{"id":31474,"date":"2022-08-31T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/?p=31474"},"modified":"2022-09-02T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T21:49:30","slug":"barkerville-and-beer-where-the-gold-rush-trail-meets-the-ale-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/barkerville-and-beer-where-the-gold-rush-trail-meets-the-ale-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Barkerville and Beer: Where the Gold Rush Trail Meets the Ale Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1863, J.B. Chancellier and Nicolas Cunio opened Barkerville Brewery, Saloon, and Lodging House in the new mining town of Barkerville, British Columbia. The brewery quickly became popular \u2013 not just for its beer, but for the prize fights it hosted. Even in competition with at least five other nearby breweries, Barkerville Brewery was well loved by the townspeople for years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exactly 150 years later, in 2013, a new<\/em> Barkerville Brewing<\/a> sprang up. But, due to the challenges of running a business in the historic town, the brewery was in Quesnel, an hour west of Barkerville. Cunio\u2019s luxuriant mustache became part of the logo for the 21st century Barkerville Brewing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I had the chance to visit both sites of Barkerville Brewing during a road trip my family took this past August. As we moved mentally and physically between the 19th century and our current time, I learned a lot about the present by means of the past. Thanks to the kindness and hospitality of Barkerville Historic Town and Park<\/a>, my kids, my husband, and I had the chance to briefly experience life in a gold rush town. We followed it up with a visit to the new Barkerville Brewing in Quesnel, where we quenched our thirst, filled a Barkerville growler, and continued on our travels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n