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ottawa metro

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oh look at me - waxing poetic about beer in the ottawa metro now: News  /  Ottawa Top craft brews from Canadian cities fit for the Stanley Cup Here's what you should drink if your team ever wins the Stanley Cup... OK, maybe you don't want to wait that long to try some of these local craft brews. Share on Facebook Tweet COURTESY BIG RIG BREWERY Which local craft beer should you sip should your home team win the Stanley Cup? By:   Jordan Duff   For Metro   Published on  Fri May 27 2016 With no Canadian teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs, you could be forgiven if you forgot anyone is still playing hockey. Granted, it could be awhile before a Canadian team hoists the cup, but I like to be prepared. So I reached out to beer clubs and local experts in every Canadian city with an NHL team to find out which local craft beer should be sipped from the metal brim of Lord Stanley’s Cup. City:  Ottawa E...

beer geekery

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pivo april events

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coconuts go!

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going back to moose's down under tonight to watch game 7! yay russell lemon ale! enjoying the game 5 win! moose's doesn't have the best beer list ever but for an aussie pub, its darned good and i really am a fan of the russell lemon ale! and they make a very mean nachos! go canucks go!

weather

i love talking about the weather, i mean, who doesn't? what a fabulous weekend we just had here in vancouver gorgeously sunny, hot, hot, hot in fact, it was so darned nice i think i gave myself heat stroke playing in a softball tournament stupid, stupid but we won! even in full costume on saturday, my team managed to pull of a win in the C division! yay us! what does this have to do with beer? well, it does you know bridget and i filled the cooler with central city pale ale and ipa to try to bring a little craft beer to the people and hopefully make back enough money "lending" beers to others to cover some of our drinking over the weekend but... between the heat stroke and making it to the finals my drinking was severely limited and it appeared many other folks fell prey to the same issue i truly think going from winter straight into summer is not conducive to people's well-being we need a spring in the middle to acclimate! on the upside bridget...

beernesday!

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we had a beernesday this week! and stacy brought me dogfish head 60 minute ipa - yay! and before beernesday, i was at the railway club to watch game 1 of the stanley cup final where i drank the hop circle ipa and everyone else split their time between the ok 1516 special and phillips ginger beer