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Please be advised that Dead Frog ( @DeadFrogBrewery ) will have the following upcoming cask: Tuesday, July 14 at 4:00pm CRAFT Beer Market ( @CRAFTbeeryvr ) Cask: Furious Friar Belgian IPA with grapefruit, orange & jalapeño Ingredients: water, malted barley, hops, yeast, wheat, invert sugar, grapefruits, oranges, jalapeño Malts: 2-Row, Cara 8, White Wheat Hops: Columbus, Centennial ABV: 9% IBU: 55 A deadly combination of West Coast hops and Belgian spice, experience intense tropical fruit and phenol aromas with flavours of citrus, coriander, clove and spice, finishing with a taste of green chilis.

Celebrate MIDSUMMER with Strange Fellows Brewing Strange Day #6 at Strange Fellows Brewing, June 15th through 21st As the sun sets on the longest day of the year, all over the world people light bonfires to celebrate the sun's triumph over darkness. In some places people jump over the fire to symbolically ward off the cold of the coming winter. Elsewhere, fishermen gather on the edge of the ocean to pray and make offerings to the Siren of the Seas in exchange for safe passage and a bountiful catch. If the gifts are carried out to sea, she has accepted them and their giver will be blessed with good fortune. To ensure luck for the coming year,join us for a celebration that is inspired by the sun's brilliance! On Thursday June 18th from 6-9pm, we will be hosting a Midsummer BBQ. We hope you will join us for some delicious food, a glass of dry-hopped cask Talisman, and music courtesy of our festive friends The Carnival Band! Strange Fellows is a craft brewery inspired by tra...

cask alert: Please be advised that Dead Frog ( @DeadFrogBrewery ) will have the following upcoming cask: April 12, 4pm The Whip Restaurant & Gallery ( @WhipRestaurant ) Cask: Furious Friar Belgian IPA with pineapple, mango & jalapeño Ingredients: water, malted barley, hops, pineapple, mango, yeast, jalapeño Malts: 2-Row, Cara 8, White Wheat Hops: Columbus, Centennial ABV: 9% IBU: 55 Description: A deadly combination of West Coast hops and Belgian spice, experience intense tropical fruit and phenol aromas with flavours of citrus, coriander, clove and spice, finishing with a moderate chili heat. new releases:   THE ARK OF TASTE: A project of Slow Food, the ‘Ark of Taste’ is a collections of heritage foods from around the world designed to acknowledge local food heritage of which Red Fife wheat was Canada’s first addition in 2003.   Dunk...

from deschutes (who i am visiting this weekend in bend!) plus a recipe for beer cheese soup   FLAVORS OF THE SEASON     Pinedrops IPA  | 6.5% ABV 70 IBUs Take a whiff of this beer and you'll know there is something truly unique about this IPA. Inspired by the aromas and sights we experience when exploring the pine forests in our backyard, this crisp and refreshing beverage is something memorable and worth sharing. Beginning this Spring/Summer it is available year round in 6-packs. Mmmmmm, piney!  ...

filling my quota of new places to write about for the upcoming edition of the craft beer news, i finally dragged my ass over to main street brewing it's not that far from my home or my work for that matter sometimes i'm just lazy and honestly that's the only reason i hadn't managed to get over there yet i'd heard the space was fabulous and the beers well brewed i meant to get there sooner... regardless, i went there on monday evening and experienced the fabulousness that is vancouver's newest tasting room for myself i do like their slogan and the exposed brick and duct work and reclaimed wood bar   i began with a paddle of the four cask conditioned beers which of course i neglected to write down... so let's hope my memory is accurate! 1. bonsai belgian ipa with sorachi ace hops 2. kellerbier 3. session ipa 4. smoked porter   my drinking buddies found the smoked porter too smoky for them i found it just the right amount of...

these are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn wherein i waxed poetic about the (un)happy hour laws in british columbia and sipped some furious friar belgian ipa if you missed it, you can listen here (just fast-forward to 10 minutes from the end) Is the new happy hour really a happy rule change for British Columbians?  CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) says no.  And so will most beer drinkers when they do the math. Several changes were made to the province's liquor laws on June 20th.   Most are pretty much housekeeping changes and not controversial.  Those are: the ability to take a drink from one area of an establishment into another: for example from the pub side of Yaletown Brewing into the restaurant side.  Previously your server would have to carry your drinks over.  Homebrewed beer can now legally be served at family events for which you obtain a Special Occasion liquor licence; food pr...