beernesday

this week's yelp is all about beer in vancouver: Beer-ly beloved, we are gathered here to honour the union of parched lips and everyone's favourite patio pleaser. Be it pilsner or stout, lager or ale , this Weekly vows to bond Vancouverites with ice-cold suds . Offering 300 brews on rotation and a "dizzyingly diverse beer menu," Alibi Room holds Jordan Y 's heart. "There's something for every taste; it's the place to bring that friend who professes to hate beer just so you can blow his/her mind." Meanwhile, Malloreigh M proclaims, " St Augustine's has a selection of microbrews on tap that's unrivaled ." Their pint-priced, four-beer taster "allows customers to quell a bit of that overwhelmed feeling that comes from reading a double-sided, tightly-packed beer menu." We're foaming at the options! L James V prefers to tap into Six Acres for his fix: "The beer is vast, varied, unique, and sometimes very rar...

whatcha doing monday evening? will you be on commercial drive, vancouver? want some free beer and nibblies? hit up the charlatan - oktoberfest lives on!

this was the riddle at the charlatan last i was there no, i do not know the answer!

lord almighty, i pub crawled last night and lived to tell the tale! okay, it was more of a meander, we only made it to four stops but the last one was so comfy and we had our own room, we decided to stop venturing out in the rain and just stay put that i think is the biggest difference between pub crawling in your twenties and doing it when you're a little older knowing that enjoying where you are is more important than checking off 12 pubs on your list! we started at 3 at anna's place for sushi and ipas (southern tier unearthly and howe sound devil's elbow) then hit the charlatan, where joy of joys they now have fat tug on tap! then the libra room, where i enjoyed the anchor steam and finally falconetti's, where we had the whole upstairs room to ourselves, and our own bartender - how could we possibly leave there? okay, well shortly before 2 we kicked ourselves out! good times, good friends, good beers does my heart and soul good!

i am turning into quite the beer snob! drinking craft beer has made me not want to drink anything but the best which is making it hard to visit many of my old haunts and me less likely to be enthusiastic about trying some new places their beer lists just aren't inspiring so, my snobbery aside, how hard is it to bring in one or two local craft brews? it shouldn't be that hard... and it would please me to no end! i'm tired of granville island and okanagan springs being my only two "local" choices and corona and stella being the "imports" sadly, this critique extends to several pubs who pride themselves on having several taps as well but how inspiring is a choice of local taps that only include granville island, big rock, sleeman, okanagan springs and keith's?  i.e. the charlatan:  "Located in the heart of Vancouver's Commercial Drive, The Charlatan, is the areas best Gastro-Pub. Offering 15 fresh tap beers with 12 imported brews...

The Charlatan on commercial drive boasts 15 shiny taps. they say:  "The Charlatan is Commercial Drive’s best Gastro-Pub. Offering 15 fresh tap beers with 12 imports, its the best place to enjoy the perfect pint. The relaxing 80 seat south-facing patio is East Vancouver's crowning jewel. The contemporary downstairs bar is hidden away from the busy street and is ideal for relaxation, experiencing our inspired menu and a cocktail with friends." and sure, i'd say its the best gastro-pub on the drive.  the food is upscale pub grub and darned delicious (the tuna bites make me swoon).  and the beer offerings are quite sufficient and varied.  the bathrooms aren't amazing, but for the drive, they're darned good! but... lately they've got the same service issues as st. augustine's pub - uninterested and slow servers. i'm not sure if this is a terrible trend going on in the service industry right now, or if i'm just unlucky enough to keep finding th...