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gift idea #11 for the beer lovers in your life:  brewery swag Give the gift of beer this year! Spinnakers front desk provisions store has just about everything on a beer-lovers wish list. We've taken all your favourites and wrapped them up with festive packaging so you can take them from our counter straight to the tree. From chocolate truffles to house made vinegar, there's something delicious for everyone. Check out our blog for more fun gift ideas!  ...

gift idea #6 for the beer lovers in your life:   strange fellowship join the strange fellow's fellowship yourself and drag some friends along too! 2015 - 2016 Fellowship Details of the Fellowship Levels $150 Fellowship: 2 complimentary 750ml bottles of Exclusive fellowship beer from 4 special releases– that’s 8 bottles of beer 2 X Strange Fellows stemmed glasses 15% off growler fills for the duration of your membership Priority on the purchase of additional unclaimed beer from the Fellowship Preferential treatment for purchasing non-fellowship beer (to some limitation), information and enrolment in subsequent years Fellowship $150 + Taxes (GST) $7.50 = Total charge to you of $157.50 $350 Fellowship: 4 complimentary 750ml bottles of Exclusive fellowship beer from 4 special releases– that’s 16 bottles of beer $100 tasting room credit – can be used to purchase anything we sell in the tasting room 15% off growler fills for the duration of your membersh...

most days it is pretty darned good to be me tuesday was no exception i got to attend the launch for central city brewing's red racer copper ale they beered us and appy'd us at joey's on broadway and gary lohin himself told us all about the copper ale then there were samples of the I-5 amarillo ale and swag bags to take home the copper ale is a beautiful copper colour - thank you munich malts! not as hop-forward as the rest of the red racer beers this is a much more malty offering based on a recipe gary used to brew at central city and hoping to capture the not-so-hop-loving segment of the population (can you say conversion beer?!) it fills a gap in the red racer line up oh, and it's a very tasty number! easy drinking with lots of malty goodness definitely a departure from the rest of the line-up, but still the quality beer we've come to expect from central city central city is also taking this opportunity to introduce a 500 ml can hoping to get mo...

my non-exhaustive gift buying guide for the beer geek in all of us: if your beer lover has a favourite beer: -check out the private liquor stores for branded glassware gift packs legacy liquor store in Olympic Village suggests:   Sam Smith’s 3 bottles plus a glass for $20, $88.50 for 6 bottles of Westvleteren plus 2 glasses,  $11.95 for 2 tall cans of Tiger and a glass,  Chimay – red, white, and blue caps with a glass $18.85, St. Ambroise Discovery pack – $14.95 2 beers and a glass, Lindemann’s -   $15.95 two beers and a glass -go online and see if the brewery has swag for sale - tshirts, bottle openers, beer cozies, etc. Dead Frog has tees, hoodies, hats, cozies, underwear and bottle openers for sale in their on-line shop and at the brewery in Aldergrove.   If   you order online in the next couple of days, there is still time to receive your order before Santa arrives. Stone Brewing in California will ship you a pub light for $50,...

last night i needed nachos it was imperative that i have some and who does better nachos on the drive than st. augustine's? no one! and what goes down better with nachos than ipa? nothing! so i had a tin whistle scorpion double ipa for double the fun 8% - "loaded with citra hops and a huge malt backbone. brewed in small batches" they weren't kidding about that huge malt backbone it was teetering awfully close to the 'too much' precipice i could have used a little less but then i do like my ipas bitter(er) darker in colour, dense head, clear as the day is long its a fine beer for sure its not going to crack my top ten list though and... i'll be making a brief appearance at st. augustine's again this evening its the beerthirst half pints re-launch in bc i hear there will be swag as well as good beer!

i got my brewdog shareholder swag in the mail on monday! poster and window decal and sticker and pencil and pin and fridge magnet and bottle opener key chain! fridge magnet bottle opener key-chain

look, i finally put up a shelf for my beer glassware and with it the anchor swag i got in the summer at the canada cup of beer!

jumping back to the canada cup of beer... just to be different, jack daniels had a booth at the beer festival - pushing their new jack daniels pre-mixed drinks.  they had a jack and lemonade mix and a jack and cola mix.  i tried the jack and lemonade.  whoa!  definitely taste the jack!  they were only giving away 2oz pours, which judging by the boozy taste was probably a very smart thing!  they were also giving away drink cozies to anyone who parted with a token, and jack daniels hats by donation.  i got me a cozy! next up we hit the booth offering imports dab and estrella.  the rep gave me a big long spiel about the estrella, the only beer brewed (by a chef no less) with the intention of making the perfect food paired libation.  its 70% lager, 30% unfiltered wheat, with notes of coriander, licorice and citrus.  you serve it chilled in a wine glass.  "Pronounced intensity with a complex aroma.  Very fruity and floral on th...

ay, karumba! saturday kicked me in the ass.  i blame the sudden onset of summer because i certainly did not drink to excess, yet somehow i ended up with heat exhaustion after the canada cup of beer.  not pretty. good thing i enjoyed myself at the cup and got to sample many a lovely beer first. + lots of fabulous craft brewed beers on offer + port-a-potty numbers and cleanliness ++ having hidden lounge there offering vegetarian food + yelp! offering sunscreen to attendees - drunken boys making homophobic remarks - same drunken boys giving the servers a hard time about 2 oz pours + some of the servers offering to let you try each of their offerings for a single token (in smaller pours) + band playing polka music + the weather - plastic wine glasses instead of the usual little beer steins + swag!! + good times with good friends! + have i mentioned the great beer? and my vote for the best booth goes to alexander keith's for making a whole experience out of ...