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i am curious by nature aren't most humans? and i love getting the behind the scenes stories on things like the 12 beers of the apocalypse from elysian ROBIN HOOD'S BARN Dick's Last Blog Now that the end is in sight-of the world of course, but also of the pretty substantial undertaking that has been the 12 Beers of the Apocalypse-it's probably safe to spill a little of how a lot of it has come together. Some of the beers have been reinterpretations of beers we've done in the past-Nibiru not so unlike Toro Oro, another Belgian-style golden ale infused with yerba mate; not actually so unlike New Belgium's Jonny's Voodoo Ale, for anyone who remembers that delicious and innovative beer; Doom itself a hop, skip and a jump from Sextacula, the beer we brewed for our fifteenth anniversary, which itself was a bigger version of Triacula, crafted originally for an Iron Brewer competition at the Beveridge Place. There is truly nothing new, in case you haven...

happy end of the world everyone!!

randy shore's take on the bc beer awards barley mowat ranks vancouver craft beer bars maybe they should call it craft beer village instead of olympic village huge new craft beer pub to open in the salt building accross the street from both tap & barrel and legacy liquor store and "hops" is now a professional sports team name the hillsboro hops will play baseball next season in oregon APOCALYPSE OMEN RELEASE PARTY Sunday, October 21 :: 12-3PM @ Elysian Capitol Hill It's the end of the world as we know it! Come celebrate with us as we release the tenth of our 12 BEERS OF THE APOCALYPSE :: OMEN Belgian Raspberry Stout. Omen will be available on draft, cask and in bottles with labels featuring the artwork of comic artist Charles Burns from his weirdly apocalyptic Black Hole series. NOON - Official tapping of OMEN Belgian Raspberry Stout 1:30PM - Survival Demo by Bryan & Co. NOON - 3PM - Special Guest CHARLES BURNS in the House! and T...

the derby girl ipa launched on friday at the pumphouse in richmond today, it launches in vancouver at st. augustine's this is what beerthirst has to say about the vanbrewers / elysian collaboration ipa i wish i could be there to try it tonight... hopefully there will still be some left for me a little later in the week also from elysian, its almost time for the 9th beer of the apocalypse, the blight pumpkin ale

from the beer thirst newsletter: So believe it or not, summer is almost over. Luckily, the Great Canadian Beer Festival is this weekend, which will be plenty of craft beer fun under the sun. But before you head out to Victoria for 2 days of craft beer madness, you're gonna need a little "warm up." So instead of scaring the s@%t out of your liver on Friday, ease your way into GCBF. Join us the night before at St. Augustine's for the Half Pints relaunch party on Thursday September 6th ! The party starts at 6pm, and St. Augustine's will be serving the Humulus Ludicrous, Little Scraper IPA, and Noche De Los Alebrijes. Half Pints co-owner, Nicole Barry, will be in attendance, and we'll be giving away plenty of Half Pints swag! The first 7 people to order a Half Pints beer and tell the server "Together We Can Fight The Evil Spread Of Lite Beer" will win a Half Pints shirt or a $50 Gift Certificate to St. Augustine's! For those of you who don'...

in four more days the seventh beer of the apocalypse will be released by elysian torrent pale beet bock

damn busy days at work getting in the way of my blogging! here's the rest of my seattle post (finally) sunday: elysian capitol hill: i was a little hungover from an accidental whisky episode on saturday night (the accident was forgetting i was in america and a simple shot of whisky is never just a little shot of whisky - this one had to be six ounces at least...) and just couldn't get my shit together to enjoy the pride parade and ensuing street party so we got away from it all at elysian its a great big room with high ceilings with open duct work and floor to ceiling windows overlooking the street it was just what the doctor ordered a pint of the space dust ipa and some fish tacos fixed everything that ailed me! the specialty beer menu: and the regular menu: and while in rome... i brought home a few bottles too:

things are getting interesting over at elysian this is what they posted on facebook today: Time for a game of CLUE. Or CSI. Not sure, but the July Apocalypse beer just got more interesting. and this month's beer of the apocalypse:

the poor beleagured hops we're growing in bridget's back yard got moved again! these poor little troopers have been moved three times now (rhizomes culled from an east van garden, planted at bridget's by the fence a week before the neighbours tell her they're going to put in a new fence, moved to the garden patch where they spent a year before being moved to their current home in the new raised bed) the hops had a hard time growing last year - crappy soil, not enough sun so a major work party happened this weekend to fix that situation! woo hoo, i got to drill! we built a raised garden bed and filled it with 2 yards of stinky soil (i used power tools!! bridget and the viking did the heavy work) the garden frame filled to the brim with stinky soil the hops in their new home and what did we drink while doing all this yard work? central city ipa and pale ale it does a body good! what did we drink after doing all the yard work and resting on ou...

the next elysian beer of the apocalypse: driftwood's naughty hildegard:

next instalment is due for release: