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 NEWS RELEASE:      Top Shelf at BC Distilled   The Results are in for the 2015 BC Distilled Best of Show    BC Distilled tasting glasses. Photo by Charles Zuckermann   Vancouver B.C., April 24, 2015   - On Saturday, April 18, over 600 local spirits enthusiasts sampled their way through the province's finest offerings at BC Distilled , British Columbia's premier micro-distillery festival . With two sold out public events, fourteen unique vendors to the previous year and a pop-up Legacy Liquor Store  added, BC Distilled 2015 proved that the micro-distillery industry in British Columbia is here to stay.    Attendees of BC Distilled were invited to choose their favourite vodka, gin and other spirit from twenty-two small-batch distilleries who showcased over seventy different locally made products at the event. There were eleven winners in the three catego...

New Belgium Brings Back Sour, Spice and Everything Nice with the Return of La Folie, Transatlantique Kriek and Cocoa Molé These Lips of Faith additions are available now Ft. Collins, Colo. – February 19, 2015 – New Belgium Brewing is releasing 2015’s La Folie and Transatlantique Kriek while reissuing a new Cocoa Molé, offering an inventive mixture of sour, sweet, heat and tradition. Two of these Lips of Faith additions (Transatlantique Kriek and La Folie) will remain out through the remainder of 2015 and Cocoa Molé will be out through March, or while supplies last. La Folie, French for “the folly” and New Belgium’s earliest sour beer release dating back to 1997, returns yet again to offer this year’s sour delight. A wood-conditioned brown ale, La Folie ages one to three years in French oak foeders formerly used in wine production. The result? A smooth oaky nose and delightfully tart finish. This one-of-a-kind sour brown ale is sharp like a lambic, sour in the finish, and...