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me again ! Distillers and brewers sharing barrels in new trend Beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says new trend could take off locally By On The Coast,  CBC News   Posted: Jan 19, 2016 7:17 PM PT  Last Updated: Jan 19, 2016 7:54 PM PT Right now these barrels hold delicious whiskey, but who knows? Maybe they could soon be filled with delicious beer. (Tim Moffatt/Flickr) Tried liquor-flavoured beer? Get ready for beer-flavoured liquor  7:37 19 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories B.C. craft beer scene set to grow in 2016, says beer columnist Beer columnist says 2015 was the year of the sour Craft beer variety at B.C. Liquor Stores set to grow next week For some time now, craft brewers have been aging and conditioning their beer with whiskey and bourbon liquor barrels to add another dimens...

instead of going home after my cbc gig last night like i should have done and been a responsible human i went to smiley's pub and had me some wonderful cask ale like an interesting and beer-engaged human #yvrbeertweetup was having a hopscotch festival precursor there were five casks on offer, all with whisk(e)y in them that is a recipe for an intoxicating evening! two casks were pumpkin ales, two were stouts the fifth was an ipa i know we're all very shocked here, but i went with the ipa! lighthouse provided a marmalade imperial whiskey ipa using quince and citrus and i can't remember what all else fruits and a whole 26er of whiskey, that 9% fruity ipa went down far too easily delicious! i coulda drunk that all night but fortunately for my head this morning, it ran out pretty quickly! they're doing the whole thing over again tonight with different casks at the bimini in kits i have my regular beernesday group tonight so i won't be making it ou...

too late for yesterday's free beer tasting (which was krombaucher pils and dark) here's the word from legacy liquor store in vancouver listing their upcoming free tastings: KUCHH NAI WHISKY TASTING Friday 4 to 8 pm Dec 16, 2011 Kuchh Nai's full bodied aroma, blended with sweet Highland heather influences, lingers long on the palate, instantly displaying the whisky's fine heritage to the most discerning Scotch enthusiast In its purest form its nose is rich and rounded with good whisky identity and well-integrated aromatics. CHOCOVINE TASTING Saturday, 2 to 6 pm Dec 17, 2011 ChocoVine Original, the best seller. Also! Legacy now has the Raspberry and Espresso flavour - exclusive to us! JUAN SANTO CAFE LIQUEUR Sunday, 2 to 6 pm Dec 18, 2011 All-natural Colombian Coffee Rum is imported from a family business that has been making rum for over 25 years. STONEBOAT AND CALLIOPE WINE TASTING Monday, 4 to 7 pm Dec 19, 2011 We will be sampling the Stoneboat Pinota...

and the next instalment of legacy liquor store's 12 gift ideas: Time for Merrymaking! In no particular order, we present our favourite gifts for the twelve days of Christmas: 6. Glenfarclas Family Casks, Vintages 1952 to 1994 ($339.95 to $2195.95): How about a scotch from their birth year? The Glenfarclas Family Casks, a unique collection of the best single casks from the distillery's warehouse, is available exclusively at Legacy. We have a cask from every vintage dating back to 1952, all the way up to1994. 5. Riedel Gift Pack ($148.50): Beautiful crystal glassware from leading glassware producer, the Riedel Gift Pack includes: the XL Vinum Mixer, which includes a Chablis, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc glass. An outstanding value for crystal glassware. 4. Tickets to see Jim Murray ($125/ticket): Internationally recognized as probably the leading commentator on all of the world's whiskies, Whisky Bible author Jim Murray hosts a Whisky Seminar at L...

that's right, i'm not done talking about hopscotch yet! how about we talk about whiskey and food today?  and then throw in a little beer chat at the end, because this is afterall a beer blog! hopscotch is known for being a great festival to try new brands of scotch, whiskey and other spirits especially the expensive ones that perhaps you can't afford to try other places i stayed away from most of the hard liquors because i'd been pounding back the beer and just didn't want to prove once again that the old adage "beer before liquor, never siquor" is totally true but.... these guys we met and beer geeked out with totally insisted that we try an ontario whiskey moderately priced and soooo smooth so like the good little sheep that we are, we hustled right on over to the forty creek stall and tried us a couple of their copper pot distilled double barrel aged whiskey the double barrel reserve with deep vanilla notes, toasted aromas of pecan and walnu...

oh the fun that i had at hopscotch on saturday night!! i had originally been a little bit worried that there wouldn't be much beer on offer at a scotch, whiskey and beer festival, and that going on the last night might mean they'd have run out of the "good stuff" but it was great! tons of breweries well represented, but local and from afar and people were giving us freebies all night long! we met lots of beer reps and beer lovers, found a bunch of beers we love, got beer openers from steamwhistle, stickers from rogue, and another coaster from deshutes

We are delighted to announce the release of the third beer in our Abstrakt series: AB:03. Imperial Ale Aged over 2 years in whisky casks with raspberries and strawberries 10.5% 3192 bottles This is an imperial ale brewed back in 2007, aged in Invergordon whisky casks from the 1960s with over 25 kilos of strawberries and raspberries per cask. We have 3192 numbered bottles, 1200 of which are available online for a limited time only. You can buy from the BrewDog site here: http://www.brewdog.com/product.php?id=66 And from the abstrakt site here:  http://www.abstrakt.com/product/ab03 We also have a tiny amount of AB:02 available for those who missed it http://www.brewdog.com/product.php?id=66   And our new glassware is here too:  http://www.brewdog.com/product.php?id=65   More information on our Abstrakt series at  www.abstrakt.com

while not properly beer related, it is still alcohol related and therefore legit to grace this blog!! stolen from sf gate, the thin green line: "Scots make biofuel from whiskey There's a saying that the cure for everything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the ocean. It's a nice sentiment, but let's be honest: There are some things that only whiskey can fix. And one of those is, apparently, the climate crisis. Scottish researchers have devised a way to make biofuel from whiskey — but fear not, the fuel doesn't waste the precious liquid, but instead uses byproducts of its manufacture: "draff," the used grains, and "pot ale," the liquid from the copper stills. Scotland produces copious amounts of both as part of its $6-billion whiskey industry. The fuel produced is butanol, which produces 30 percent more energy per gallon than ethanol. Best of all, the biofuel could go straight into your car's tank, with no rejiggering required. It c...