beernesday

i had far too much fun at the bc beer awards yesterday so i'm taking full advantage of the horrible weather to make today a stay at home day! i only took two photos yesterday... must have been too busy drinking the lovely beers! dave varga is a funny guy!  derrick wins gold in the ipa category high mountain brewing chapel arts was a great venue for the camra harvestfest and bc beer awards the beers were tasty, the crowd was well-behaved despite the torrential downpours outside, it was all coming up sunshine and roses inside!

the finger crossing worked my softball game got rained out last thursday however... i wasn't specific enough with the universe in my wishing i ended up having to work some overtime which meant i missed out on the basil esb cask at the yaletown afterall doh! i rescued my lousy evening by heading off to the alibi room for some tofino brewing spruce tip ipa cask and dave varga's taylor's crossing is dead ipa, and quality time with my personal viking i tell ya, everyone needs to get themselves a personal viking - they rock!! i found the spruce tip ipa cask a bit thin maybe it aged a little too long?  or too little? i dunno, i just recall the one at hoppapalooza being the nectar of the gods and this one wasn't quite there tofino brewing spruce tip ipa cask dave varga's taylor's crossing is dead, long live taylor's crossing ipa was delightful too bad taylor's crossing is dead and this brew isn't going to be a regular one taylor's...

some random tasting notes from the weeks passed had the swans coconut porter with anna definitely not a session beer that first sip is way too sweet but i like the coconut aftertaste quite an interesting little brew... but i feel like now that i've tried it, i won't be going there again also with anna i tried the noire de chambly by unibroue i don't like unibroue as they use belgian yeast, but i thought i'd try the dark since it was on offer quite carbonated and yes, it is dark but its still belgiany and that makes it unenjoyable to me at the alibi on november 27th i had the opportunity to taste dave varga's dry-hopped indian arm ipa from the cask it was full of dry-hop floaties, which look so pretty when the light hits them quite a pale golden colour amazing hop aroma and flavour so good i wanted a second... but instead moved on to the howe sound gathering storm which i've said before in previous posts that i do love had i known i'd ...