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  BOMBER BREWING'S LATEST RELEASE IS ALL ABOUT AUTUMN OKTOBERFEST München lager : This German lager has a tad more octane than our Märzen and as a nod to fall and all its bounty, is more golden in colour. A dry finish is produced by use of a blend of German lager yeasts and the body comes courtesy of  Munich and Vienna malts. Why not soothe your medieval soul’s desire for an autumnal celebration?! Just don’t delay – quantities are limited.  About Oktoberfest : Appearance: Deep golden amber. Aroma: Strong aroma of Munich and Vienna malts along with traditional Hallertau hops.  Flavour: Sweet maltiness and light toasty character up front finishing clean and dry with moderate hop bitterness.  Mouthfeel: Medium body, medium-high carbonation. ABV = 6% Original Gravity = 1.060 Bitterness = 20 IBU Colour = 7.5 SRM Oktoberfest is available now in kegs, 650ml bottles, and on tap in the Bomber Brewing tasting room. ...

let me just begin by saying that harrison beer fest is adorable! harrison is a lovely little place and its beer festival is an equally lovely little thing caveat:  tourism harrison paid for my hotel for two nights and entry for me and my guest to all three harrison beer fest events.  i'm not gonna lie to you about my impressions of the fest, but i may be mildly swayed by the sheer joy of getting away for a mostly-free beer weekend! traffic was fairly kind to us, but we still didn't hit town until around 7 p.m. so we were at st. alice hall about an hour after the casks had been tapped and the night was in full swing the event was sold out because they wisely kept the numbers low to ensure that attendees got their beer's worth; the hall was full but by no means packed my first impression was that this is a very different festival than i'm used to people were sitting down, the noise level was fairly low and no one was drunk and that impression lasted for abo...

thanks to justin who kept the province for me because it had this article in it: Just as the German footballers shone at last month’s World Cup, so did  Pacific Western ’s German brewmaster at the recent  Canada Cup of Beer  with his new hefeweizen. If there’s anything those conservative Germans get worked up about, it’s soccer and beer. But Peter Boettcher’s enthusiasm for his work is insanely infectious. At the Cup of Beer, held out at the University of B.C. last month, Boettcher was excitedly engaging beer-lovers with his knowledge of the brewniverse, doling out samples of Pacific’s organic Natureland brews left, right and centre, and demonstrating the perfect hefeweizen pour. “I like good beer,” Boettcher says when I catch him during a rare break at the festival. “I just think . . . Life is too short to drink cheap beer. If I have a bad beer in my glass, I'm not a happy person. “Beer is a wonderful world,” he adds. “Once you get to know beer and not just your regul...