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the beer wench weighs in on the whole black ipa vs cda name debate

yikes -  very behind on my timely posts... the cask last week at the railway was leann's candy dish and it was delish! tasted like a patio and that wasn't just me saying so, i heard it echoed around! i dunno what i was thinking, but somehow "candy dish' equaled peppermint or uber sweet in my mind but it wasn't not at all it was fruity, and tart-sweet it tasted like summer like what you'd want to be drinking on a hot and sweaty patio reminiscent of a fuzzy peach candy, but less sweet the next cask is lundy's collaboration grapefruit ipa thanks r&b for actually letting lundy help make it! the whip was initially offering the vcbw cascadian dark ale cask on sunday afternoon so i had me a pint while the grapefruit ipa chilled to the right temperature the vcbw cascadian dark ale while maltier than i like a cda, it was most drinkable the grapefruit ipa in the fridge then i made the grave mistake of needing food and not just any ...

my head, she aches! the folks at work suggest it may be related to all the beer i drank over the weekend i think they might be onto something! so far my vancouver craft beer week has been fabulous! definitely worth some head aching mornings! saturday's dead famous pub crawl, while not rocking my world as much as last year's four beers and a funeral did, was a very good time folks showed up in costume (famous dead people in case you didn't figure that out from the name of the crawl) and progressed through the crazy weather from cinema to yaletown brewpub to the backstage lounge to dockside, taking an aquabus between yaletown and granville island as far as i know, no one got stranded on the wrong side of the water! we were not accompanied by a band this year but did get serenaded at the backstage lounge by a balkan wedding band the dockside put on the hockey game for us and fed us a big bbq dinner and there were buttons! who doesn't love a button? i went dr...

the vcbw collaboration beer is ready! can't wait to get my paws on some cascadian dark ale (aka black ipa) = delicious! for the video, click here

how brilliant are they over at phillips? really quite! they've come out with a mixer 12 pack (which i believe bc'ers call a case) OF ALL IPAs sorry, didn't mean to shout well, yes i did, but i didn't mean to hurt your eyes/ears the 12 pack comes with 3 each of the following: skookum cascadian dark ale hopcircle ipa krypton ryepa and then features a revolving hop monster for the final 3 bottles currently its the centennial ipa "the hop box is a specially designed long range hop transport case.  it ensures the hops, liquefied in an amorphous non-crystallizing, yet refreshing barley matrix, are delivered safely to you, the deserving ipa lover.  while the hopbox is purpose built for rapid deployment of the hopcircle ipa, skookum cascadian brown and the krypton ryepa, the hopbox also welcomes random hoppy passengers.  check the window seat for this box's guest.  turn on, tune in, hop out!" i already know that i'm in love with the hop circ...

oh how the time flies! its been a whole week since i made it out to the yaletown brew pub for cask night and it was a gooder! cascadian dark ale (aka black ipa) tasty, tasty stuff! look how much i was enjoying it! i was at a work holiday party so the details of the entire late afternoon, evening and late night are pretty hazy i know there was lots of wine with lunch followed by two cascadian dark casks followed by countless shots and pints of the brick and beam ipa with not much at all to eat since lunch i know i made new friends and even remember a couple of their names but probably will not be calling them for fear that i embarassed myself in front of them!

had the cask at railway last night it was the howe sound cascadian dark ale "gathering storm" tried it kegwise at st. augustines and the alibi found it hoppier at both of those so wonder if the keg needed more aging to make them hops come out or if its just one of those things either way, its a thing of beauty and a joy to behold and these types of things make me very happy as does the great company trying these things thank you to everyone who tasted them all with me!! you know you rock, but sometimes you just need to hear it again! i still think the name, cascadian dark ale kinda sucks but i do love me a black ipa!!! hoppy and dark - what a great combination more, more, more please and, looking forward to the central city dry-hopped ipa at the railway next tuesday night!!

phillips black toque india dark ale holy malty first sip! gotta love the cascading action on the pour though not a finer sight in the world! don't get me wrong, i like lots of other sights too, but none are finer the bottle says:  "big hop flavours complement this rich dark ale in this ultimate example of fusion between some of our favourite styles of beer!" 6.5% now, before anyone informs me that the black toque has been discontinued and is now the skookum cascadian brown ale, let me just say that this bottle has been at my house for about a year now and i have been remiss in drinking it in a timely fashion but i gotta tell you, i liked it better when it was black toque and called an india dark ale i am assured its the same beer in the bottle and what's in a name, a rose is a rose by any other name and all that but i can't help having a preference, okay? " Previously known as Black Toque: our Black Toque India Dark Ale has undergone a bit o...