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tempests in tea pots

or i guess tempests in mash tuns will a visit by stephen harper to a brewery in east van (a historically ndp riding) mean that all the harper-haters will stop buying that brewery's beer? frankly, not many beer geeks i know drink that beer anyway... without having done ANY reading on the matter, i weigh in with a whopping big who cares? regardless of the dismantling harper has done to our lovely country, it is still a free one he can hold meetings wherever he'd like and breweries can rent out their space to whoever asks and i can drink what i want and so can you

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happy civil holiday monday! add tasmania to your beercation list a-b is trying to buy all the craft breweries good thing most of our favourites are saying no american 2014 craft beer stats send the liberals your commitment to craft beer and ask them to take back their price increase!

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all the way from atlanta, the top ten craft beer places to drink or how about a beer road trip in florida ? liquor prices rise in bc despite liberals swearing they weren't going to and the ndp is having none of it! win free beer for a year?!  

happy hour

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...

camra saves the growler!

errr, well, if the ndp gets elected camra will have saved the growler from an unfair taxing policy read all about it on camra's website