting flight or a pint of fresh, local...

Fern + Cedar Brewing Company

A bold and tasty experience in the heart of Qualicum Beach. True to our surroundings look and feel along with a fresh,...

LoveShack Libations

LoveShack Libations is a one man show creating small batch, 500ml bottle conditioned beers.