January 1, 2023

Cheers To 2022

The previous two years I’ve titled this year-end recap, “Suck It 202…” but I’m going to try and be less crotchety about the last 365 days this time around.

I mean, minus a looming recession, grocery bills that leave me broke every month because of inflation, finally catching Covid and a war in Ukraine, it’s been a decent year, right?

But let’s seriously look on the bright side, the severity of Covid seems to be subsiding (knock on wood) plus we got to travel again, go to concerts and festivals and live our lives pretty close to what normal used to be.

That being said, here’s a visual recap of some of my favorite moments of 2022.

Happy New Year everyone! Cheers to a great 2023!!

Splitboarding Mt. Seymour

*Splitboarding? How hard can it be? Check it out HERE.*

Many Marshmallows and Firepits with Friends

*Check the accompanying video footage HERE*

Weathered Beer Fest

Multiple #WaterfallWendnesday Visits to Golden Ears Park

*Check out the hike to Upper Falls and a lil’ #SelfPourSunday HERE*

Frozen Alice Lake. Whistler, BC

Toronto, Ontario

*Raps game and some beer at Collective Arts Toronto*

Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast

Morning Coffee Atop Diez Vistas

Bellingham, WA & Mt. Vernon Tulip Festival

*The Tulip Festival, the Bellingham Farmers Market and Stemma Brewing.*

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

Denver, Colorado (pt. 1)

Aarhus, Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

Arguably one of my favorite parts of Copenhagen was riding bikes to the Reffen Street Food Market and enjoying the sunset with some good eats! Mikkeler also has a tasting room at the market, right by the water. Epic views!

*I took so many photos of the beautiful architecture and plant life in Copenhagen.*

*Up there with one of the coolest brewery experiences I’ve had is Mikkeller’s beer and BBQ spot, War Pigs, located in the old meat packing district of Copenhagen.*

Barcelona, Spain

*If you’re in Barci you have to make the uphill trek to Park Guell*

*I didn’t have a lot of time to adventure around Barcelona so my pictures are limited but it’s a beautiful city. I need to go back!*

VCBW Festival

*Arguably not the most well organized festival, I still had a good time at VCBW this year. Saw a lot of friendly faces and drank some delicious beer.*

*Hamish, head brewer at Parkside Brewery (left) and the man/myth/legend @mega.beerman & yours truly (right)*

Camping at Nairn Falls. Pemberton, BC.

*Nairn Falls (left) and the epic brewery views at The Beer Farmers in Pemberton.*

Brewing Some Coffee Atop St. Mark’s Summit

*Check out the full hike and brew video HERE.*

Overnight Hike to Elfin Lakes

*Check out my 20 second hike recap HERE*

Punk In Drublic – Craft Beer and Music Festival

*Two of my favorite things; craft beer and punk rock. Check out my video recap HERE.*

Whistler Weekend for WVBF

*Always a great time at the Whistler Village Beer Fest. Check out my 20 second(ish) recap HERE.*

The ALWAYS epic RZR Tour from TAG. See how much fun it is HERE and HERE.

*The endless views and adventures of Whistler.*

An Epic Weekend On Vancouver’s North Shore

*Some time out on the water in deep cove and some drinks later that night at Copper Penny Distilling.*

*My first time trying braggot at Braggot Brewing and some brews of my own atop Grouse Mountain after doing the Grouse Grind.*

*Amazing views from the Shipyards in North Vancouver*.

*Ending the weekend at the Capilano Suspension Bridge and House of Funk Brewing. Check out all the sips I had throughout the weekend HERE.*

Celebrating Small Business

*Alex from Another Beer Co. (left) and Tim from The Barley Merchant (right)*

*Mike from Local Canning (left) and Helmet from Ultra Limited Printing (right)*

Denver (pt. 2)

Meow Wolf, one of the coolest/weirdest exhibitions I’ve ever seen (left) and Wild Provisions Brewing (right)

*Finally got to meet the homie Aaron (@crushquest) at his new(ish) place of work, Cerebral Brewing (one of my fav breweries!)*

BC Beer Awards

*So many great people came out for this event!!*

Main St. Brewing Christmas Party

*Jan-ta serving some special drinks at Main Street Brewing. Check out the video recap HERE.*

Mammoth Mountain, California

*The road trip from LAX to Mammoth Lakes has some amazing views and photo ops.*

*Views from the top to the tub at Mammoth Mountain.*

*What’s a road trip without beer (Indian Wells Brewing) and late night hotel room tattoos?*

It’s been quite an adventurous year compared to the previous two that had most of us stuck in our houses majority of the time. Let’s hope we all have even more epic adventures in 2023!

Happy New Year to all of you.

Here are a few more of my fav photos I took in 2022….

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