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happy ipa day!! what is ipa day? silly rabbit, its one of the best days of the year! what's going on in vancouver? pink pints is hosting a cask of four winds mango ipa at rogue on broadway from 6-9 p.m. the donnelly group kicks off its 30 days of ipa yaletown brewpub has its weekly cask night what's going on in victoria? if you need some guidance on choosing which fabulous bc ipa to drink , jan zeschky has you covered! and finally, here's the ipa infographic that the beer wench had some friends of her create (Gina Schuland and Rebecca Selkregg of Deschutes Brewery)  

my notes from last night's on the coast beer column: Defining craft beer is a little like defining art. There is a broad description of an easily graspable concept, but it defies a precise definition. And like art, the "craft" of beer is often in the eye of the beholder. Wikipedia acknowledges the hard-to-pin down quality of craft beer in its entry for "craft brewing": The definition is not entirely consistent, but it typically applies to relatively small, independently-owned commercial breweries that employ traditional brewing methods and emphasize flavor and quality. The term is usually reserved for breweries established since the 1970s, but may be used for older breweries with a similar focus. But who is defining "small", "independently owned" and "traditional"? Craftbeer.com is the website of the American Brewer's Association. The Brewers Association has defined "craft brewer" so the organization can provide statis...

it is one of my cbc radio tuesdays! i will be on radio one with stephen quinn at 5:50 today talking about craft beer and #IPAday on the coast then i will be going to the railway club to avail myself of the cask of driftwood naughty hildegard esb with mosaic hops if that sounds like fun to you, you could go in time to listen to the show my fan club (aka beer geek friends) have a listening party in the back room join them!  so long as they have craft beer in front of them, they do not bite (the cask at tap and barrel also sounds good... might have to try to hit both places! tree brewing blend of 2/3 hophead ipa and 1/3 black ipa)

#IPAday is august 1st the beer wench has decreed it to be so! can't say i'm wild about this year's logo but i sure am looking forward to dedicating my day to the love of ipa (now i just have to plan an event...)

#IPADay celebrations at portland craft last night were fun! i love ipa!

first of all, you should visit the official #IPADay website menshealth gives us their top 7 ipas craftbeer.com on the ever-evolving sub-categories of the ipa style (by the beer wench herself) american craft brewers are the kings of hops? flying dog's mixology for ipa

happy #IPADay everyone! in honour of the day (well, before i am allowed to start drinking delicious ipas anyway) i bring you some ipa myth-busting then, in real celebration of the day i will be at portland craft in vancouver to savour india pale ale on for sure for tonight: Alameda El Torero IPA Alameda American Rye IPA Hopworks Organic IPA there may be more depending on whether any kegs run dry in time to replace them with ipa

#IPA Day is only two days away!!! to help you celebrate appropriately, here is the beer wench herself telling you everything you need to know about #IPADay (except that vancouver's celebration will take place at portland craft at 7:00!!)

looking for a patio in vancouver on which to sip your beer? never fear, the province has you covered (or in this case, uncovered!) #IPADay approacheth - what to pair with your ipa ? how about oysters!? need something to do in vancouver on september 21st? how about beerlesque II ?

getting very excited for #IPADay next week! portland craft at 7:00!

quickly, a few lovely newsy items for y'all: cbc radio's on the coast is going to have a beer segment! currently there is a biweekly wine column... which will soon be alternating with a beer column i'm not sure when the beer segment will begin, but as soon as i do, i'll post it here #ipaday has a venue! woohoo! more on this later, but we'll be upstairs at portland craft on august 2nd from 7:00 p.m. onwards thanks chris for making this happen! pivo's third anniversary approacheth check it out on august 17th and also, they offer 25% off food if you bring in your movie ticket stub from cineplex upstairs (for the nights you aren't just having popcorn for dinner)

p.s. plans are in the works for #ipa day in vancouver looking to be at a single venue for the night instead of a pub crawl this year

untappd kept track of their stats from the beer wench's social media ipa day on august 4th i'm not on untappd, so my stats aren't included but still interesting to see who checks in and what they're drinking

and still more about ipa day! ryan and i made the camra newsletter because of the pub crawl - yay!! guess this means we really should plan something for stout day... another pub crawl? a room at a pub with stouts on cask? a beer pairing dinner?

i know ipa day was last week but i'm a bit slow on the photo upload, okay?! here is the fabulous ryan and myself in the shirts we made for our pub crawl adorable aren't we? first stop of the crawl was yaletown brewpub where we enjoyed iain hill's dry-hopped with simcoe cask of brick & beam ipa yaletown hosts a cask night every thursday, tapping at 4  yaletown brewpub we also had the extra treats made for us by lundy and ryan lundy made ipa bread with deschutes inversion ryan made his now famous ipa peanut brittle, this batch with hopworks ace of spades lundy and the ipa bread ryan and the ipa peanut brittle second stop was the railway club where they had specials on bottles of howe sound devil's elbow ipa, russell ip'eh and r&b hoppelganger... and phillips hop circle on tap i had the hop circle the railway also celebrated international beer day on august 5th with bands and many beer specials and has a weekly cask nigh...

sorry to all the boy type people on the pub crawl last night apparently all those ipas were not good for you oh, they were very good for me and all the other girl type people imbibing them but not for you nope bummer hope you won't hold it against me! the pub crawl was a success! people came, they drank ipa, they laughed, they made me laugh it was good times!!!

finally today is just about over talk about one of the longest days everrrr i just wanna hop on the ipa day pub crawl wagon and worship the hops! t minus 25 minutes until i fly outta work and into a hoppy ipa!

if you'll be in victoria today... spinnakers is celebrating ipa day !

happy international ipa day! really hope to see you on the crawl tonight!! 4 - 5:45 at yaletown brewpub (with a cask of iain's ipa dry-hopped with simcoe) 6 - 6:45 at railway club (with ipa on special) 7 - 7:45 at malones (with ipa specials and an appetizer for the group) 8 - 8:45 at steamworks 9 onwards at rogue wetbar (with ipa specials on crannog insurrection, mooylan’s ipa, central city ipa and driftwood fat tug) just show up at the venue(s) at the appointed time and join in on the ipa adoration hop aboard, they're expecting us!

despite snags in my efforts to make #IPADay t-shirts for tomorrow i'm very excited about the vancouver pub crawl tomorrow!!!!!!