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if you follow me on instagram or twitter (@beernesday) you'll have already seen all my photos from the moa brewing beer pairing dinner at the pumphouse taproom last friday night but for those of you who haven't yet followed me, here are a few:   prawn and plantain pakoras   flat bread, veggie and meaty options   as always the food was great and paired well with the beers i really liked the moa beers - first time i'd had them and i'm now a fan! thanks pumphouse!

Kooner Hospitality Group is hosting two Moa Brewing Longtable Dinners this month! The dates are as follows: Pumphouse Taproom on September 26 th at 7:00pm Hop & Vine Taphouse on September 27 th at 7:00pm The events will feature five fine dining courses created by Executive Chef Daniela Iaci paired with five of Moa Brewing’s finest. i will be attending the pumphouse dinner i must admit i am not at all familiar with moa brewing , so i'm very interested in trying the beers and the pairings from marlborough, new zealand, which is better known for its wines than its beers, moa takes advantage of all the wineries around and uses sauvignon blanc and champagne yeasts in some of their beers

i love a beer pairing dinner! (okay, i pretty much always love it when someone else cooks and there's beer!) i went to cork & fin's beer pairing dinner last wednesday night featuring six courses of delicious food and six wonderful brews (including a cask) from moon under water i got to tap the cask! my first-ever cask tapping!  and i didn't even fuck it up! course one: SEAFOOD SCOTCH EGG Caviar, Micro Greens, Saffron Oil ‘Pots Pils Unfiltered’ Pilsner course two: SALMON ‘PASTRAMI’ European Style Sausage, House Mustard, Pickles, Rye Bread ‘Tranquility’ India Pale Ale course three: SAVOURY DOUGHNUT Pork Belly, Crackling, Sauce Mornay ‘The Victorious’ Weizenbock   course four: PANKO FRIED OYSTERS Local Oysters, Frites, Stout Tartar Sauce C & F – Moon Oyster Stout course five: POT PIE Oxtail, Braised Vegetables, Puff Pastry Single Moon Batch Red Wheat Wine Ale ‘Year 1’ ...

the beerthirst rogue tour de richmond was a whole lotta fun! the concept alone guaranteed a good time:  rogue beers paired with a sandwich at every stop with a school bus to get you from pub a to pub b (c, d and e) first stop:  hogshack beer:  st. rogue red ale sandwich:  sliders with kimchi and spicy carrots (my veggie option was a beet and quinoa patty) pairing:  it worked, the spicy toppings with the rich red ale worked like a charm - the judges chose this as the best pairing  the meat slider (and beer) the awesome veggie slider  second stop:  buck and ear beer:  cpt. sig's northwest pale ale food:  halibut, prawn and shrimp tacos with mango salsa, fried potatoes pairing:  to be honest, i was so much all about the amazing flavours bursting in my mouth while eating the taco that i forgot to drink my beer with it, but this pairing won the people's choice, so it musta pleased people!  damned delicious fis...

the derby girl ipa launched on friday at the pumphouse in richmond today, it launches in vancouver at st. augustine's this is what beerthirst has to say about the vanbrewers / elysian collaboration ipa i wish i could be there to try it tonight... hopefully there will still be some left for me a little later in the week also from elysian, its almost time for the 9th beer of the apocalypse, the blight pumpkin ale

from the beer thirst newsletter: So believe it or not, summer is almost over. Luckily, the Great Canadian Beer Festival is this weekend, which will be plenty of craft beer fun under the sun. But before you head out to Victoria for 2 days of craft beer madness, you're gonna need a little "warm up." So instead of scaring the s@%t out of your liver on Friday, ease your way into GCBF. Join us the night before at St. Augustine's for the Half Pints relaunch party on Thursday September 6th ! The party starts at 6pm, and St. Augustine's will be serving the Humulus Ludicrous, Little Scraper IPA, and Noche De Los Alebrijes. Half Pints co-owner, Nicole Barry, will be in attendance, and we'll be giving away plenty of Half Pints swag! The first 7 people to order a Half Pints beer and tell the server "Together We Can Fight The Evil Spread Of Lite Beer" will win a Half Pints shirt or a $50 Gift Certificate to St. Augustine's! For those of you who don'...

