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storm brewing's mad scientist cascadia loves beer! the rise and fall and rise of brewery creek reflections on a year of being a beer guy food at craft beer establishments north dakota brewery road trip

winners at the 2013 bc beer awards vancouver is awesome, on 33 acres ways to piss of your bartender - don't do these things!! there is a new strongest beer in the world (probably quite appropriately called "snake venom") and new and delicious beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: 2013 Brewery Creek Collaboration Spruce Tip Stout - $8.15   Craft Beer Month is coming to a close, but not without unleashing its collaboration beer to the clamoring masses. Employing the minds of Main Street Brewing, 33 Acres, R&B, Red Truck and Brassneck, this beer is not to be trifled with. Utilizing spruce tips and roast malt, all while boasting a more than sessionable ABV of 3.9%, this limited run brew should certainly not be missed (especially considering the fact the label is also a removable patch).   Evan Doan | Beer Team | Legacy Liquor Store St. Ambroise Vintage Ale Millésimée - $7.55   Brewed once a year by Peter McAuslan and brewmaster Ellen Bounsall, this beer i...

my beer selections for this week's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast : american brewing company's breakaway ipa and caboose oatmeal stout lazy boy brewing's oktoberfest and ipa diamond knot brewing's brown ale and industrial ipa all three are available in bottles at hastings, legacy and brewery creek liquor stores the lazy boy and diamond knot are also available on rotating taps at the usual suspects like st. augustine's , the alibi room and portland craft .  in fact, i had the industrial ipa at st. augustine's last night!  they are also being poured at rogue waterfront , queen's cross pub , fets bar & grill , biercraft and tangent cafe , among other places like modern malt on facebook and you can keep up to date on where these fine beers are available!

this week's yelp is all about beer in vancouver: Beer-ly beloved, we are gathered here to honour the union of parched lips and everyone's favourite patio pleaser. Be it pilsner or stout, lager or ale , this Weekly vows to bond Vancouverites with ice-cold suds . Offering 300 brews on rotation and a "dizzyingly diverse beer menu," Alibi Room holds Jordan Y 's heart. "There's something for every taste; it's the place to bring that friend who professes to hate beer just so you can blow his/her mind." Meanwhile, Malloreigh M proclaims, " St Augustine's has a selection of microbrews on tap that's unrivaled ." Their pint-priced, four-beer taster "allows customers to quell a bit of that overwhelmed feeling that comes from reading a double-sided, tightly-packed beer menu." We're foaming at the options! L James V prefers to tap into Six Acres for his fix: "The beer is vast, varied, unique, and sometimes very rar...

vancouver winners of the golden plates awards beer-related spoilers: Best Pub Food 1.Irish Heather Gastropub, 210 Carrall 2.Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland 3.Doolins Irish Pub, 654 Nelson Best Restaurant B.C. Beer Selection 1.Alibi Room, 157 Alexander 2.St. Augustine’s, 2360 Commercial 3.ensemble Tap, 990 Smithe 3.BierCraft Tap & Tapas Bar, Various locations Best Restaurant Imported Beer Selection 1.BierCraft Tap & Tapas Bar, Various locations 2.Alibi Room, 157 Alexander 3.Bitter Tasting Room, 16 W. Hastings Street Best Pub 1.Irish Heather Gastropub, 210 Carrall 2.Lamplighter Public House, 92 Water 3.Doolins Irish Pub, 654 Nelson Best Brewpub Restaurant 1.Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland 2.Steamworks Brewing Company, 375 Water 3.Dockside Restaurant, 1253 Johnston, Granville Island 3.Central City Brewing Co., 13450 102 Avenue, Surrey Best Imported Beer 1.Heineken 2.Stella Artois 3.Guinness Best Microbrewery Local 1.Granv...

gosh darn it, i think this person got my pint of sartori at st. augustine's last night i just, just, just missed out [insert majorly pouty face here] now i must find me a bottle somewhere viti??? firefly??? brewery creek??? who has some left?

for the full list of the vcbw b.c. beer award winners, go check out the vcbw facebook page and now for my photos of the winners i apologize for the lousy photography - dunno what happened but apparently my camera and i were not getting long well on saturday... couldn't possibly have been the beer! for better pics, go to the vcbw facebook album and check out brian smith 's handiwork Gold: Conrad Gmoser of Steamworks Brewing Company - Pilsner BEST IN SHOW Gold: David Varga, Hamish MacRae & Cory Curtis of Red Truck Brewing - Big Black Bock Silver: Ralf Pittroff of Vancouver Island Brewing - Hermann’s Dark Lager Bronze: Ralf Pittroff of Vancouver Island Brewing - Seadog Amber Ale Gold: Gary Lohin of Red Racer Brewing - Pale Ale Bronze: Gary Lohin of Red Racer Brewing - ESB Gold: Gary Lohin of Central City Brewing - Thor’s Hammer Barley Wine Bronze: Gary Lohin of Red Racer Brewing - IPA Silver: Brent Mills of R&B Brewing - East Side Bitter...

i had a plan of attack i would arrive right at noon i would hit the casks first then i would find the beers i hadn't yet tried and then i would end with old favourites i like arriving with a plan and i like being okay with changing it all up mid-stride! can you spot waldo?  i mean me? i managed to show up shortly after 12 so far so good! and i managed to try all the casks even better! then... as i am wont to do i got very very chatty and was not sampling as many beers as i could have been however, i love beer talk and i made some very positive connections so i just can't regret using my mouth more for talking than for tasting! i do wish i had taken my mouth around to all the breweries though... the casks: russell nectar of the gods:  i was so excited to be at the festival drinking beer i forgot to actually take the time to enjoy my first beer... i recall liking it... howe sound hip hop ipa:  grapefruit ipa on limited release - a bit too flat out ...

i need me a sugar rush to get through the rest of this day its certainly not beer but a starbuck's frappuccino will do and its half price time right now so off i go! hope to see a huge crowd tonight at the sold out u.s. breweries extravaganza / gong show at the drill hall tonight!!

tickets for signature events at vancouver craft beer week are on sale as of today! i went to the launch party at the dockside last night and got me some nibblies, some swag and some tickets! tickets for the rest of the events go on sale next friday, april 8th i will be attending hoppapalooza II at the alibi and this year's dead famous pub crawl (check out the hijinx at last year's pub crawl and then get thee a ticket to this year's - i think it was the best run, most fun, most interesting event in the city last year) i am playing the women and beer and the two brewery creek nights by ear most likely will be buying tix to them as well... a whole week of beer events - i'm in heaven! the launch party was quite well attended check out the size of the line to buy tickets: and this is the lovely beer toque that i got for swag: i love meese! the nibblies were good, if in shorter supply than the ravenous hoardes would have liked check out how cute the sl...