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<\/a>While working as a freelance writer, Wiebe began delving more into beer, including the history of beer and craft breweries across BC. His love for beer began melding with his writing, which has guided his career down a more beer-centred avenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBasically, I enjoyed trying new beers and visiting new breweries, you know, all throughout my youth into my 20s and 30s, and bit by bit as I became a freelance writer, at the same time, I started seeing beer showing up in my stories, not even on purpose always, it would be a travel story or something and then I\u2019d mention this brewery as part of it,\u201d he says. \u201cMore and more I started realizing, well, actually, this is my great passion. I really love beer and I really love learning about the stories behind the breweries.\u201d<\/p>\n For his upcoming presentation, Wiebe says the audience will get a special focus on the evolution of beer in Victoria.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, they are going to learn a lot about how beer evolved in BC, but especially here on the island, in Victoria particularly,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t pretend to be the expert on beer history throughout all of BC, just because it\u2019s far too much territory for me to cover. Definitely, the local side of things I know a lot about and I\u2019ve been doing some regular talks about craft beer and how it evolved over the last 150 years here in BC.\u201d<\/p>\n While it\u2019s a historical and informative presentation, Wiebe assures it will be far from boring. And while there won\u2019t be any beer served during the talk, Wiebe believes a perfect end to the night would be going out to enjoy a pint afterward. Conversations of newly acquired beer knowledge will flow just as freely as pints are poured.<\/p>\n \u201cI have a lot of great stories and a lot of great historical images and kind of anecdotes that I\u2019ve put together. I think it\u2019s an entertaining presentation with a lot of information. People will learn some things they didn\u2019t know before,\u201d he says. \u201cI think there will be some surprises in the mix and some really interesting a-ha<\/i> moments when they connect some dots.\u201d<\/p>\n