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oh my heavens, december already?? the science of why beer is so delicious barkerville brewing has been nominated for 2 bc small business awards best community impact best online marketer how beer is failing women canadians drinking less beer?  but craft breweries on the rise? 10 craft breweries worth exploring ontario behind bc and quebec in craft beer market share, but hamilton is doing its part to change those numbers

beers that i drank when i was in toronto for world pride and in hamilton visiting my famdamily:   rhyme and reason american pale ale collective arts brewing   the rhyme and reason comes with different artwork on each label   10 bitter years imperial ipa black oak brewing company   lone pine ipa sawdust city brewing co.   vulcan irish red ale pluto's moon beer co.   dinner jacket o'red ipa arch brewing company   fire in the rye single hopped roasted rye pale ale double trouble brewing on the whole they were quite enjoyable but they really aren't what a west coast hop head is used to it was definitely a very malty time in jolly old onterrible alas, as i tend to drink a lot with my family i didn't take notes about these beers and my memory is a little foggy on exactly what it was i thought about them individually which i guess means that none of them really stood out for me as for at the bar, i tended to...

i'm back from my whirlwind tour of burlington, hamilton and toronto! two quick observations: 1. there is a much more vibrant craft beer community in the lower mainland than in megacity 2. i was only gone for a week, but while i was away did the cascadia ever hit the nitro! and quickly, before i get back to work the ginger pale ale cask at the yaletown brew pub last night was delicious! in a cameo appearance, cory brewed this one with a big bag of fresh ginger and he hit one outta the park!  it was not too gingery, no other spices to mess with the big ginger flavour, it was just right! more when i've had a chance to catch my breath (and unsprain my poor liver)

i am off to onterrible tomorrow i am excited to go to grey cup and to see my family but, what am i going to drink while i'm there? does anyone make a west coast ipa out there? will i be in hop withdrawal? i have already googled which lcbo stores carry the double trouble hops & robbers session ipa because i know i like that... and i'm lining up a tour of nickel brook brewing in burlington... but what else is there to drink?