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if you missed me on cbc radio's on the coast last week never fear! you can still catch my chat with gloria macarenko about infusing beer and my ipa picks in honour of international ipa day follow the link to on the coast past episodes click on august 5 and fast-forward to about 10 minutes before the end and hopefully you'll be able to tune in next tuesday (august 19) at 5:50 p.m. for my next beer column

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast where i chatted with gloria macarenko about crowlers and the joys of infusing beer Beer is a growing industry.   And that means that beer gear is taking off too.   Have you heard of the "crowler"? No one in the Lower Mainland is equipped to do them yet, but it may just be a matter of time!   A crowler is basically a canned growler.   You go to a brewery that is equipped to fill a 32oz can with fresh beer and then seal it.   You carry it home, and pop it when you’re ready for some delicious fresh beer.   Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado invented the crowler and has been filling them since December.   Designed to keep beer fresh for longer than a growler,   Beerandbrewing.com did a taste test on a crowler five months after fill and reported that it was as fresh as the day it was poured.   Now, 32 oz cans have been around for a while in America , but freshly po...