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happy labour day weekend! (although, this does mean that the summer is pretty much over...)

if you missed me on cbc radio's on the coast last week never fear! you can still catch my chat with kirk williams about beer in vancouver stadiums follow the link to on the coast past episodes click on august 19 and fast-forward to about 10 minutes before the end and hopefully you'll be able to tune in next tuesday (september 2) at 5:50 p.m. for my next beer column

sad day - beer pioneer ed mcnally dies whether you're a fan of big rock beers or not, raise a glass to this man, who in the 80s took a leap of faith and went up against the big boys every year at the vancouver folk fest i sure do enjoy me a snake bite made of half traditional ale and half cider cheers, ed! signs you're a beer aficionado east bay brewery boom lynne mcilwee aka hops canary writes open letter to bc place suggesting they are losing $690k a year in beer sales by not offering craft beer i was gifted with a bottle of dead frog's new release, big stump it is a spruce golden ale and it is delicious! sweet and smooth, golden and nicely balanced with a fruity spruce hint but don't just take my word for it, jan zeschky agrees ! more on craft beer in mexico independents take on the giants

when will beer be coming to the shelves of british columbia's grocery stores? that is the question i was tasked with answering for the cbc local tv news yesterday the answer in a nutshell:  not any time soon the pessimistic addendum:  if at all oh, i'm sure the legislation will be written in the spring like the liberals have promised i'm just not sure that it will be written in such a manner as to be practicable background - facts (and my opinionated commentary): - the liberal government held meetings and welcomed feedback from the community about revising the province's liquor laws (listening attentively to health and safety concerns and big business concerns, and not so attentively to stakeholders and beer advocates) - parliamentary secretary john yap wrote a list of recommendations and delivered it to attorney general susan anton on november 25, 2013, amid a media flurry (giving the ag a couple of months to review the report before it goes public - g...

gcbf approacheth! september 5 and 6, 2014, victoria, bc if you haven't bought your ticket yet, you're outta luck for saturday, but there are still a few friday tickets left and the parties are starting to be announced oooh, parties! me, i have a pesky day job that i must be at on friday so i will be ferrying over after that and attending the gigantic and cider riot tap takeover at canoe brewpub and then attending the festival on saturday hopefully followed by after parties if i can stay hydrated enough to keep going!

ermigawd! i will be on cbc's evening news at 5:00 today talking about beer in grocery stores

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc's on the coast wherein i extolled the virtues of craft beer in vancouver stadiums and patted the pne and pacific coliseum on the back for being the first in the city to go craft: The PNE opened on Saturday. There are new food vendors this year, new exhibits... and new beer on tap!  And it's local craft beer! Craft beer at the PNE? Is this the beginning of a whole new era for the City?  Oh yes, please!   People have been lobbying the stadiums for the past couple of years to start carrying craft beer and the PNE / Pacific Coliseum is the first to make the switch. Parallel 49 signed a three year deal with the fair. You can get Gypsy Tears ale at the fair, which should pair very nicely with the mini donuts! And the Pacific Coliseum will be carrying Gypsy Tears as well as several other Parallel 49 offerings at all their events, including the Giants games. There will be a Gypsy Tears tap at every concession stand in the c...

i'll be on cbc radio one's on the coast this afternoon at 5:50 with kirk williams in for stephen quinn talking about getting beer into vancouver's stadiums parallel 49 begins the charge by signing a three-year contract at the pne/pacific coliseum who's next? 690 am 88.1 fm

calling your beer "panty dropper" is not going to endear you to half of the beer drinking population it is high time craft beer left misogyny behind it's time to check out the lamplighter - newly renovated and carrying better beer! union local 613 makes a stand against their brand being associated with macro beers in refusing to be included in air canada's enroute magazines top restaurants in canada list (frankly, i think air canada is an evil empire so i'm extra happy someone told them to stick it) barley mowat's updated bc beer map toronado s.f. lovers rejoice - one is opening in seattle parallel 49 launches filthy dirty ipa

filling my quota of new places to write about for the upcoming edition of the craft beer news, i finally dragged my ass over to main street brewing it's not that far from my home or my work for that matter sometimes i'm just lazy and honestly that's the only reason i hadn't managed to get over there yet i'd heard the space was fabulous and the beers well brewed i meant to get there sooner... regardless, i went there on monday evening and experienced the fabulousness that is vancouver's newest tasting room for myself i do like their slogan and the exposed brick and duct work and reclaimed wood bar   i began with a paddle of the four cask conditioned beers which of course i neglected to write down... so let's hope my memory is accurate! 1. bonsai belgian ipa with sorachi ace hops 2. kellerbier 3. session ipa 4. smoked porter   my drinking buddies found the smoked porter too smoky for them i found it just the right amount of...

apparently this summer is 'pub crawl summer' for me two crawls over two weekends (and one last month) - i guess this is what i do when i'm not galivanting out of town on the weekend and i gotta tell ya, i like it! on the long weekend i went on a crawl organized by a friend and we hit a whopping 7 places (loosely calling them all pubs...) some peeps continued on to an 8th, but i tapped out after 7 (i'm not old, i'm sensible... yeah, sensible, that's it) where did we go? parallel 49 odd society storm brewing bomber brewing windjammer restaurant biercraft stateside craft (some to st. augustine's) odd society so what was the mission statement of this particular crawl? get hammered on a sunny saturday afternoon? well, that may have happened, but the purpose was to show off the incredible bounty of craft beverages within walking distance of our east van homes 3 breweries - parallel 49 tasting room, bomber brewing tasting room and storm br...

if you missed me on cbc radio's on the coast last week never fear! you can still catch my chat with gloria macarenko about infusing beer and my ipa picks in honour of international ipa day follow the link to on the coast past episodes click on august 5 and fast-forward to about 10 minutes before the end and hopefully you'll be able to tune in next tuesday (august 19) at 5:50 p.m. for my next beer column

ben's beer blog explores the questionable relationship between small breweries and new restaurants in toronto it doesn't mention what they deem craft beer, but nat bailey is getting a craft beer corner next year ! i will go to more games if they start carrying beer i want to drink, it's just that simple did you hear that canucks and lions? randy shore on the hops shortage business in vancouver reports on the explosive growth of craft beer in bc

here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast where i chatted with gloria macarenko about crowlers and the joys of infusing beer Beer is a growing industry.   And that means that beer gear is taking off too.   Have you heard of the "crowler"? No one in the Lower Mainland is equipped to do them yet, but it may just be a matter of time!   A crowler is basically a canned growler.   You go to a brewery that is equipped to fill a 32oz can with fresh beer and then seal it.   You carry it home, and pop it when you’re ready for some delicious fresh beer.   Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado invented the crowler and has been filling them since December.   Designed to keep beer fresh for longer than a growler,   Beerandbrewing.com did a taste test on a crowler five months after fill and reported that it was as fresh as the day it was poured.   Now, 32 oz cans have been around for a while in America , but freshly po...

gloria macarenko is hosting cbc radio's on the coast this week i'll be chatting about a couple of fun new bits of beer gear - the crowler and the infuser - with her at 5:50 this afternoon 88.1 fm and 690 am in vancouver

evil twin's bikini beer session ipa  weighs in at a mere 2.7% best sours for summer  - gose and berliner weisse bill tieleman thinks that minimum beer prices won't stop abuse is the u.s. beer market overcrowded? sam calagione thinks there's a bloodbath coming brewdog wants to make you a beer expert in five easy steps beer expert debunks some myths (and perpetuates one about women) hop union's aroma wheel

happy long weekend! and for those of you who celebrate it, happy vancouver pride!