beernesday

i'm off to whistler for the weekend looking forward to drinking a few brews by derrick franche while i'm there! and enjoy that crisp mountain air too, of course

these are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast topic:  the health benefits of beer its February now, new year's resolutions probably abandoned, but all is not lost, there's still beer and it can actually be good for you! this time of the year can be particularly hard with the grey and rainy vancouver weather. summer seems like it will never come, resolutions to lose weight and eat better are proving hard to keep... good thing that something you're already doing is good for you! we're not doctors here, so this is not medical advice that said, drink beer! its good for you! beer drinking often gets a bad reputation - beer bellies, drunken frat boys, career limiting moves. this is unfortunate because there are many health benefits that come with beer. some are undisputed and don't change with the quantity of beer you drink alas others you can only get through moderate drinking we all remember the old advice guinness used...

i may have finally recovered from the camra spring trip to howe sound brewing in squamish and mark james group 's high mountain brewhouse in whistler the trip was saturday... lord but those camra vancouver people know how to toss back the beer! for now, a few of the less incriminating photos: still sober aka just got on the bus monty, the bus that broke down sampler at howe sound the bar at howe sound brewery tour hanging with the fermentors the last ever cask of dix ipa taking some of the last cask to go - because we love tasha double fisting aka comparison between the ipas (note the grip is to warm them to equal temperature, not to make sure i don't drunkenly drop them!) a few of the ne-er do wells and there it was, the last cask of dix ipa gone forever the cask is dead - long live the cask!