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Celebrate MIDSUMMER with Strange Fellows Brewing Strange Day #6 at Strange Fellows Brewing, June 15th through 21st As the sun sets on the longest day of the year, all over the world people light bonfires to celebrate the sun's triumph over darkness. In some places people jump over the fire to symbolically ward off the cold of the coming winter. Elsewhere, fishermen gather on the edge of the ocean to pray and make offerings to the Siren of the Seas in exchange for safe passage and a bountiful catch. If the gifts are carried out to sea, she has accepted them and their giver will be blessed with good fortune. To ensure luck for the coming year,join us for a celebration that is inspired by the sun's brilliance! On Thursday June 18th from 6-9pm, we will be hosting a Midsummer BBQ. We hope you will join us for some delicious food, a glass of dry-hopped cask Talisman, and music courtesy of our festive friends The Carnival Band! Strange Fellows is a craft brewery inspired by tra...

Dead Frog upcoming cask: Feb. 27, 5:00pm London Pub (@londonpubvan) Cask: Pale Ale with Citra hops Ingredients: water, malted barley, hops, yeast, Malts: 2-Row, Maris Otter, Cara 30, Melanoiden Hops: Magnum, East Kent Goldings, Cascade, dry-hopped with Citra ABV: 5.2% IBU: 31 A malty, sessionable Pale Ale with a hint of citrus flavour and earthy tones. New Release:   Today sees the long-awaited launch of our 2014 Prototype Challenge winner - Vagabond Pale Ale . Alongside this awesome gluten free pale ale, we have the return of a BrewDog favourite, reinvented as the first of our seasonal releases - Alice Porter . Vagabond Pale Ale - 4.5% A kick-ass, hop-forward pale ale, that just so happens to be gluten free. Vagabond Pale Ale melds citrus and tropical hop flavours with a light caramel malt base, backed up with a raucously resinous bitterness. Brewed using 100% malted barley, American ho...

brewdog gives us the lowdown on hops and this, found in a comment on that brewdog post, about the uk worrying about hops shortages back in may, while making fun of hipsters upcoming casks from dead frog brewing : November 25, 4:00pm CRAFT Beer Market (@CRAFTbeeryvr ) Imperial Red Ale dry-hopped with Citra Malts: Pale Malt, Cara Amber, Munich 30, Cara 20, Special B Hops: Citra IBU: 46 ABV: 7.5% A bolder version of an Irish Red Ale combining a moderate malt and light buttery aroma with citrus hops for a medium-bodied ale that begins with sweet caramel and hints of milk chocolate, then finishes with a lingering dryness. Note : this beer has not yet been officially released and is otherwise only available at the brewery for growler fills. November 28, 5:00pm London Pub (@londonpubvan) Imperial Red Ale Malts: Pale Malt, Cara Amber, Munich 30, Cara 20, Special B Hops: Citra IBU: 46 ABV: 7.5% A bolder version of an Irish Red Ale combining a moderate malt and...

disloyalty cards for beer? could it work in vancouver? boy, would i love to see that! hit st. augustine's on monday, the railway on tuesday, cascade room wednesday, yaletown on thursday, london pub on friday, the alibi room on saturday and the whip on sunday and you've filled up half a card already! that's an incentive plan i can follow! or is it a disincentive plan...

and again, i stole photos from the vancouver craft beer week facebook page until i get my own uploaded photo credit brian smith golden stag awards at london pub: organizers of the event (and vanbrewers co-founders) graham and katy brewers in the background (danny and scott) and appreciators in the foreground (michelle, jen and willie) the vanbrewers who cleaned up at the golden stag awards i'm a brew fan!

last night i was fortunate enough to have already procured my ticket to the sold out golden stag homebrewing awards event at london pub and snag a last minute cancellation one for my buddy people, i can't remember when i have felt that much love in a room! it was a fantastic event! for the complete list of winners in the 23 categories (323 entries were submitted) please head on over to the vanbrewers' website the vanbrewers cleaned up at the event which was judged by blind tasting of course and most of them were at the london pub to accept their medals my photos are still on my camera at this point in time, natch but i do have several shots of the locals with necks bowing under the weight of so many medals that i will post eventually - how's sunday afternoon for you? or maybe monday or tuesday, let's be realistic here! featured for the brewers and their adoring fans alike were 11 collaboration beers for us to sample a few were brewed solely by russel...

oh the beers i did drink! camra vancouver's spring sessional featured a schwack load of casks all intended to be below 3.5% abv most made the 3.5% cut, but a few did not all however, were big on flavour! and this cask event saw the birth of the "wall of casks" the wall was a thing of beauty and a joy to behold but boy, did it ever make for crazy cramped quarters when you're back there pouring! still, having the central place to procure beer left the rest of london pub for mingling which i found to be an improvement over the winter fest at st. augustine's that featured casks all around the outside of the establishment leaving only the crowded centre for mingling and, patting myself and all the other amazing pourers on the back here, the line up at the central location did not ever get unbearably long so, thumbs up to camra executive (and president martin who built it) for the novel wall of casks! i managed to try most of the casks, skipping only ...

where will you be tomorrow? i will be at camra vancouver's springfest of ale!

from the camra newsletter: CAMRA Vancouver Spring Sessional Update Craft beer lovers never fear! This event is far from sold out! Only the pre-sale early entry (which is from 11am-12noon**) is sold out. Noon is when we'll be opening the doors and allowing many more people to come in and join the fun. Entry ticket is $10, which includes a 10oz glass (yours to take home) and your first fill. Additional tokens can be purchased for $2.50 each. As this event runs all day, there is plenty of opportunity to come later in the day and still sample craft beer brewed specifically for this event. Entrance is dependent on usual capacity of London Pub. Be sure to check out our Facebook page and Twitter account during the day as we'll be posting updates. We will also be selling CAMRA Vancouver memberships ($25/$40) and t-shirts for $22 each. **Please note that if you bought a pre-sale ticket you must arrive between 11am-12pm, otherwise we can not guarantee immediate entrance ie. yo...