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yaletown brewpub will be adding 4 extra casks as part of their vancouver craft beer week celebration! and there will be a feature menu of craft beer inspired items as well. Thursday May 29th: 4pm: Pale ale krausened with hefeweizen infused with Citrus Friday May 30th: 4pm: Oud Bruin Saturday May 31st: 11:30am: Belgian Dubbel infused with Port and aged on oak chips Thursday June 5th: 4pm: IPA dry hopped with Galaxy Friday June 6th: 4pm: Cherry Wheat Saturday June 7th: 11:30am IPA dry hopped with Summer

from the lovely folks at deschutes: MIRROR POND PALE ALE CITRUS-CURED PRAWNS Ingredients: 1-12 oz bottle of Mirror Pond 6 oz fresh orange juice 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 Tbs soy sauce 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp chili powder 3 sprigs fresh cilantro 24 large prawns (deveined, peeled and clean) 1 Tbs olive oil 2 Tbs butter 1 tsp parsley, chopped Pinch of salt Pinch of black pepper Directions: Combine all ingredients for the marinade. Pour over prawns and refrigerate for 8 hours. Remove prawns from marinade and season lightly with salt and pepper. Preheat large saute pan on medium high. Add 1 Tbs olive oil to pan. Saute prawns until just done. Remove prawns from pan and toss with butter, parsley, and cilantro. Can be eaten alone or over pasta. Garnish with parsley and serve with a pint of Mirror Pond Pale Ale ! (Serves 2-3)

new and exciting beers at legacy liquor store in vancouver: Gigantic Brewing - The End of Reason - $9.95 Portland is known as a Mecca of great craft breweries and this Belgian Strong Ale, albeit closer to a petite quad, definitely reaffirms the fact. Rich Caramel and Malt with a heavy body make for a unique and tasty beer. Parallel 49 - Lord of the Hops - $6.70 The fine proprietors of Parallel 49 have been hitting home runs since day one and Lord of the Hops is batting a thousand. The foundation of this hop party is an amazing nose, backed up by a beautiful combination of citrus and west coast pine. 8 Wired Brewing - Super Conductor - $10.55 New Zealand has been rolling out some stellar craft beer and Super Conductor is certainly no slouch. Bitter, tropical and so much more, this Double IPA wears its tropical fruits with pride. Let's hope the Kiwis can keep their superb brews rolling.   they also have a bin end sale on right now, which includes beer wha...

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the cask tonight at the yaletown brewpub is their downtown brown ale, unadulterated see you there??? the last couple of weeks have showcased casks by cory curtis, former assistant brewer at the yaletown who left to pursue his music career but came back to cover for the current assistant brewer, nick two weeks ago it was a ginger ale - with fresh ginger in the cask last week it was a citrus ipa - with lemon, grapefruit and orange zest in the cask i really, really, really, liked them both i think nick is awesome but i sure do miss cory...

last night's central city white tea and orange peel ale cask at the railway club was fabulous! i wasn't getting the usual bitterness of orange peel, but it was definitely citrusy and the white tea gave it a fuller flavour spectrum than just malts and hops there was a whole lot going on in that beer yup, it was a winner! last thursday's cask at the yaletown was their nagila pale ale dry-hopped with spalt it was very drinkable i couldn't get over the colour of it though - so yellow! i was assured by both iain and nick that it was the same colour as the regular nagila pale ale, but i remain sceptical (of course i could have ordered a pale ale and done colour comparison, but i had other beers to try, you know!) see what i mean??? that ain't a pale ale - that's yellow! the seasonal at the yaletown is currently the raspberry wheat i am not the biggest wheat ale fan... but i love this one so fruity and pink and deliciously refreshing! and last,...

new green flash and founders collaboration brew! Green Flash has done it again! We have teamed up with another World Class Brewery, Founders Brewing Co. to produce a new collaboration, Linchpin IPA! Join the Green Flash team in the Tasting Room on Tuesday, May 1st for a special Release Party! “There’s a lot going on in this beer with two yeast strains, copious amounts of wheat malt, and a big focus on ‘C’ hops to deliver a citrus explosion,” explains Green Flash Brewmaster, Chuck Silva. “In fact we lined up more than a dozen hop varieties in the brewery to select three hops with the biggest citrus character to dry hop the beer. “This golden beer pours with beautiful, frothy white beer foam that lasts due to bottle conditioning. Gently rousing the yeast that settles in the bottle will result in a fuller texture and a more cloudy white appearance. The citrus aromas that jump from the glass are largely tangerine up front with other types of citrus notes that mingle with the Belgian yea...

i love the dead frog citra ipa yes, oh yes i do! it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside just like a good hoppy beer should and for that i am eternally grateful! i have had this elixir on tap at places like st. augustine's and purchased the big ole bottles from specialty beer stores and i like it all! the bottle says: 6.5% dead frog citra ipa is a high hopped, high alcohol, high bitterness true ipa that is like an invigorating open handed slap of citrus awesomeness!!! you hold in your hands the pinnacle of brewing innovation.  beermaster series is a harmonious combination of premium quality beer and ingenious flavour design.  we bestow upon you the finest beer in the universe!  cheers! i'm bummed that it is only a limited release but i guess they sure did leave me wanting more! and i hear that maybe, just maybe it will be popular enough to make it into regular rotation is my love strong enough?? for the brewed awakening story on the citra ipa, click he...

oh deschutes ! so much great product coming out of another oregon brewery! the inversion ipa pours with an incredible creamy head (on a vigourous pour - like i know any other kind) more caramel malty on the nose, until i take a really big sniff then, then the citrusy hops come out clear caramel colour definitely complex, caramel malts and citrusy hops tantalizing my tongue alternately... 6.8% 80 ibus 228 calories for 12 oz the bottle says:  "like its name suggests, inversion ipa defies the ordinary.  with layers of soft caramel malt notes and generous amounts of our favorite northwest hops.  for a bright, sunny citrus finish." "here in oregon's high desert, seasonal changes often bring about a peculiar weather phenomenon - an inversion. the higher up the mountain you go, the sunnier it gets.  so even when bend is covered in clouds, the faithful know where to find clarity." the website says:  " Our year-round beer answer to the siren call of...