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me again ! Distillers and brewers sharing barrels in new trend Beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says new trend could take off locally By On The Coast,  CBC News   Posted: Jan 19, 2016 7:17 PM PT  Last Updated: Jan 19, 2016 7:54 PM PT Right now these barrels hold delicious whiskey, but who knows? Maybe they could soon be filled with delicious beer. (Tim Moffatt/Flickr) Tried liquor-flavoured beer? Get ready for beer-flavoured liquor  7:37 19 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories B.C. craft beer scene set to grow in 2016, says beer columnist Beer columnist says 2015 was the year of the sour Craft beer variety at B.C. Liquor Stores set to grow next week For some time now, craft brewers have been aging and conditioning their beer with whiskey and bourbon liquor barrels to add another dimens...

two bits of news from new belgium: New Belgium Brewing to Tweak Abbey and Trippel Recipes Recipe adjustments highlight advances in hop and malt production Ft. Collins, Colo., September 2, 2015 – Two of New Belgium Brewing’s longest running beers, Abbey Belgian Style Dubbel and Trippel Belgian Style Ale, are being reimagined and updated for a new era. Both beers started life as homebrew recipes more than 25 years ago and new developments in hop and malt manufacturing have been incorporated. Subtle recipe tweaks will allow the malty and hoppy characteristics of each beer to shine through. A new yeast strain will help balance the esters and phenol while emphasizing the Belgian character of these beers. Although these are among the first Belgian-inspired craft beers produced in the U.S., New Belgium brewers could not resist tinkering with these classics. Internal sensory panelists affirmed the results a success. “As an American craft brewer founded on Belgian tradition, we have a ...

Vancouver Island's Gladstone Brewing Co. makes its Vancouver Debut VANCOUVER, BC – After six months of serving up West-Coast and Belgian-inspired brews to Vancouver Island's Comox Valley, Gladstone Brewing Co. is headed to Vancouver for the first time to showcase its award winning beer with a tap takeover at Commercial Drive's Tangent Cafe on Wednesday August 26, 6pm. Gladstone Brewing Co. is one of Vancouver Island's newest breweries and is headed up by owner Daniel Sharratt and head brewer John Adair (formerly of Parallel 49 Brewing). Adair's Porter recently took home bronze at the Canadian Brewing Awards. The tap takeover at Tangent Cafe will include six Gladstone beers: Belgian Single, North American Porter, West Coast IPA, Pilsener, and two new, yet-to-be released seasonals – a Saison and a Kettle Sour. The 20,000 litre capacity brewery started out with just 4,000 litre production in January 2015, but has quickly grown in the first six months...

my beer notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn: I said in my 'year ahead' column back in January that I predict 2015 is going to be the year of the sour. While it is a fact that I am trying to convert Stephen to a sour beer fan, I am not trying to force sours to break out in 2015.  I don't have to - 2015 as year of the sour is already off to a running start. In January three local breweries came out with sours: Four Winds with Nectarous, Four Winds and Steel & Oak collaborated on a Gratzer and Parallel 49 put its Bodhi on tap in the tasting room. Sour beers are a varied lot of beers that have been purposely infected with yeast strains ( Lactobacillus , Brettanomyces , and Pediococcus ) that cause them to taste sour. When this happens by accident, the beer is considered spoiled. When it is done on purpose, it is considered delicious! I think a very romantic example of a sour brewery is Cantillon Brewery i...

i'll be on cbc radio one's on the coast with stephen quinn at 5:50 this evening making him drink sour beers with me thanks bravo beer co. for providing me with three delicious belgian sours to begin my conversion of stephen to all things sour! 88.1 fm 690 am

from stone: Our Favorite Overseas-Inspired  IPA Returns! You may recall the herbaceous, bitingly hoppy fund-raising IPA we brewed four years ago to help provide relief for Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. And if you do, we know you loved it every bit as much as we did. We originally brewed Baird/Ishii/Stone Japanese Green Tea IPA  with our friends Toshi Ishii, owner of Ishii Brewing Co. in Guam, and Bryan Baird of Japan's Baird Brewing Company , and we couldn't be happier to announce that it's back with the original crew on board. The recipe has been updated slightly, using a new Australian hop variety, Helga, in place of 2011's New Zealand Pacifica hops, but the 2015 version is still packed with all of the unique flavor combinations that you loved the first time around. This spectacular, tea-infused IPA will set sail beginning Monday, January 12. You can prepare for its arrival by watching the new video  and reading up on the tast...

i made the cbc website again! 3 holiday beers to celebrate the season Beer columnist Rebecca Whyman delivers her top picks for the holiday season By On The Coast and Rebecca Whyman, CBC News Posted: Nov 27, 2014 4:18 PM PT Listen here: Seasonal beer, good picks for a hoppy holiday 6:38 Bravo Beer Company (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.) On The coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman poses with her three picks for seasonal beer. (Stephen Quinn)   Winter beer is usually all about vanilla, but for On the Coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman, this year the holidays are about Christmas ales from Belgium. Whyman says all three are vanilla-free, and can be imported from Bravo Beer Company or found at specialty beer stores. Bonsecours Blonde de Noel : One of the only blonde ales brewed for Christmas, it is made with malt, candi sugar, hops and yeast. This is a sweet, yeasty and...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn ( to listen, click here and fast-forward to 10 minutes from the end - 2:19): Seasonal ales We can’t deny it any longer, winter is here, and that means it’s time for drinking winter beers.   Winter ales in these parts have been very vanilla the past several years, and by vanilla I mean the spice not that they’re boring!   So let's talk about some imported winter ales that utilize different flavours to celebrate the season. I brought in three Christmas ales from Belgium for us to taste.   These beers are imported by Bravo Beer Co.   You can find them via the Bravo BeerCo . website and at private liquor stores like Legacy, Firefly and Brewery Creek. The first is a blonde beer - one of the only blonde ales brewed for Christmas - Bonsecours Blonde de Noel from Caulier Brewery is 10% and rated 100 out of 100 by Beer Advocate but only 50 out of 100 on RateBeer.  It come...

the new team at stanley park brewing hosted me at their recent brewmaster's dinner at craft beer market the food was delicious and their new beers were pretty tasty moules & frites with wit i was most taken with the windstorm pale ale chock full of mosaic hops, this one is a departure from the rest of the belgian inspired line-up and one that i would drink again the winter ale was also quite nice - cherry and chocolate, with none of my despised vanilla to ruin it black forest inspired dessert the new team is well aware that stanley park is not beloved by beer nerds and they're okay with that they are right where they want to be in the market and you gotta respect that thanks so much stanley park brewing for hosting me and for drawing my name for this awesome gift basket!! For Immediate Release Introducing Windstorm - An Unexpected Pale Ale Limited Release West Coast Pale Ale to Benefit Stanley Park Ecology Society ...