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  Beer & Cheese Returns...with a new spirit..   January 19, 2015:  Beer and cheese is back, and this time we're adding a bit of a twist.   Each year Ottavio Delicatessen joins us at the brewery for one magical evening, where 10 of the finest cheeses are paired with 10 select Phillips brews. But this year with the exciting launch of our in-house distillery the  Fermentorium , we will have a couple of rounds paired with spirits!   All the fun goes down on February 11th here at the brewery. This event sells out quickly every year so make sure to head down to Phillips HQ or Ottavio to grab your tickets;  you don't want miss out on this opportunity to explore beer and spirits alongside their partner in brine. Prices are $55...

from sixpoint brewery: We can all admit it — a Season Creep lurks among us. He calls, quietly at first, for his seasonals a bit earlier. A saison in January, summer wheat in April… it seems harmless at first brush. Blink twice and you’re standing on your buddy’s front porch, holding the pumpkin beer you just brought to his Fourth of July party. Enter Global Warmer, an original Mad Scientists creation formulated in a garage laboratory. It has brazen, incandescent hop character, and enough rich red malt to warm you through any time of year. It doesn’t even matter how mixed up the seasons get — wear a scarf with short-shorts if you want, we don’t mind! — this is authentic beer crafted to highlight beer’s natural elements. Global Warmer is part of Sixpoint  Cycliquids , a beer series that lets us make the beer we want, when we want it. It’s hoppy, malty, and now in six-packs. Savor one and watch the Season Creep slink away. Photo credit Greg Montijo ( @craft2...

these are my notes from yesterday's on the coast beer column wherein i made stephen quinn taste hop elixir (i am so very cruel to him): This is "Hop Drop", a hop elixir/hop liqueur made by Phillips Brewing in Victoria .   They made it to go along with their 13 th anniversary brew, called 13 Knots in a Hangmans Noose.   The beer is an 11.9% imperial ipa, which if you add the 29% elixir to it, bumps up to a 13% even hoppier beer. “Hop drop is an artisanal hop liqueur crafted to celebrate the hop flavours that we covet in our beer.   We distilled real hops into an incredibly potent hop elixir, where explosions of fresh pine and bright bitterness are balanced in a blanket of soft sweetness.   Its depth of flavour is robust enough to enjoy on its own poured gently over ice, or it can be ‘dropped’ into another beer to instantly raise the ABV and infuse bright hoppy flavour.”   The elixir will eventually be available on its own from Phillips’ new Fermentor...