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and oldie, but it's about sours , so that makes it a goodie! iain hill and conrad gmoser talk sours truer words... running a beer festival is way more work than you'd ever expect live long and thank beer paddy treavor is back! calling the liberal asshats out on their liquor law asshattery 10 reasons to visit breweries by bike ipas are giving you man boobs and making me feel fabulous! now i just need some sage and henbane... oh, right, and to actually bother brewing again! microbrewing big business in edmonton

my notes from last night's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast: and we're back with more liquor law news this week. alas, this time it is not good news for beer lovers in the province i talked about some new liquor laws last show. i was very excited about the loosening of the tied-house rule and cautiously optimistic about the opportunity for breweries to apply for tasting rooms and special event venues. it looked like the province was finally making some positive changes to archaic and overly restrictive liquor laws - most of which hadn't changed significantly since the repeal of prohibition. alas, my joy was short-lived. i am still happy about the progress made, but we seem to be in a one step forward, two steps backwards situation. Rich Coleman and the BC Liberals, through the BC Liquor Distribution Branch, have decided that they need to collect even more tax on craft beer by increasing the markup on Growler fills. There is still a lot of confus...

i attended my very first camra vancouver executive meeting last night as the newly elected treasurer! i think its going to be a very good year for camra vancouver, camra bc and craft beer in general and today i give you the winners of the 2012 camra beer awards ! great to see so many of my faves on the list and mega congrats to vancouver beer blog, van east beer blog and barley mowat for topping the local blog-scene! plus more proof that beer is an awesome substance ! anecdotal, and about heineken, but awesome nonetheless

dead frog brewery, when i was talking to the brewer and owner at the brewery creek bc beer festival asked if i thought i could get the vancouver area beer bloggers together for a tour of the brewery and tasting of their brews with live blogging i said i thought it sounded great and now i'm following up with the vancouver area beer bloggers i know of... i hope they're all interested too and that i don't leave anyone out who shouldn't be left out... not that i know them all, but it shouldn't be too hard to find them all, right? i love a field trip!

i am one of the beer blogs featured on the camra vancouver newsletter's "blogs of interest" does that mean i'm interesting??? "Blogs of Interest The following blogs have a primary focus on craft beer in Vancouver and British Columbia. These blogs present commentary of our local craft beer scene, and as such, contain content and opinions that CAMRA Vancouver may not share. We welcome your comments or suggestions." VancouverBeerBlog Brewed Awakening The Green Man B.C. Beer Blog Just Grapes Wine Beer in BC Urban Diner Miss604 Hoptopia Ladies of Craft Beer Flavoured Beer Reviews Women Love Beer Too VanEast Beer Blog Daughters of Beer Beck's Beer Blog Yet Another Damn Beer Blog What Chris Drinks Barley Mowat

for a review of howe sound's rail ale on the lager blogger, click here for an article about granville island being bought out by the devil, click here for a van east beer blog about what makes craft beer craft beer, click here for a blog post from brewdog about their latest cooperative beer effort, click here and brewdog's punk ipa coming in cans, click here for the blog post beer is the new wine!  click here for the newspaper article