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Apparently I am over my seasonal denial and  willing to admit that it’s not summer any more.  So I guess it's time to talk about winter seasonal beers. As you may recall,  I’m not at all a fan of the heavy-handed use of vanilla in winter ales.  I find that cloying and annoying. Vanilla isn’t a traditional winter ale flavouring.  Spicing beers is fairly traditional – before the wide usage of hops to bitter beer it used to be herbs and spices and tree bark that were used.  It was a natural progression from there to add some spices to a nice winter ale, but these spices tended to be nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice . Vanilla is a recent trend, and seems to have really caught on here in the Lower Mainland.  For those who, like me, aren’t big fans of the vanilla trend, there are more traditional winter ales, and other experimental ales around, in a variety of styles and flavours. One such beer is the Postmark Red Winter Ale.  The new bre...

I'll be on CBC Radio One's On the Coast this afternoon. And I'll be giving away this bad boy to one lucky listener: It's 6 litres of Unibroue's La Fin du Monde goodness - 9% trippel-style golden ale that you're going to have to share with some worthy friends! If you don't win this bottle, you can buy yourself one, but you've got to hurry, they're a special limited release by Sleemans. If you're in Ontario , you can also get these monster bottles, but there are only 50 of them available!

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On  Wednesday November 25th , Strange Fellows is hosting a  Moustache & Beeard Contest  in benefit of  Movember .  And I get to be one of the judges!  I love putting on my judgey-pants!!

RESIGNATION BREWERY HEADS NORTH: KCCO BEER COMING TO BRITISH COLUMBIA AND RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY AS WELL Vancouver, BC  – Resignation Brewery is teaming up with Beerthirst to distribute it’s highly sought after beers in British Columbia. In November, KCCO Gold Lager will be hitting liquor store shelves, with some locations giving away KCCO Beer Pong tables, whilst others will be raising money for The BC Professional Firefighters Burn Fund.  After just one year of operation, Resignation Brewery broke into the top 100 biggest breweries in the US. Less than two years later, their brews were available US wide and now after some two and half years are welcomed to Canada.  Created by the founders of the digital lifestyle brand, theCHIVE, they aim to unite friends over a great tasting and accessible beer. “Finally the wait it is over!” says Andrew Platt, Beerthirst’s Marketing Manager. “We’ve had a lot of interest in these beers and we’re really excited to finall...

new releases from r&b, brewdog and new belgium one local and two imports i'd love to get my hands on! New Belgium Brewing’s Wintertime Favorite, Accumulation White IPA, Returns With a Flurry of Hops A nice, bitter bite complements stone fruit flavors, perfect for a winter storm   Ft. Collins, Colo., November 5, 2015 – Accumulation White IPA returns to New Belgium Brewing ’s winter lineup offering an alternative to traditional dark winter beers. Four bold hop varieties give Accumulation a tropical flavor with a nice, bitter balance. Nugget and Centennial hops along with a dry-hopping of Mosaic and Amarillo hops all combine to create Accumulation , which pours a pale, hazy golden color with a medium body. It comes in at 6.2 percent ABV and 70 IBUs. “Many beers out this time of year are malt bombs and going with an IPA that has some tropical flavors defies expectation,” said New Belgium’s brewer Grady Hull. “Accumulation also has a hefty dose of wheat, which provides a ...

Vol.1     No. 11                                CRAFT CHRONICLE                    November 5, 2015 VANCOUVER   |  85 WEST 1ST AVE - OLYMPIC VILLAGE |  604.709.BEER  | CHEERS TO 2 YEARS! Our journey wouldn't have been the same if it wasn't for the friends we've made in Vancouver who share our passion for local food and craft beer. We can still recall the day back...