beernesday

sometimes the whole working for a living thing is a-okay and i don't just mean on pay day! today the office field trip was to the liquor store i love getting to stock the office fridge with beer! now keep in mind that i am slowly indoctrinating my work peeps so no judging the choices - the fridge looks so much better than when i started here!

tasting at legacy tomorrow night: EFES PILSNER AND DARK TASTING Friday, 4 to 7 pm Oct 7, 2011 $2 of every 6 pack purchased of Efes this month will be donated to Breast Cancer Charity. Come sample the smooth refreshing pilsner and malty dark Efes beers. Made with rice, so great for people with gluten sensitivities.

more beer posters from the washroom at firefly circa october 26th

and more tasting from the canada cup of beer! last year the efes guys gave me a t-shirt.  this year they were wearing the same ones, and offering token-free beer if you could toss your token into the cup.  we all came close, but had to part with our tokens in the end. the guys were nice enough to let me have a half pour of each of the pilsner and the dark ale so that i could try them both on one token.  the pilsner is so refreshing and perfect for a hot day.  the dark was nicely malted. i'd like to find these at a local store some time to properly enjoy them. russell brewing has come out with a fabulous summer concept - a citrus twist pack!  half lemon ale and half lime lager, its the perfect summertime mixer pack.  both flavours are well filtered, crisp and refreshing.  the lemon has more citrus flavour, but both are delightful.  we strongly suggest picking some up - everyone liked these babies! then we made it over to the cariboo booth ...

in honour of the upcoming canada up of beer, my notes from last year's event (such as they are - arranged alphabetically, not in the order in which i imbibed): barefoot wines:  didn't try any!  but good on them for taking the plunge to attend a beer festival beverage concepts:  i think this is the booth that offered several imports.  we had the menabrea from italy and anchor steam from san francisco.  liked them both. cariboo:  didn't hit this booth (i think we thought it was too generic, silly, silly us!). central city brewing company:  fabulous swag for sale!  we tried their lager and their pale ale.  jackie and julie both loved it.  i wasn't a fan.  which is so odd for me to say now that i can't get enough of their ipa or esb... guess i should have tried those instead of the lager and pale ale. dead frog brewery:  they didn't show up.  rumour has it internal strife kept them from appearing. dockside brewin...