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best beer cities by livability.com bellingham makes #8 on the list (san diego, denver and bend are the top three) those rascally liberals were warned that their happy hour pricing would result in an increase and bill tieleman warns it will be the same thing with "level playing field" pricing to liquor sellers the secret world of beer muling 12 bucket-list breweries is this new home-brew system a good idea or a disservice to home brewers? hop vodka from anchor distilling best and worst christmas ales according to paste magazine (american and belgian) craft beer in kamloops and i'm throwing this one in there to see if anyone's paying attention the feminist killjoy holiday gift guide nothing beer related on the list, but day-um, it's a good list!

evil twin's bikini beer session ipa  weighs in at a mere 2.7% best sours for summer  - gose and berliner weisse bill tieleman thinks that minimum beer prices won't stop abuse is the u.s. beer market overcrowded? sam calagione thinks there's a bloodbath coming brewdog wants to make you a beer expert in five easy steps beer expert debunks some myths (and perpetuates one about women) hop union's aroma wheel

beer geek life lessons "Beer is an affordable luxury, and the dividends it pays in flavor and camaraderie are worth the (ever-expanding) expenditures. " joe wiebe on canadian food bloggers reviewing fat tug and full nelson ipas camra president reports that the gov't is slowly realizing it needs to rework the new "unhappy hour" minimum pricing - pitchers can now be priced at $0.20 per ounce and paddy treavor's take on the new pitcher pricing "They cannot really believe we are that stupid to believe this small, token change fixes the EPIC FAIL that is our new minimum drink price standards." i don't think he's impressed i have my ticket to the inaugural vancouver craft brew cruise (8:00 p.m. session) do you?  tix still available for te 11:00 a.m. cruise

the ndp's response to my letter of complaint to the liberals with respect to their happy hour legislation: Hello Rebecca, Thank you for copying me on your email to the Premier et al. Small pubs, bars and restaurants are being hurt by the latest happy hour initiative from Premier Christy Clark and the B.C. Liberals, making many small business owners wonder: is the government completely inept on the liquor file? By adopting the highest minimum liquor prices of any province in Canada, the Liberals have created a situation where many pubs, bars and restaurants are finding it necessary to raise their regular prices to meet the new minimums, let alone think about actually implementing a happy hour. The minimum $5 price point for a 20 ounce pint of beer will work for a downtown Vancouver bar with a regular price in the $8 range. They can lower their prices to create a special. But for many establishments outside of the Lower Mainland, or more moderately priced neighbourhood facilities t...

more on british columbia's unhappy hour: how did the liberals screw up happy hour? are the liberals dumb or devious? more on camra's fuss campaign: more head is a good thing or, who to contact if you actually want action taken on being short-poured who had ever heard of measurement canada before?? what the hop shortage might mean to you: globe and mail seattle times the drinks business indystar.com general good beer fun: beer yoga? could the big breweries be good for something?

more on the unhappy hour in british columbia from paddy treavor commercial real estate's beer factor dogfish head makes it even more worth the drive to the brewery by building an inn not that i am suggesting you try any of these recipes... but... just in case you have some cheap booze you need to disguise as a real drink, i'm here for you camra bc press release: New Happy Hour Laws Not So Pleasant, Local Advocacy Group Finds CAMRA BC Sends Letter to Policy Makers Following Happy Hour Announcement (Vancouver—July 2) In the wake of a policy directive released by the provincial government on June 20 th that revealed happy hour would finally be coming to restaurants and bars across British Columbia, beer lovers are now finding themselves a little more than shortchanged. Despite the growing popularity of craft beer in British Columbia, many consumers were shocked to discover that a pint of beer will now be availa...

these are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast with stephen quinn wherein i waxed poetic about the (un)happy hour laws in british columbia and sipped some furious friar belgian ipa if you missed it, you can listen here (just fast-forward to 10 minutes from the end) Is the new happy hour really a happy rule change for British Columbians?  CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) says no.  And so will most beer drinkers when they do the math. Several changes were made to the province's liquor laws on June 20th.   Most are pretty much housekeeping changes and not controversial.  Those are: the ability to take a drink from one area of an establishment into another: for example from the pub side of Yaletown Brewing into the restaurant side.  Previously your server would have to carry your drinks over.  Homebrewed beer can now legally be served at family events for which you obtain a Special Occasion liquor licence; food pr...

i will be on cbc radio one's on the coast at 5:50 p.m. today chatting about the new (un)happy hour in british columbia and sipping on some dead frog furious friar with stephen quinn 88.1 fm  680 am

sustainable uses for spent grain (besides ryan's amazing spent grain ipa bread!) a pint of beer is every woman's right yup, more on women and beer but this one from the uk guardian is right on! campaign for culture wants to bring happy hour to vancouver and that's a movement i could get behind! and lastly, a top 8 canadian microbreweries list that i disagree with but what can you expect with an article that starts out saying "Kokanee, Canadian, Sleeman’s, and Alexander Keith’s (all great beers)..." and thinks that granville island and okanagan springs count as microbreweries?