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10 stark truths (and we're not talking game of thrones here) about dating a beer nerd breakside brewery liquid nitrogen frozen fresh hop beers and a reminder that breakside and the commons are having a tap takeover at portland craft on september 18th (aka thursday) a sneak peek at steel toad the strait loves stateside craft also, a very happy birthday to one of my oldest friends today oldest in time known, not age! not that she reads my blog, but whatever, happy birthday goog!

Campagnolo to Launch Weekend Brunch 'Upstairs' 'Upstairs' at Campagnolo Starts Weekend Brunch Service on September 13 Vancouver B.C., September 8, 2014 — 'Upstairs' at Campagnolo, a late night oasis for cocktail aficionados, is setting their alarm clock early in order to open on weekend mornings for brunch. Starting Saturday, September 13 brunch will be served on weekends and holidays from 10:30AM until 2:00PM. Chef Nathan Lowey of the award-winning Campagnolo Restaurant, first expanded his menu to coincide with the opening of the bar located above Campagnolo, appropriately referred to as 'Upstairs', in February of 2014. Upstairs does not adhere to the strict dedication to Italian cuisine as Campagnolo but does honour the same ideology that respects British Columbia’s bounty and the culinary skill required to make the most of it all year round. "Our brunch menu offers the style of brunch I like to eat," says Lowey. "I wan...

Stateside Tap Takeover Thursday Sept 11th! We're at Stateside with Ninkasi Brewing and Gigantic Brewing Company pouring 7, that's right SEVEN beers from EACH brewery. It's going to be amazing. Gigantic will be featuring Pipewrench, their gin-barrel aged IPA, an 8-wired Collaboration, and a Jenever Pale in addition to their seaonsal and regular line up. Ninkasi will be featuring Critical Hit, Jarrylo Single Hop beer, Imperiale, Vanilla Oatis and few others.

the sign of having a really good time is the serious lack of photos taken because you were too busy having the good time to record it so... the only photo on my phone from this year's gcbf: i also managed to only get one from the gigantic/cider riot tap takeover at canoe pub on friday night: the tap takeover was more of an exposition of bare chests as it turns out than it was of gigantic beers or cider riot ciders. don't get me wrong, the beers and ciders were great, as was the music from the mcgillicuddys, it's just that there weren't many taps taken over canoe is a brewpub, so i guess taking over any taps at all is impressive i was just looking for more than four drink choices other than canoe's home brand (that said, four drinks was enough to have me more than tipsy thanks to the 20oz pours!) what was there was: gigantic saison gigantic india pale lager cider riot everybody pogo hoppy cider cider riot cask of berry cider and it was all ver...

bandidas and r&b have teamed up on wednesdays to donate profits from food and beer sales to the bc teachers federation support your teachers! eat yummy food and drinks!

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Vancouver B.C., September 5, 2014 — Chef Joachim Hayward of Campagnolo Roma is proud to present Tutto, a dinner celebrating the whole ingredient. "During my time spent in Italy, I gained a strong admiration for cooking with whole ingredients," says Joachim Hayward, chef de cuisine of Campagnolo Roma. "A little seasoning and technique was all that was required to allow the flavours and natural beauty of quality ingredients to shine." On Wednesday, September 24 guests will gather around communal tables to feast on a variety of dishes honouring ingredients in their natural form, served alla famiglia and complemented by beer from Bomber Brewing. Each satisfying dish will showcase one local delicacy including freshwater smelts, wild BC Sockeye salmon, crispy Braeburn Farms chicken, Sloping Hill Farm porchetta, Stoney Paradise tomatoes, Chilliwack corn, Okanagan peaches and cherries, and many more regionally sourced seasonal ingredients. Tickets for Tutto are ...