from camra vancouver's newsletter: Upcoming Events February 24 @ 7pm Pumphouse Longtable Dinner featuring Anderson Valley Join Anderson Valley owner Trey White for this 5 course meal paired with 5 beers from the brewery. In addition to being named as one of the top ten breweries in America, Anderson Valley recently claimed several gold medals in California. Don't miss this dinner and tap takeover event! Tickets are $40. February 25 Central City Bacon Explosion Dinner To launch their new seasonal, a Bamberg style Rauchbier, Central City will feature a Bacon Explosion Dinner. Bacon, wrapped in sausage, wrapped in bacon, served with spicy slaw, mashed potatoes and beer onion gravy. $14.95, and only $3 more to add a sleeve of the rauchbier. Also, a pin of dry hopped Red Racer Pale Ale will be tapped. Cask tapped at 4pm, dinner can be ordered from then onwards. February 27 @ 7pm Eat Local/Drink Local Darby's Pub will host their 3rd Eat local / Drink local craft di...

two upcoming long table dinners hosted by beer thirst: Friday Feb 24th: Anderson Valley Long Table Dinner and Tap Takeover $40 This dinner will have 5 courses with 5 beers paired from the brewery. Also, Trey White, owner of Anderson Valley, will be joining us at the Pumphouse Pub for this event, and he will be hosting and pouring beers for the Anderson Valley Tap Takeover! The Tap Takeover will have some special beers that we will never get to see back in BC including the Grand Cru, Horse Tongue Wheat, and the Sour Stout. So you don't want to miss out on this event. Please call Pumphouse Pub to reserve a table. Pumphouse Pub: 6031 Blundell Road, Richmond, BC (604) 274-7424 Friday Feb 24th: Anderson Valley Long Table Dinner $40 5 course dinner paired with 5 beers from the brewery. Please be advised that there will be no Tap Takeover at this event and Trey White will not be in attendance. Please call Hop and Vine to reserve a table. Hop and Vine: 1601 Burnwood Dr, ...

from the camra vancouver newsletter: Hello everyone, 2011 is coming to a close in a few days, but what a great year it's been for craft beer and real ale in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland! More and more liquor stores, pubs, and restaurants are beginning to carry a wide selection of craft beer, and it's even creating quite the buzz in the mainstream. It's not just beer bloggers typing away about the great beers in BC because we saw business magazines, to major newspapers, etc publish plenty of articles about the local craft beer scene. Vancouver Craft Beer Week was jam packed with events this year, and we even had BC Craft Beer Month! Last but not least there's been some great collaborations between brewers and breweries as well. As far as real ale goes, this year we saw more establishments on board with the weekly/monthly cask program. But what's really exciting is that we now have 6 different restaurants that serve real ale on a daily basis! This year The Wh...

Beerthirst & CAMRA Vancouver are pleased to present: Tour de Richmond! Date: Saturday, Dec 3rd, 2011 Time: Pick up at 11:45am at Brighouse Skytrain Station in Richmond (just look for the yellow school bus!) Details: Come experience how Richmond is fast becoming one of the ultimate destinations for craft beer in BC! Our classic school bus will pick us up at Brighouse Skytrain Station in Richmond at 11:45 sharp and whisk us off on a journey filled with fun, friends, prizes, craft beers and appetizers at each stop. Tickets include a pint and appies at each location $40 for CAMRA Members (valid card required) $50 for non-members Not yet a CAMRA member? Be sure to sign up here http://bit.ly/amKEO5 Tickets will be available for purchase at 11am on Friday, Nov 11th http://www.tourderichmond.eventbrite.com/ Participating locations include: Fogg N Suds Kingswood Pub Hog Shack Cook House Blue Canoe Waterfront Restaurant O’Hares Gastropub Pumphouse Pub Need to stoc...