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thank goodness rodney is all dialled in with prompt technology! i have photos and video of the bc craft beer month proclamation, but won't have a chance to do anything with them today thank you rodney for providing me with these lovely photos: photo credit:  rodney gitzel bob mcrae, minister of agriculture proclaims october bc craft beer month (terry lake, minister of the environment also attends and invites me out drinking at the noble pig!) beer bloggers and writers take photos and video lundy dale of camra bc beams with approval as her hard work comes to fruition brewers from steamworks, driftwood, lighthouse, r and b, et al receive kudos john mitchell is lauded for kick-starting the craft beer movement in british columbia steamworks (via eli and marnie) ply us with tasters of conrad's brews and lovely nibblies  bob mcrae, lundy dale and john mitchell with the proclamation sated, we basked in the gorgeous view, secure in the knowledge that cr...

ooooh, this sounds good! beer crispies who wants to make me some???

and the final instalment of "what i drank on my lost saturday of beer tasting" brings us to stone brewing's 15th anniversary escondidian imperial black ipa and tenaya creek's tandem double ipa stone: "In the 15 years since we entered the craft brewing world, change has come not in a straight line, but as an exponential curve. The craft brewing movement has long been called a "revolution." But today the air is so thick with revolution, it's palpable. No longer is it only an awareness among the faithful; the unconverted are beginning to feel it as well. Denial and ignorance are disappearing in favor of opened eyes, curiosity and the sense that there's something larger out there. For far too long we have been lied to. For far too long we have been oppressed by the notion that dumbed-down-lowest-common-denominator-mediocrity was all that we could, and should, expect. You might think we're talking only about the world of brewing, but we...

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back to some heavy hitting beers for the next instalment of "what i drank on my lost saturday" the fabulous ryan brought back some fine beers from his recent sojourn in las vegas stone brewing's belgo anise imperial russian stout certainly did not disappoint a licorice stout - how delightful! such a strong malt base totally hid the belgian yeast from my leery mouth and what a head! hoppy, stouty, licoricey, not belgiany, not overwhelmingly boozey - its a winner! i would love to have another bottle of this to age for a year or two... 10.5%, 56 ibus, warrior hops "This 2011 Odd Year release pours pitch black with a deep tan head, with aromatic notes of anise, coffee, and cocoa jumping from the glass. Coffee and dark roasted malt flavors dominate, with a robust complement of anise and oak, which leave a lingering blend of vanilla, licorice, and dark malt on the palate. This one will age nicely for several years." doing my best vanna white impression brew...

apparently it is america's national beer drinking day today happy beer drinking america!!